Cemetery record
Forest Hills Cemetery, Roxbury, Norfolk County, Massachusetts
Transcribed inscriptions of 22 people in Forest Hills Cemetery, Roxbury
Transcription only — inscriptions transcribed from the headstones; no photographs in this record.
1863 deed for cemetery plot of Margaret Tufts of Newton. CEMETERY DEED & BILL-Roxbury, Woburn, Mass. 1860s Deed for cemetery plot sold to Margaret Tufts of Newton, in Forest Hills Cemetery, Roxbury, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, dated Sept. 10, 1863, with tax stamp attached. Also itemized bill for cemetery services in the estate of Walter Frost, received by Andrew James including lot, granite monument and lettering, etc. dated Nov. 6, 1867, Woburn, MA, tax stamp affixed. Includes contributor census research ('Brian's Research') on the Tufts family. This is a deed/bill record page, not a headstone transcript.
Name index
| Details | ||
|---|---|---|
| Frost, Walter | Nov. 6, 1867 | Itemized bill for cemetery services in the estate of Walter Frost, received by Andrew James including lot, granite monument and lettering, etc. dated Nov. 6, 1867, Woburn, MA, tax stamp affixed. |
| James, Andrew | — | |
| Higgins, James | — | Living in home of James Higgins, a postmaster, and wife Mary |
| Higgins, Mary | — | |
| Kittridge, Alvah | — | Witnesses Alvah Kittridge, Frances C. Head, Joseph W. Dudley, Joseph Tucker |
| Head, Frances C. | — | |
| Dudley, Joseph W. | — | |
| Tucker, Joseph | — | |
| Lambert, John | — | living with John Lambert and wife Elizabeth |
| Lambert, Elizabeth | — | |
| Tufts, Caroline C | — | found in 1860 census for Suffolk Co. Chelsea Massachusetts: Caroline C, 25, schoolteacher |
| Tufts, Carrie L | — | Carrie L 16 at school b Massachusetts |
| Tufts, Ellen M | — | found in 1860 census Essex County 3-WD Salem: Ellen M Tufts, 22 |
| Tufts, Ellen M. | — | Ellen M. 29 no occupation b Massachusetts |
| Tufts, Francis W | — | found in 1860 census for Suffolk Co. Chelsea Massachusetts: Tufts, Francis W 38 sectionmaster |
| Tufts, Francis W. | — | Francis W. (male), 47, b Massachusetts, working piano factory |
| Tufts, Margaret | Sept. 10, 1863 | CEMETERY DEED & BILL-Roxbury, Woburn, Mass. 1860s Deed for cemetery plot sold to Margaret Tufts of Newton, in Forest Hills Cemetery, Roxbury, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, dated Sept. 10, 1863, with tax stamp attached. |
| Tufts, Margaret W. | — | found in 1870 Census for Middlesex County, Newton Massachusetts post office Newton Center Tufts, Margaret W., 69 b Massachusetts, housekeeping |
| Tufts, Mary E. | — | found in 1860 census Essex County 3-WD Salem: Mary E. Tufts, 20 |
| Tufts, Mary E/C | — | Mary E/C 13 at school b Massachusetts |
| Tufts, Sarah E | — | Sarah E 13 at school b Massachusetts |
| Tufts, Sarah E. | — | Sarah E. 32 teacher b Massachusetts |
Inscriptions transcribed by the original Ancestors at Rest contributor. Individual names were extracted into the searchable index below; the verbatim inscription is shown alongside each.
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Attribution
Headstone inscription transcription contributed by Brian, preserved from the Ancestors at Rest archive.
Source & Citation
Transcribed headstone inscriptions of Forest Hills Cemetery, Roxbury, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. 22 names preserved in the Ancestors at Rest archive.
Last verified: 2026-06-10