[2] Dating to 1770, it stands on Gilman Road, around 450 feet (140 m) southwest of the older and smaller Pioneer Cemetery.

Nicholas Loring—were removed from the older cemetery[4] The original First Parish Congregational Church, known as the Old Ledge Meetinghouse, stood near the site between 1730 and 1818.

Its first pastor was Reverend Ammi Ruhamah Cutter.

He served in the role for forty years, and was buried in the Ledge Cemetery upon his death in 1809, aged 73.

[5] Several sea captains are also interred here, including those from the Drinkwater family.