The Beebe Cemetery – Star Island, Isles of Shoals, Rye, NH

This is a cemetery belonging to the Beebe Family and only contains three graves of three young sisters. The cemetery is a bit of a memorial as well.

The graves were of three young sisters named Mitty (7), Millie (4) and Jessie (2). They were the daughters of Rev. George Beebe. The three girls all died of disease weeks apart.

There is an obelisk with some inscriptions that are very sad. The inscriptions are getting a bit weathered but most of it can be made out. They look like they have been recently cleaned.

To the best I can figure out the inscriptions below each name read:

JESSIE
Died May 30^th 1863
Aged 2 years

You are dear child, far, far away,
Yet near in spirit too.
Welcome indeed will be the day,
That brings us all to you.

MILLIE
Died June 12^th 1863
Aged 4 years old

Dying she kneeled down and prayed:
Please Jesus, take me up to the Lighted
Place. And HE did.”

MATTIE
Died June 23^rd, 1863
Aged 7 years old

“I don’t want to die, but I’ll do
just as Jesus wants me to.”

BEEBE

The cemetery is tucked away on the far east side of the island and sits just below a large rock and is easily missed. There were some workers clearing out overgrowth and it looked like the stones had been recently cleaned and were in pretty good condition.

There seems to be a lot of folklore about these children, and some say they have heard them. Some say they have seen ghosts. Thanks to one of the workers for pointing out the plaque for Dudley Moore. I would have totally missed it. Based on the dates and a little research, I’m pretty sure this is not the British actor that died in 2002. If anyone has any information on plaque, please comment below. I could not find anything on this person and timeframe