Location is remote, off Old College Road/Keyser Road (base of Shaw Hill) near the Andover town border, with very poor access on private property. Rampant poison ivy in the area.
This graveyard designation, as Shaw Hill seems to be confused with the Oak Hill Cemetery at another location off of Shaw Hill. S02-010 is the Severens Graveyard at the base of Shaw Hill in what was likely the lower fields of Eliphalet Shaw/Keyser/Barnes’ farmland.
Some History on the Family:
Note: Severens, Severence, and Severance are alternate spellings.
From The History of Andover, NH 1751-1906 Eastman, John R. (Robie) 1836
*Lieut. Joseph, son of Benjamin and Ruth (Long) Severance, b. in
Kingston, July 21, 1745; d. in Andover, March 16, 1813;
m., Chester, Feb. 12, 1771, Anna, dau. of Gideon Currier; she d. Oct.
28, 1813.
Mr. Severance came from Chester to Andover in 1769.
Afterwards, he bought land in Salisbury and built the first house
on the Eliphalet Shaw place.
The Family:
Elizabeth, b. Oct. 5, 1771; d. July 1773.
Isaac, b. Oct. 4, 1773.
David, b. Jan. 30, 1775.
James, b. Dec. 19, 1776; m. Sarah True.
*Anna, b. Feb. 18, 1779; d. May 28, 1790.
Lydia, b. Jan. 17, 1781; d. June 16, 1809.
Joseph, b. Jan. 1, 1783; d. Oct. 10, 1828.
Benjamin, b. April 18, 1785.
John, b. May 30, 1787; m. Abigail True.
Richard, b. May 2, 1789.
Dea. James, son of Lieut. Joseph and Anna (Currier) Severance of
Chester was b. Dec. 19, 1776; d. March 10, 1854; buried near
Smith’s Corner in Salisbury; m., in Plainfield, Aug. 21, 1803,
Sarah True, b. June 16, 1785; d. Feb. 12, 1865.
Abigail, b. Feb. 13, 1806; m., Feb. 25, 1844, Enoch Rowe.
Ziba, b. July 20, 1807; m., Oct. 27, 1836, Sarah
Ann Weare.
*Royal, b. Feb. 5, 1809; d. Jan. 28, 1814.
Salina, b. Oct. 6, 1810; d. Nov. 10. 1810.
*Pascal P., b. Sept. 12, 1811; d. Dec. 31, 1830.