Linscott Cemetery (Abram?)

Abram Linscott Cemetery

Location: From its intersection with Porter Road, drive southwest on Thurston Road. Continue straight on Thurston (dirt road) past the lefthand turn off for Linscott Road. Follow Thurston Road as it makes a 90 degree turn left (south) and continue 0.4 miles further south. Walk east into the woods about 200 feet. There are fieldstones and currently (2019) the rough boundaries are marked with flagging tape.

Historical Information:

This cemetery is shown on the 1858 and 1880 maps, though it consists only of fieldstones and does not have an enclosure. The Herman Linscott Cemetery is more substantial but the location seems to match up with the Abram Linscott Cemetery instead.

1880 map showing a cemetery south of the Samuel B. Linscott house

In 1858 this cemetery was near the farm of brothers Samuel B. and Darius A. Linscott, which previously belonged to their father, Abram Linscott. According to genealogy from Eli B. Bean, Abram Linscott died in 1856 in Brownfield. Some of his children also died in Brownfield, including Marshall (d. 1824), Eliza Ann (d. 1848), Caroline A. (d. 1856) and Darius A. (d. 1858). None of these graves can be found in any other cemetery, so it is likely they are here.

From Eli Bean: Abram Linscott and his brother Deacon Isaac Linscott came from Alfred, Maine, to Brownfield around 1816. They were sons of John Linscott, who died in Alfred at the age of 102. Isaac and Abram purchased land of Esq. Hill, of Saco, Maine, 200 acres, the same farm where Abram Linscott died. John Linscott settled on the farm near Abram, where afterwards Timothy Day lived and died. John Linscott purchased his farm of Ephraim Whitney who came from Standish in 1812.

Condition (11/11/2019):

This cemetery does not have an enclosure. There appear to be approximately ten burials here, either marked with rough fieldstones or just grave depressions. Most of the burials appear to be in a single row.