Location: 43.82569 -70.78700
From its intersection with Pequawket Trail (113) at Hiram Bridge, drive south on River Road 4.4 miles to a farm drive on the left (east) side. Drive east then north 220 yards. The cemetery, consisting of small fieldstones only with no enclosure, is in the woods on the right (east) side.
Historical Information: Although there are no names on the small fieldstone markers, tradition says that two of the approximately six burials are for the first Flyes in Hiram, who came around 1794: James and Jerusha (Freeman) Flye. James was a veteran of the French and Indian Wars as well as the Revolutionary War. According to William Teg’s Hiram history, James possessed a powder horn on which he had carved the following inscription: “James Fly. His horn. We march today for
Ticonderoga.” The famous powder horn was reportedly handed down to his grandchildren and found its way from coast to coast, eventually being lost in Canada many years ago.
James Flye was born on 9/27/1741 in Scarborough, ME and died around 1820 in Hiram. He married his wife Jerusha on 11/21/1761. She was born in 1741 in Falmouth, ME and died 2/11/1825 in Hiram. They lived in the house to the west of the cemetery, later occupied by John A. Warren.
James and Jerusha had many children, though they seem to have left the homestead and moved to other areas of Hiram and elsewhere. Elder James Freeman Flye was the founder of Hiram’s Free Will Baptist Church and lived at the end of Richardson Road. He was married to Eunice, daughter of John and Abigail (Southwick) Clemons. Another son of James and Jerusha, John Flye, married Susan (Storer) and lived on New Settlement Road. Other children were Hannah, Isaac, Mary, Lucy, Dorcas, Elizabeth, Susan, Susanna, and Eleanor.
Condition (10/31/2020): This cemetery was cleared of debris approximately five years ago. There is a small opening from the farm lane but there is no sign or other markings.