Mayflower Cemetery

Mayflower Cemetery is a town-owned cemetery in Duxbury, in Plymouth County, Massachusetts. The first grave was of Stephen Russell in 1787 and the first engraved stone was of Ichabod Sampson in 1788. The Duxbury Crematory, also owned by the town, is located on the cemetery grounds. The cemetery is also known as the "Old Cemetery at Unitarian Church Duxbury."

Notable burials

Richard W. Day (1916–1978) – principal of Phillips Exeter Academy
Mark Goddard (1936-2023) - actor
Rufus Hathaway (d. 1822) – physician and painter
George Partridge (1740–1828) – delegate to the Continental Congress, U.S. Representative
Cid Ricketts Sumner (1890–1970) – novelist
Ruth Graves Wakefield (1903–1977) – baker, inventor of the chocolate chip cookie
Jerry Williams (1923–2003) – American radio host

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