Winslow Cemetery, also known as the Old Winslow Burying Ground, is a historic cemetery on Winslow Cemetery Road in
Marshfield, Massachusetts
Marshfield is a town in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States, on Massachusetts's South Shore. The population was 25,825 at the 2020 census.
It includes the census-designated places (CDPs) of Marshfield, Marshfield Hills, Ocean Bluf ...
. Established about 1651, it is the oldest cemetery in Marshfield. Notable burials in the cemetery include founders and early residents of the
Plymouth Colony
Plymouth Colony (sometimes Plimouth) was, from 1620 to 1691, the first permanent English colony in New England and the second permanent English colony in North America, after the Jamestown Colony. It was first settled by the passengers on the ...
, and 19th-century politician
Daniel Webster
Daniel Webster (January 18, 1782 – October 24, 1852) was an American lawyer and statesman who represented New Hampshire and Massachusetts in the U.S. Congress and served as the U.S. Secretary of State under Presidents William Henry Harrison ...
. The cemetery, now owned and maintained by the town, was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places
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in 2018.
History
The
Green Harbor area of southern Marshfield was settled in 1637 by
Edward Winslow
Edward Winslow (18 October 15958 May 1655) was a Separatist and New England political leader who traveled on the ''Mayflower'' in 1620. He was one of several senior leaders on the ship and also later at Plymouth Colony. Both Edward Winslow and ...
, who had arrived in the
Plymouth Colony
Plymouth Colony (sometimes Plimouth) was, from 1620 to 1691, the first permanent English colony in New England and the second permanent English colony in North America, after the Jamestown Colony. It was first settled by the passengers on the ...
in 1630, and the town of Marshfield was incorporated in 1640. In that year a parcel of land including the cemetery site was granted to William Thomas, a Welsh immigrant who had also arrived in 1630. Thomas donated land to the town for the establishment of a burying ground, adjacent to where its first
meeting house was erected. Thomas died in 1651, and his is believed to be the oldest grave in the cemetery. William Thomas's estate was acquired in 1832 by politician and lawyer
Daniel Webster
Daniel Webster (January 18, 1782 – October 24, 1852) was an American lawyer and statesman who represented New Hampshire and Massachusetts in the U.S. Congress and served as the U.S. Secretary of State under Presidents William Henry Harrison ...
, who is also buried here.
There is a substantial
monument
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to "The Settlers of Green Harbor Marshfield", naming
Resolved White and his wife Judith, as well as Resolved's brother, Peregrine, and his wife Sarah. Also named on the monument is White's mother Susanna, and her second husband, Edward Winslow. Susanna's date of death is uncertain – sometime between 1654 and 1675, with burial in Winslow Cemetery. Edward Winslow died during an
English
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military
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expedition in the
Caribbean in 1655, and was
buried at sea
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Burial-at-sea services are conducted at many different location ...
. A memorial to Edward Winslow also stands in the cemetery.
Notable burials
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Adelaide Phillipps
Adelaide Phillipps (26 October 1833 – 3 October 1882) was an Anglo-American opera singer and actress who became one of America’s most admired contraltos of the Victorian era. Gänzl, Kurtbr>Adelaide Phillipps: Brummy child to prima donn ...
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Resolved White and his wife Judith (Vassall) White
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Susanna White (Mayflower passenger)
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Peregrine White
Peregrine White ( 20 November 162020 July 1704) was the first
baby boy born on the Pilgrim ship the '' Mayflower'' in the harbour of Massachusetts, the second baby born on the ''Mayflower''s historic voyage, and the first known English child b ...
and his wife Sarah
*
Daniel Webster
Daniel Webster (January 18, 1782 – October 24, 1852) was an American lawyer and statesman who represented New Hampshire and Massachusetts in the U.S. Congress and served as the U.S. Secretary of State under Presidents William Henry Harrison ...
*
Fletcher Webster
Daniel Fletcher Webster (July 25, 1813 – August 30, 1862), was an American diplomat and Union Army officer. The son of renowned politician Daniel Webster and Grace Fletcher Webster, Fletcher graduated from Boston Latin School circa 1829 and f ...
*
Josiah Winslow
Josiah Winslow ( in Plymouth Colony – 1680 in Marshfield, Plymouth Colony) was the 13th Governor of Plymouth Colony. In records of the time, historians also name him Josias Winslow, and modern writers have carried that name forward. He was b ...
See also
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References
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External links
*http://marshfield.wickedlocal.com/news/20170207/marshfields-winslow-cemetery-nominated-to-national-register
Cemeteries in Plymouth County, Massachusetts
Plymouth Colony
Marshfield, Massachusetts
Cemeteries on the National Register of Historic Places in Massachusetts
National Register of Historic Places in Plymouth County, Massachusetts
Burial places of Mayflower passengers