Charter Street Burial Ground

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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 Hathorne, both judges in the Salem witch trials of 1692 and Samuel Bradstreet, the Governor of Massachusetts.Another famous gravestone is of the only Mayflower passenger buried here, a Capt. Richard More. For lists of who is buried here, see the links below.

See Also

Charter Street Cemetery

A Very Grave Matter