Plymouth Burial Hill

Plymouth Burial Hill is a historic cemetery or burying ground in Plymouth, Massachusetts, and the burial site of several Pilgrims, early passengers on the Mayflower and first settlers of Plymouth Colony in 1620. The cemetery was founded in the 17th century and is located off Leyden Street, the first street in Plymouth.

The first Pilgrim burial ground was on nearby Cole's Hill in 1620-21. Originally, the Pilgrims constructed a fort on top of Burial Hill in 1621-22 (a reconstruction exists in nearby Plimoth Plantation). The Burial Hill fort also served as a meeting house for the colony and for First Parish Church in Plymouth until 1677. According to tradition, the first grave on Burial Hill was Pilgrim John Howland's. However, he did not die until 1672; other people claimed to be buried there died considerably earlier.

First Parish's congregation currently meets in an 1899 church building at the base of Burial Hill on the town square, near where it first met in 1621.

Notable Burials

 * Mary Allerton, Pilgrim, last surviving Mayflower passenger
 * William Bradford, Pilgrim, Governor
 * William Brewster, Church Elder
 * Edward Doty, Mayflower passenger
 * Francis Cooke, Pilgrim, Mayflower Passenger
 * John Howland, Pilgrim, Mayflower passenger
 * Adoniram Judson, Christian missionary to Asia
 * Thomas Prence, Colonial Governor
 * Zabdiel Sampson, Congressman
 * Squanto, Patuxet guide and interpreter (unmarked grave)
 * James Warren, Patriot leader
 * Mercy Otis Warren, author
 * Richard Warren, Pilgrim, Mayflower Passenger
 * Elizabeth Walker Warren, Pilgrim, Anne Passenger