Buttermilk Lane Cemetery in Middleton NH is in need of repair. I have known about this cemetery for several years and finally got to visit today. The fall leaves are covering many stones and grass is growing over some as well. many are hard to read due to age and some are even toppled over and covered.
Buttermilk Lane Cemetery internments at findagrave
Buttermilk Lane Cemetery Picasa album
US genweb Buttermilk Lane Cemetery burials
These families are descendents of Joseph Davis Tufts who descended from Thomas Tufts and his father Henry Tufts, the tailor, who lived in Newmarket and Lee, NH. Henry the tailor moved there from Medford MA where he descended from Rev. Thomas Tufts, the son of Peter Tufts and his father Peter Tufts the immigrant. There are more details in the story of Henry's son Henry Tufts the criminal
There are 3 or 4 stones buried here.
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Roger Lessard is my uncle. My name is Roza Benoit and I am the secretary of the Stevens-Tufts Family Reunion Association which meets annually in Middleton. We are the descendants of Albert M. & Bernice M. (Tufts) Stevens of Middleton. The responsiblility for custody and maintainance of this Tufts cemetery on Buttermilk Lane and that of a well-maintained Stevens cemetery on the mountain off New Portsmouth Road have been the subject of the my research and a major topic of our business meetings for the last 2 years. We know the cemetery is not currently maintained and we do not want it declared abandoned. My Aunt Charlotte wishes to be buried there. Roger "Beanie" Lessard is the son of Edith Lessard and Ransom "Bun" Tufts. As such he is my very distant (5th or 6th) cousin. His widow Charlotte (Stevens) Lessard is my mother's sister. So my distant cousin is my maternal Uncle by marriage. His second daughter, my first-cousin Peggy is our Reunion Association Vice President. Please contact us. Our website is www.stevens-tufts.org and we have a Facebook group. Stevens-Tufts Family of Middleton, NH.
ReplyDeleteThank you so much Roza, for your comment and information. I can't wait to add the families to this story. It's also great to know the families are maintaining the cemetery and hope to help out, if I can. Readers, please check out their website and check back for updates to this story.
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ReplyDeleteThank you but I need to update this post. The Tufts/Stevens Middleton, NH group is alive and thriving with a labor day reunion every year and maintenance of this cemetery included. I'll try to stop and get the updated pictures too.
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