Bourne, Barnstable County, Massachusetts Genealogy

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Quick Facts
Named for Jonathan Bourne Sr.

Establishment and former town name(s)
Historical data relating to counties, cities, and towns in Massachusetts (Boston, Massachusetts : New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1997), [FHL book 974.4 H2h 1997].

1640: Settled.

2 April 1884: Made a town, State 1884, c 127.

Archiac name:

Cataumet, Monument Village, North Sandwich, West Sandwich

Section/Villages within the town: Bournedale, Buzzards Bay, Cataumet, Gray Gables, Head of the Bay, Mashnee Island, Monument Beach, North Pocasset, Pocasset, Sacconeesett, Sagamore, Sagamore Beach, Sagamore Highlands, South Pocasset, Wenammet Neck (also called Wing's Neck).

Wikipedia:

Neighboring Towns
Falmouth | Sandwich | Plymouth County Towns: Plymouth | Wareham

Cemeteries
Blackwell Cemetery near 66 Sandwich Road most of burials moved to Oakland Grove Cemetery

Bourne Family Cemetery north of Main and Perry Sts. Buzzards Bay


 * 1) Massachusetts Gravestone Photo Project
 * 2) Findagrave.com #1
 * 3) Findagrave.com #2

Cataumet Cemetery (est. 1768) County Road Cataumet


 * 1) Massachusetts Gravestone Photo Project
 * 2) USGS GNIS ID # 602048
 * 3) Google map
 * 4) Hometown Locator map
 * 5) Findagrave.com

Elijah Perry Grave (1814) single grave at 388 County Rd Monument Beach

Head of Bay Cemetery Head of Bay Road Buzzards Bay

Herring Pond Wampanoag Indian Cemetery (1849) Little Sandy Point Rd in Plymouth and Bourne

Indian Burial Hill Herring Pond Road Bournedale

Massachusetts National Cemetery Massachusetts Military Reservation

Monument Beach Cemetery (1835) County Road Monument Beach

Nightingale Cemetery (1847) off Herring Pond Road, behind 3 Palmer Circle Bournedale

Oakland Grove Cemetery (1866) Shore Road

Old Bourne Cemetery (1740) County Road

Packard Cemetery off the beginning Head of Bay Road, near the junction of Wareham and Plymouth townline

Pocasset Cemetery County Road Pocasset

Sagamore Cemetery (ca. 1804) Ben Abbey and Sandwich Roads Sagamore

Maps

 * 1) USGS GNIS FID 616366
 * 2) Google
 * 3) Hometown Locator