About Old Settlers Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery is a cemetery near Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. The grounds sit at about 239 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 4 notable people buried here, including John Eliot Thayer, Nathaniel Thayer III and Abijah Wyman. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 601813. The nearest other listed cemetery is Middle Cemetery, about 0.1 mi to the west. The nearest funeral home we know of is Philbin-Comeau Funeral Home in Clinton, about 2.0 mi away. It is one of 322 cemeteries we list in Worcester County, and 74 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. 9 of the 322 listings in Worcester County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Lancaster. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Old Settlers Cemetery
Among them: 1 business leader.
- John Eliot Thayer1862-1933U.S. ornithologist
- Nathaniel Thayer III1851-1911American banker and railroad executive
- Abijah Wyman1715-178420 Sep 1715 - 7 Jul 1784
- Catherine Chandler Willard1735-1791
People whose Wikidata entry gives Old Settlers Cemetery as their place of burial, ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions cover them. Names link to Wikipedia where an English article exists. Plot locations are not included; ask the cemetery office.
Map
42.44866, -71.67344
What Old Settlers Cemetery offers
Not available: we have no confirmed information yet about accepting new burials, cremation options, cremation niches, mausoleum, columbarium, chapel, green burial, veterans section, office on site, parking, wheelchair accessible, restrooms. If you work there or know it well, tell us what it offers.
Nearby cemeteries
- Middle CemeteryLancaster, MACemetery0.1 mi
- Eastwood CemeteryLancaster, MACemetery1.1 mi
- Saint Johns CemeterySouth Lancaster, MACemetery1.6 mi
- North Village CemeteryLancaster, MAMunicipal cemetery1.7 mi
- West CemeteryBolton, MACemetery2.2 mi
- Woodlawn CemeteryClinton, MACemetery2.2 mi
- Reservoir Pines CemeteryBoylston, MACemetery3.4 mi
- South CemeteryBolton, MACemetery3.6 mi
- Old South Burial GroundBolton, MACemetery3.7 mi
- Friends' Burial GroundBolton, MACemetery3.7 mi
Funeral homes near Old Settlers Cemetery
- Philbin-Comeau Funeral Home2.0 miFuneral home · Clinton · (978) 365-6872
- Regonini-Zoll Memorials2.1 miMonument dealer · Clinton · (978) 368-7539
- McNally & Watson Funeral & Cremation Service2.2 miCremation provider · Clinton · (978) 365-3144
- Miles-Sterling Funeral & Tribute Center5.7 miFuneral home · Sterling · (978) 422-0100
- Tighe Hamilton Regional Funeral Home6.3 miFuneral home · Hudson · (978) 562-3252
- Simard Funeral Home6.5 miFuneral home · Leominster · (978) 534-8420
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