Author Archives: Bret Kramer (aka WinstonP)
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Grave-tober 18 – Mary Nasson, the “Witch” of York, Maine
Leave a commentOctober 18, 2018 by Bret Kramer (aka WinstonP)
Today’s grave, like Joseph Palmer’s, is relatively well known, having been covered by many sites of a historical or occult …
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Grave-tober 17 – Two Unusual Carvers: “The Bat” & “The Bozrah Devil”
Leave a commentOctober 17, 2018 by Bret Kramer (aka WinstonP)
For more than a century scholars have undertaken the sometime challenging task of identifying the stonecarvers, professional and otherwise, who …
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Grave-tober 16 – Joseph Palmer
Leave a commentOctober 16, 2018 by Bret Kramer (aka WinstonP)
Today’s entry is relatively well known, among odd New England grave marker, at least: the Joseph Palmer memorial at Evergreen …
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Grave-tober 15 – Tobias Lear
1October 15, 2018 by Bret Kramer (aka WinstonP)
Captain Tobias Lear, who was laid to rest in the wonderfully named Point of Graves burying ground in Portsmouth, New …
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Grave-tober 14 – Mary Dorr and the Frond Carver of Medway
Leave a commentOctober 14, 2018 by Bret Kramer (aka WinstonP)
In Memory of Mrs Mary Dorr, Relict of Revd Jofseph Dorr who died Apl ye 9th 1776 in ye …
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Grave-tober 13 – William Greenough (and the ‘JN’ Carver)
Leave a commentOctober 13, 2018 by Bret Kramer (aka WinstonP)
We’ve discussed this particular gravestone carver before, during The 2015 October-ganza, I couldn’t pass up a chance, however, to point …
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Grave-tober 12 – Zadock Davis
Leave a commentOctober 12, 2018 by Bret Kramer (aka WinstonP)
Today’s entry for Grave-tober is an unusual looking stone I encountered in the little Massachusetts hill town of Ashburnham in …
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Grave-tober 11 – Chow Manderien
Leave a commentOctober 11, 2018 by Bret Kramer (aka WinstonP)
New England’s merchant ships ranged across the globe in the 18th century; sometimes we find a reminder of that carved …
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Grave-tober 10 – Capt. Edward Hutchinson
Leave a commentOctober 10, 2018 by Bret Kramer (aka WinstonP)
Today’s stone is that of Captain Edward Hutchinson, a casualty of King Philip’s War and the first Grave-tober subject to …
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