John Tarbox's second wife, who survived him, was a widow wit children surnamed Andrews, They had just two children: John and Samuel. Some have claimed other children and that her maiden name was Rebecca Graves, but no proof has ever been published.
Like most MA settlers of his time she was probably buried on their own land in a place now used otherwise. They were not buried in Lynn's Old Western Burial Ground, where the earliest grave is dated 1698. See a 19th century manuscript by John T. Moulton entitled Tombstone Inscriptions from the Old Burying Ground, Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm.
The best sources for further information on this family are:
Records and Files of the Quarterly Courts of Essex County, MA, v. 1:11;
New England Historic Genealogical Register, v. 42:27-29;
The Essex Genealogist, v. 20:132-49.
Like most MA settlers of his time she was probably buried on their own land in a place now used otherwise. They were not buried in Lynn's Old Western Burial Ground, where the earliest grave is dated 1698. See a 19th century manuscript by John T. Moulton entitled Tombstone Inscriptions from the Old Burying Ground, Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm.
The best sources for further information on this family are:
Records and Files of the Quarterly Courts of Essex County, MA, v. 1:11;
New England Historic Genealogical Register, v. 42:27-29;
The Essex Genealogist, v. 20:132-49.
John Tarbox's second wife, who survived him, was a widow wit children surnamed Andrews, They had just two children: John and Samuel. Some have claimed other children and that her maiden name was Rebecca Graves, but no proof has ever been published.
Like most MA settlers of his time she was probably buried on their own land in a place now used otherwise. They were not buried in Lynn's Old Western Burial Ground, where the earliest grave is dated 1698. See a 19th century manuscript by John T. Moulton entitled Tombstone Inscriptions from the Old Burying Ground, Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm.
The best sources for further information on this family are:
Records and Files of the Quarterly Courts of Essex County, MA, v. 1:11;
New England Historic Genealogical Register, v. 42:27-29;
The Essex Genealogist, v. 20:132-49.
Like most MA settlers of his time she was probably buried on their own land in a place now used otherwise. They were not buried in Lynn's Old Western Burial Ground, where the earliest grave is dated 1698. See a 19th century manuscript by John T. Moulton entitled Tombstone Inscriptions from the Old Burying Ground, Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm.
The best sources for further information on this family are:
Records and Files of the Quarterly Courts of Essex County, MA, v. 1:11;
New England Historic Genealogical Register, v. 42:27-29;
The Essex Genealogist, v. 20:132-49.
Gravesite Details
17th century.New Englanders were generally buried on their own land.
Family Members
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