West Tisbury Village Cemetery

Located on State Road, West Tisbury.
Photographs, transcripts and notes compiled by C. Baer, 1998.

This is an incomplete collection of photographs and transcripts of the older gravestones at West Tisbury Village Cemetery. The photos were taken with both a digital camera and a 35mm camera in the fall of 1998 and spring of 1999. Biographical information is primarily from The History of Martha's Vineyard by Dr. Charles Banks.

Alphabetical List of Gravestones:


Abigail Allen (1710)
Bartlett Allen (1781)
Benjamin Allen (1791)
Dinah Allen (1791)
Mrs. Eleanor Allen (1818)
Mrs. Elizabeth Allen (1714)
Mrs. Elizabeth Allen (1722)
Mrs. Elizabeth Allen (1729)
James Allen Esq. (1714)
Lt. Joseph Allen (1726/7)
Mrs. Patience Allen (1765)
Mrs. Patience Allen (1817)

Jabez Athearn Esq. (1761)
Mrs. Katherine Athearn (1752)
Mrs. Mary Athearn (1778)
Jethro Athearn (1784)
Mrs. Sarah Athearn (1749)
Simon Athearn (1714/15)
Solomon Athearn (1762)

Mrs. Zerviah Butler (1791)

Barnard Case (1792)
Mrs. Dorothy Case (1792)

Joseph Cathcart (1757)

George Cobb (1718/19)
Isaac Cobb (1718)
Samuel Cobb (1721)
Samuel Cobb (1723)
Capt. Samuel Cobb (1786)
Mrs. Sarah Cobb (1749)
Thankfull Cobb (1727)

Benjamin Eddy (1709)
Mrs. Hephzibah Eddy (1726)
John Eddy (1715)

Capt. John Ferguson (1823)

William Foster Jr. (1793)

Isaiah Gray (1790)
Dea. John Gray (1834)
Mrs. Mary Gray (1816)
Oliver Gray (1777)
Mrs. Patience Gray (1768)
Patience Gray (1816)
Prudence Gray (1817)
Richard Gray (1771)
Mrs. Ruth Gray (1804)
Samuel Gray (1768)

James Hamlin (1718)

Edward Hammett (1745)

Mrs. Deborah Hancock (1804)
Freeman Hancock (1794)
James Hancock (1804)
Russel Hancock (1818)
Nathaniel Hancock (1774)
Nathaniel Hancock (1795)
Mrs. Sarah Hancock (1783)

Mrs. Jedidah Jones (1818)

John Lewis (1756)
Mrs. Thankful Lewis (1770)

Allen Look (1793)
Mrs. Bathsheba Look (1747/8)
Elijah Look (1800)
Mrs. Eunice Look (1817)
Mrs. Hannah Look (1761)
Mrs. Joanna Look (1798)
Job Look (1803)
Jonathan Look (1773)
Mrs. Ruth Look
(1770)

Mrs. Abigail Luce (1803)
Charles Luce
(1791)
Mrs. Content Luce
(1773)
Enoch Luce (1806)
Experience Luce
(1747)
Jabez Luce (1761)
Mrs. Jemima Luce (1788)
John Luce (1786)
Deacon Jonathan Luce (1763)
Mrs. Mary Luce (1818)
Nancy Luce (1890)
Rebecca Luce (1765)
Shubael Luce (1750)
Stephen Luce (1760)
Dea. Stephen Luce (1801)

Benjamin Manter (1750)
Col. Benjamin Manter (1796)
George Manter (1766)
Mrs. Hannah Manter (1724)
Hannah Manter (1739)
Jabez Manter (1763)
John Manter (1744)
John Manter (1797)
Mrs. Katherine Manter (1754)
Mrs. Mary Manter (1750)
(wife of Benjamin)
Mrs. Mary Manter (1750) (wife of John)
Miriam Manter (1790)
Rebecca Manter (1739)
Thomas Manter (1734)
Whitten Manter (1781)
Mrs. Zeviah Manter (1810)

John Mayhew (1688)
Thankful Mayhew (1706)

Reliance McGee (Megee) (1754)

Mrs. Elizabeth Merry (1732)
Joseph Merry
(1710)
Mrs. Remember Merry
(1739)
Samuel Merry (1727)

John Mills (1727/28)

Capt. John Norris (1798)
Peter Norris
(1784)

Mrs. Abigail Pease (1741)
John Pease (1699)

Benjamin Russell (1712/13)

Thomas Smith (1765)

Rev. Josiah Torrey (1723)
Sarah Torrey (1745)

Mrs. Mary Waldron (1755)

Mrs. Elizabeth West (1728)
Dr. Thomas West (1706)


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