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From: "Sally Phillips" <>
Subject: Re: [MAFRANKL] Eagan/Egan, Greenfield, MA Abt. 1850
Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2005 13:56:34 -0400
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One of the earliest cemeteries in Greenfield (if not the earliest) was at
the foot of the hill of Miles St. Those interred there were moved to The
Federal Street Cemetery to make way for the railroad. The RR station was
located at the end of Miles St. Hope this offers a bit of help.
~Sally

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From: "Carol J Cooke" <>
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Sent: August 30, 2005 6:23 AM
Subject: Re: [MAFRANKL] Eagan/Egan, Greenfield, MA Abt. 1850


> Good morning folks!
> Like I am interested in the oldest cemeteries in Greenfield.
> In the book "After the King Philips War" it is noted that in 1696 there
> was a raid
> on Greenfield by the Mohawks. They took a family named Belding away.
> What I am wondering is did that family (any part of it) come back to
> Greenfield
> and were they mixed with native? Or did they stay and propogate? Then
> later
> did they come back to the Greenfield area?
> There was a Belding family in Montague in the 1830's that later moved to
> Sandisfield,
> Henry Belding (Belden) and his wife Mary. They had a farm in Montague.
> I am looking for where it was. Any information and the source would be
> appreciated.
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> Surnames: Eagan/Egan, Nally, McKenna, Kristek
> Classification: Query
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> I'm looking for some information regarding my wife's Eagan(Egan)
> ancestors. My wife's great grandfather was Garrett Eagan who died in 1877
> in Northampton. I recently found a reference to a Garritt Eagan in the
> 1850 Franklin County, MA census.
>
> That census indicated that Garritt was 63 years old at the time of the
> census. There is no further reference to him.
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> I'm trying to determine if that Garritt is the father of my wife's great
> grandfather. I'd also like to determine exactly when he died(most probably
> between 1850 and 1860) and where he is buried.
>
> Does anyone know the names of cemeteries in existence between 1850 and
> 1860 in Greenfield and does anyone know the name of the closest Catholic
> cemetery to the Greenfield area for that era ?
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