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Also known as "Old Burying Point" or the "Charter Street Cemetery", this is the oldest cemetery in Salem and the second oldest cemetery in the country. Started in 1637, it contains many early and famous Salem residents such as Jonathan Corwin and John Hawthorne | Also known as "Old Burying Point" or the "Charter Street Cemetery", this is the oldest cemetery in Salem and the second oldest cemetery in the country. Started in 1637, it contains many early and famous Salem residents such as Jonathan Corwin and John Hawthorne, both judges in the Salem Witch Trials and Samuel Bradstreet, the Governor of Massachusetts. | ||
For lists of who is buried here, see the links below. | |||
Revision as of 10:15, 28 March 2008
Also known as "Old Burying Point" or the "Charter Street Cemetery", this is the oldest cemetery in Salem and the second oldest cemetery in the country. Started in 1637, it contains many early and famous Salem residents such as Jonathan Corwin and John Hawthorne, both judges in the Salem Witch Trials and Samuel Bradstreet, the Governor of Massachusetts. For lists of who is buried here, see the links below.
