Dodge/Balch Cemetery
Colburn Road, New Boston, New Hampshire
(43°0'6"N, 71°44'48"W)

This little cemetery is up on a hill above the road, and easy to miss - look for the white gate.
These photos of all the visible named stones were taken May 2003.

Read Frances Ellingwood's article about this cemetery
(More information coming soon)
P5170254
Looking up from the road
P5170253
Top of the hill
P5170238
Inside the cemetery
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Rachel (Newell) &
Ephraim Colburn
P5170249
Ephraim Colburn
1777-1855
P5170250
Horace Colburn
1816
David Colburn
Rebecca (Richards)
& David Colburn
P5170230
Sarah (Gilbert) &
Willard Colburn
P5170233
Margie, Mary
& Hannah
P5170221
Ruth (Woodbury) Dodge
1755-1832
P5170220
Nehemiah Dodge
1753-1825
P5170252
Footstones
P5170224
Lydia Dodge
1784-1836
P5170225
Rebecca Dodge
1784-1822
P5170226
Dimon Dodge
1778-1840
P5170227
Anne (Wilson) Dodge
1791-1862
P5170237
Francis & Sarah
Dodge
P5170243
Deborah (Kenniston)
Balch
1775-1827
P5170244
John Balch
1779-1822
P5170242
Deborah & John Balch
P5170235
George, Sarah &
John Dunlap
P5170228
Abigail
1802-1826
w/o A.W. Tewksbury
P5170241
Rebecca (Balch)
12/19/1796 - 9/22/1896
& Ezra Dodge
8/9/1790-2/3/1853
P5170245
Sarah (Dodge) Balch
1752-3/16/1822
P5170246
Sarah & Robert Balch
m. 11/28/1769
P5170247
Robert Balch
7/28/1743 - 3/4/1830
P5170239
P5170218
P5170223
P5170217
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New Hampshire Old Graveyards Association
Here is the information I have gathered from the stones so far.
To see photo reference numbers, rest cursor on thumbnail photo,
then scroll down to related text below.

Information within parentheses is from other resources, NOT the gravestones.


Dodge and Tewksbury Row
p5170220
Nehemiah Dodge died Jan 29, 1825  AE 72 years
(b. Aug. 13, 1753 - son of Robert & Lydia) 

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Mrs. Ruth (Woodbury) wife of Nehemiah Dodge
died Aug. 18, 1832 AE 77 years
(b. Aug. 18, 1832) 

p5170223
Miss Lydia, daughter of Nehemiah Dodge
died Jan. 4, 1836  AE 52 years

p5170225
Miss Rebecca, daughter of Nehemiah & Ruth Dodge 
died July 22, 1822 AE 38 years

p5170226
Dimon Dodge died Jan. 19, 1840
(b. Nov. 10, 1778 - son of Nehemiah & Ruth)

p5170227
Anne Wilson wife of Dimon Dodge 
died Aug. 29, 1862  AE 71 years
(b. Jan 27, 1791, m. May 11, 1811)

p5170228
Abigail (Balch) wife of A(mos) W(ood) Tewksbury,
died Oct. 27, 1826 AE 24
Nehemiah D. AE 4 mos.
Abigail died Mar. 2, 1827 aged 10 mos.
Children of A.W. & A. Tewksbury
Colburn Row
p5170251
David Colburn
Continental Line Rev War
1747-1820
Rebecca Richards
1751

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Rachel (Newell) wife of Ephraim Colburn died Mar. 8, 1866
AE 79yrs. 8mos. 13 days

Ephraim Colburn died May 19, 1855  AE 78 yrs.

p5170250
Horace Colburn died Sept. 16, 1816 AE 11mos. 18ds.

p5170230
Willard Colburn died Aug. 26, 1879 AE. 72ys. 7ms. 6ds.
Sarah Gilbert his wife died Dec. 12, 1885 AE 76ys. 7ms. 4ds.
Colburn

p5170230
Hannah, Mary & Margie
(They are the children of Willard & Sarah Gilbert Colburn)

Balch, Dodge and Dunlap Row
p5170247
Robert Balch died Augt. 3, 1830  AE 85

p5170245
Sarah wife of Robert Balch Died Mar. 16, 1822
AE 69y. 8m. 7d.

p5170244
Mr. John Balch died June 20, 1822 AE 43 yrs.

p5170243
Mrs. Deborah (Kenniston) wife of John Balch
died June 18, 1827 AE 52 yrs

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Rebecca B(alch) wife of Ezra Dodge died Sept. 22, 1878 
AE 81 yrs. 9ms. 3ds. (b. Dec. 19, 1796)

Ezra Dodge died Feb. 3, 1853 AE 63
(b. Aug. 9, 1790)
(This stone was found on Aug. 14, 1987
buried under decayed leaves and creeping vines)

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Francis Dodge died Nov. 19, 1846 AE 85
Sarah his wife died June 17, 1831 AE 65

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Geo. W. Dunlap died June 30, 1859 AE 63 ys. 4ms. 23ds.
Sarah H.(Balch) his wife Jan. 20, 1834 AE 34yrs. 2mos.
John A. their son died Jan. 23, 1853 AE 20yrs. 6mos. 19ds.
Former burials at this site
The body of Harriet W. Morgan was removed Mar. 30, 1880 to Lot #46,
New Boston Village Cemetery.  The bodies of Deacon Livermore Langdell,
his wife Fannie, and his son Niles were removed May 14, 1883 to Lot #17,
3rd survey, New Boston Village Cemetery.


Page revised December 16, 2003 & January 9, 2004
Special thanks to Frances Ellingwood for new information about these burials.
She has generously shared her memories and her records.
Read her article about this cemetery
More details will be published here soon


Page was also revised November 15, 2003
(thanks to Norman Dodge of Seattle, WA for input)
All corrections and new information are welcome.
Page originally created on June 6, 2003