Abigail Hall, wife of Josiah Hall is buried in a Historical Cemetery in the Town of Newton. This was an on-site verification by Joseph S. Hall, Jr. done on 22 Jan 1996. A plaque outside the cemetery reads "1630-1930, Site of original meeting house of the First Church in Newton was built in this burying ground in 1660. The first pastor was John Eliot, Jr., son of the Apostle to the Indians." This cemetery is located on Centre Street across from the Boston College Campus in the Town of Newton. This burial site is in a state of disrepair and a good portion of the headstones are sunken in the ground, broken, leaning, or missing.



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