A Short Life in South Dedham, Betsey Everett

Betsey Everett was born on September 20, 1787. She was the second child, and first daughter, of William Everett Jr., (lot 166) and his wife, Sarah Blackman Everett (lot 167). Betsey did not marry. She died on February 28, 1812. She was interred in Old Parish Cemetery, beside her mother. In keeping with her parents and brother, Joel (lot 165), her stone has an interesting epitaph. It reads:

In memory of

Miss

BETSEY EVERETT

who died in Boston

Feb. 28, 1812

Aged 24 Years

My work was short I sweetly rest,

God took me home when He saw best.

I am not lost, I shall arise,

When Christ descends on lower skies.

Rest & Jeremiah Kingsbury, Early South Dedham Residents

Jeremiah Kingsbury (1701-1786) lot 136

Rest White Kingsbury (1699-1789) lot 137

Jeremiah Kingsbury was born on March 24, 1701. He was the son of Nathaniel and Abigail Baker Kingsbury. He became a farmer and settled in the area designated as South Dedham.

On September 22, 1727, Jeremiah Kingsbury married Rest White. She was the daughter of Henry and Mary Weeks White of Dorchester and was born in 1699.

Jeremiah and Rest Kingsbury had six children between 1729 and 1741: Abigail, Jeremiah, Elizabeth, Nathaniel, James, and Sarah.

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Jeremiah Kingsbury died on March 15, 1786; his widow, Rest White Kingsbury, passed away on December 23, 1789. They are interred in Old Parish Cemetery along with Jeremiah's son, Jeremiah Jr. and his family.

Jeremiah Kingsbury's parents, Nathaniel and Abigail Kingsbury, who died in 1724 and 1764 respectively, are buried in the Old Village Cemetery in Dedham.

For more information on the many resting places at the Old Parish Cemetery, or to get involved with the Old Parish Preservation Volunteers group, go to https://www.oldparishpreservationvolunteers.com