Images from eastern Mass.: Bolton
The rise of neo-classicism brought an end to the peculiar rustic handiwork stone cutters, but some of the transitional designs are attractive and interesting.
 Childrens grave markers are the majority in many colonial yards.
A Common type in this area. Note the compass scribed circle of the skull face. Possibly the work of Joseph Wilder of Lancaster.
 
A nice tapered Worcester standard.
 Another very common type locally, probobly from the John Dwight shop of Shirley, Mass.