Burial Hill

The first English settlers known as the Pilgrims built their first fort and meeting house here, and Plymouth residents have used the hill for burials since the 1620s. Mayflower passengers buried here include Governor William Bradford and William and Mary Brewster. The last burial took place in 1957. The earliest grave markers were carved wood and do not survive today, while stone markers likely began to be used in the mid-seventeenth century. Today, the oldest known stone on Burial Hill is that of Edward Gray, 1681. These early stone markers are valuable historic documents, and many are irreplaceable works of folk art.

Plymouth, Massachusetts · United States