Historical Markers and War Memorials in Rowley, Massachusetts
Lawrence and Salem are both the county seat for Essex County
Rowley is in Essex County
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On Main Street (Massachusetts Route 1A) south of Summer Street, on the right when traveling north.
Near this spot, their graves unmarked, lie buried
Maximilian and Joseph Jewett
sons of
Edward and Mary (Taylor) Jewett
of Bradford England
They came over in 1638 in the Company led by
Rev. Ezekiel Rogers
which settled the . . . — — Map (db m115313) HM
On Main Street (Alternate Massachusetts Route 1), on the right when traveling north.
The burial ground set apart at the settlement of the
town of Rowley in 1639. Here
are buried Ezekiel Rogers,
Samuel Phillips, Samuel
Shepard, Edward Payson and Jedediah Jewett, the earliest
ministers of the town, and
nearly all the original . . . — — Map (db m115314) HM
On Main Street (Massachusetts Route 1A), in the median.
Rowley's tribute to her men who served in the military or naval service of the United States in the War to preserve the Union. There names appear here. Erected 1901 1861-1865
[There are three sides of engraved names] — — Map (db m97164) WM
On Main Street (Massachusetts Route 1A), on the left when traveling south.
1917-1919 Erected by the town or Rowley in honor of the men who served their country in the World War
Followed by 3 columns of names inscribed alphabetically
Dedicated 1935 — — Map (db m97168) HM