Wigglesworth died June 10, 1705, in Malden, Middlesex County. The epitaph on his grave in Bell Rock Cemetery says:
The headstone of Michael Wigglesworth.HERE LYES BURIED Ye BODY OF THAT FAITHFUL SERVANT OF JESUS CHRIST Ye REVEREND MR. MICHAEL WIGGLESWORTH PASTOUR OF Ye CHURCH OF CHRIST AT MAULDEN , < > YEARS WHO FINISHED HIS WORK AND ENTERED APON AN ETERNAL SABBATH OF REST ON Ye LORD’S DAY JUNE Ye 10 1705 IN Ye 74TH YEAR OF HIS AGE. HERE LIES INTERRED IN SILENT GRAVE BELOW MAULDEN’S PHYSITIAN FOR SOUL AND BODY TWO.
An encomium to his memory says,
His pen did once Meat from the Eater take And now he's gone beyond the Eater's reach His body once so thin was next to none From hence he's to unbodied spirits flown. Once his rare skill did all diseases heal And he doth nothing now uneasy feel. He to his paradise is joyful come And waits with joy to see his Day of Doom.
