Old Burial Hill is a historic

cemetery A cemetery, burial ground, gravesite, graveyard, or a green space called a memorial park or memorial garden, is a place where the remains of many death, dead people are burial, buried or otherwise entombed. The word ''cemetery'' (from Greek ...

Marblehead, Massachusetts Marblehead is a coastal New England town in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States, along the North Shore (Massachusetts), North Shore. Its population was 20,441 at the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census. The town lies on a small peninsu ...

. It is located on the high ground between Marblehead's colonial-era residential and retail district, called "Downtown" by longtime residents and "Old Town" by others, and the Barnegat neighborhood that stretches from Little Harbor to Doliber's Cove, and is accessible via a walkway at

Redd's Pond Redd's Pond is a pond located in Marblehead, Massachusetts. It was named after Wilmot Redd. Salem Witchcraft Trials In 1692, in Salem Village (now Danvers), several hysterical girls were said to have been "afflicted" by witchcraft. Wilmot Redd w ...

and a stairway at the intersection of Orne and Pond streets. It was the location of Marblehead's First Meeting House built around 1638. Old Burial Hill features scenic vistas of

Marblehead Harbor Marblehead Harbor is a harbor located in Marblehead, Massachusetts, 17 miles northeast of Boston. It is considered the birthplace of the Continental Navy, forerunner of the United States Navy, and of United States Marine Corps Aviation. Descrip ...

and Salem Sound. The burying ground was founded in 1638 and contains many historic

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featuring diverse

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artwork from the seventeenth century. The burial ground also contains a commemorative headstone of

Wilmot Redd Wilmot Redd (a.k.a. Wilmot Read and Wilmot Reed) (early 17th century – September 22, 1692) was one of the victims of the Salem witch trials of 1692. She was born in Marblehead, Massachusetts, and executed by hanging on September 22, 1692. Her h ...

, victim of the 1692

Salem Witch Trials The Salem witch trials were a series of hearings and prosecutions of people accused of witchcraft in Province of Massachusetts Bay, colonial Massachusetts between February 1692 and May 1693. More than 200 people were accused. Not everyone wh ...

. It is referenced briefly in the horror author H.P Lovecraft's short-story, " The Festival". It was the setting of the daytime cemetery scenes in Disney's 1993 Halloween comedy-drama film ''

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''. Select scenes for the film '' The Good Son'' (1993) were also filmed here. Marblehead First Meeting House

Notable burials and cenotaphs

, victim of 1692 Salem Witch Trials * General John Glover, Revolutionary War general * Joseph Brown, known as "Black Joe," Revolutionary war soldier, owner of Black Joe's Tavern *Agnes (or Agnis), enslaved woman

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* {{Marblehead, Massachusetts Buildings and structures in Marblehead, Massachusetts Cemeteries in Essex County, Massachusetts 1638 establishments in the Massachusetts Bay Colony Cemeteries established in the 17th century