Walderne Stone
Purpose:
Historic, colonial settlement
Location: (Street, Park, GPS)
Waldron Family burial Ground,
Chapel Street
N 43°11.902’ W070°52.314’
Date Installed:
September 18, 1918
Date or Era Referenced:
1609-1689,
Description:
Boulder with bronze plaques affixed to two sides.
Wording:
Side 1: Richard Walderne, born Alcester, England, Home at Dover Neck 1636-1655, at Cochecho Falls 1656-1689, built first saw-mill at fall 1642, Deputy Mass. Gen. Court, Speaker ten years, Judge of Court of Associates, Major 1675-1689, Chief Justice 1681, Died June 28, 1689 Garrison Burned.
Side 2: Burial Ground of Major Richard Walderne 1609-1689, Massacred by Indians, Pioneer – Patriot – Soldier – Statesman, This memorial placed by Margaret Sullivan Chapter D.A.R. and Society of Colonial Wars in New Hampshire September 1918.
Affiliations:
Margaret Sullivan Chapter D.A.R.
Society of Colonial Wars in New Hampshire
Notes/comments:
- The Waldron Family burial ground is now owned and under the care of the City of Dover. Daughters of the American Revolution magazine Volume 52. (726-727) http://books.google.com/books?id=HX0mAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA726&lpg=PA726&dq=walderne+memorial+dover,+nh&source=bl&ots=JK3UvuYg_2&sig=8VfdOziUP0bjLiAe2rGPJDw-Qb0&hl=en&ei=M2bATtnsCYLv0gG19ZDMBA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCYQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=walderne%20memorial%20dover%2C%20nh&f=false
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Waldron
- http://www.dover.lib.nh.us/doverhistory/cocheco.htm
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