Westfield was part of Springfield until 1669 and called "Woronoake"....it was established as a city 1920.
Westfield in in Hampden Co.
Westfield in in Hampden Co.
Original burying ground of the first settlers of Westfield..in use from about 1670-1800's...over 100 headstones remain...about 500 unmarked graves.....earliest dated stone 1683.
the mortal remains of the early settlers--farmers, craftsmen, clergymen, soldiers, the women, men, and children of this frontier town are here interred.
Included in their number are civic leaders and veterans of the colonial wars and the Revolutionary War, from private to general.
One stone makes the grave of the first ordained minister.
The Rev. Edward Taylor, who in 1671 began a long pastorate of 58 years, his writings have established him as the greatest
poet of Colonial America.
the Western Hampden Historical Society
May 30,1964
the mortal remains of the early settlers--farmers, craftsmen, clergymen, soldiers, the women, men, and children of this frontier town are here interred.
Included in their number are civic leaders and veterans of the colonial wars and the Revolutionary War, from private to general.
One stone makes the grave of the first ordained minister.
The Rev. Edward Taylor, who in 1671 began a long pastorate of 58 years, his writings have established him as the greatest
poet of Colonial America.
the Western Hampden Historical Society
May 30,1964
Original burying ground of the first settlers of Westfield..in use from about 1670-1800's...over 100 headstones remain...about 500 unmarked graves.....earliest dated stone 1683.
the mortal remains of the early settlers--farmers, craftsmen, clergymen, soldiers, the women, men, and children of this frontier town are here interred.
Included in their number are civic leaders and veterans of the colonial wars and the Revolutionary War, from private to general.
One stone makes the grave of the first ordained minister.
The Rev. Edward Taylor, who in 1671 began a long pastorate of 58 years, his writings have established him as the greatest
poet of Colonial America.
the Western Hampden Historical Society
May 30,1964
the mortal remains of the early settlers--farmers, craftsmen, clergymen, soldiers, the women, men, and children of this frontier town are here interred.
Included in their number are civic leaders and veterans of the colonial wars and the Revolutionary War, from private to general.
One stone makes the grave of the first ordained minister.
The Rev. Edward Taylor, who in 1671 began a long pastorate of 58 years, his writings have established him as the greatest
poet of Colonial America.
the Western Hampden Historical Society
May 30,1964
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