Thomas Balch | Old Parish Preservat

Early Gravestone Practices

Headstones and Footstones at Old Parish A headstone is placed at the head of the grave to identify the person who is buried there. It...

The First Deacon

John Everett (1676-1751) The story of John Everett is the story of the beginnings of Tiot, and Norwood and it is a reminder that the...

The Deans of Dean St.

Ebenezer Dean (1772-1851) Born in South Dedham in 1772, Ebenezer Dean was the son of Jonathan Dean and Elizabeth Balch Dean. Elizabeth...

Rev. Thomas Balch (1711-1774)

Devoted Pastor and Colonial War Veteran Born on October 17, 1711, and baptized in Charlestown where his father, Benjamin, was a...

Joanna (1711-1791) & Ebenezer Everett (1707-1778)

Ebenezer Everett, the son of Deacon John Everett, was born on August 5, 1707. He married Joanna Stevens in March of 1734 in North...

Rev. Jabez Chickering (1753-1812)

Rev. Jabez Chickering was born in that part of Dedham now Dover, on November 4, 1753. His father died when he was 18 days old but his...