Mayflower Cemetery is a town-owned cemetery in

Duxbury Duxbury (alternative older spelling: "Duxborough") is a historic seaside town in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States. A suburb located on the South Shore approximately to the southeast of Boston, the population was 16,090 at the 20 ...

, 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 (not for oneself) la, Finis Origine Pendet (The End Depends Upon the Beginning) gr, Χάριτι Θεοῦ (By the Grace of God) , location = 20 Main Street , city = Exeter, New Hampshire , zipcode ...

Rufus Hathaway Rufus Hathaway (1770–1822) was an American physician and folk art painter. He lived in southern Massachusetts, where he painted numerous portraits between 1790 and 1795. He later studied medicine and established himself as a doctor at Duxbury. ...

(d. 1822) – physician and painter *

George Partridge George Partridge (February 8, 1740 – July 7, 1828) was an American teacher and politician. He represented Massachusetts as a delegate to the Continental Congress and as a Representative in the U.S. House. Background Partridge was born in Du ...

(1740–1828) – delegate to the

Continental Congress The Continental Congress was a series of legislative bodies, with some executive function, for thirteen of Britain's colonies in North America, and the newly declared United States just before, during, and after the American Revolutionary War. ...

, U.S. Representative *

Cid Ricketts Sumner Cid Ricketts Sumner (September 27, 1890 – October 15, 1970) was a novelist from the United States whose works inspired several Hollywood films. She also taught English at a Jackson, Mississippi, high school and French at Millsaps College. Among ...

(1890–1970) – novelist *

Ruth Graves Wakefield Ruth Jones Graves Wakefield (June 17, 1903 – January 10, 1977; maiden name: ''Ruth Graves'') was an American chef, best known as the inventor of the Toll House Cookie, the first chocolate chip cookie A chocolate chip cookie is a drop c ...

(1903–1977) – baker, inventor of the chocolate chip cookie * Jerry Williams (1923–2003) – American radio host

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