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Old Burying Point Cemetery

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Old Burying Point Cemetery

Charter Street, Salem, MA

The oldest burying ground in Salem, the Burying Point was erected in 1637. Referred to as the Charter Street Burial Ground, it is home to the grave of a pilgrim from the Mayflower and Chief Justice John Hawthorne, one of the Witchcraft Court judges and an ancestor of Nathaniel Hawthorne.