Cemeteries in Salem, Massachusetts

Private Cemeteries in Salem, Massachusetts often have specific restrictions, such as religious affiliation or family connections. Military Cemeteries in Salem, Massachusetts are primarily for veterans and individuals who have served in the armed forces, and in some cases, their family members. Public Cemeteries in Salem, Massachusetts are open to the general public without any particular restrictions.

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Our database contains records of burials from 9 cemeteries.

Those accused and convicted of witchcraft in Salem were tortured and ridiculed, with most being executed by hanging. The majority of their corpses were dumped around the Old Burying Point Cemetery.

Located in the heart of the Charter Street National Register Historic District, Charter Street Cemetery is Salem's oldest burial ground. This 1.47 acre public green space contains one of New England's finest collection of 17th, 18th and 19th century gravestone art with the oldest stone dating to 1673.

Charter Street Cemetery/Old Burying Point Founded in 1637, Salem's oldest cemetery is the final resting place of several notable Salem residents. The Charter Street Cemetery Welcome Center is now open in the 17th-century Pickman House next to the memorial.

The last execution day was September 22. Hanged were Martha Corey (her husband Giles Corey was pressed to death three days earlier), Mary Easty, Alice Parker, Mary Parker, Ann Pudeator, Wilmot Redd, Margaret Scott, and Samuel Wardwell.

The Salem witch trials were a series of hearings and prosecutions of people accused of witchcraft in colonial Massachusetts between February 1692 and May 1693. More than 200 people were accused. Thirty people were found guilty, 19 of whom were executed by hanging (14 women and five men).

In all, 19 were hanged, one pressed to death, and five others died in jail. Trouble in the tiny Puritan village started in February 1692, when eleven-year-old Abigail Williams and nine-year-old Elizabeth Parris, daughter of Reverend Samuel Parris, began acting strangely.

The Crucible (1996) Director Nicholas Hytner's “The Crucible” is a 1996 movie about the Salem witch trials, based on the play by Arthur Miller. The movie stars Winona Ryder and Daniel Day-Lewis. What is this? The film tells the story of the Salem witch trials and how they led to the deaths of many innocent people.

In all, 19 were hanged, one pressed to death, and five others died in jail. Trouble in the tiny Puritan village started in February 1692, when eleven-year-old Abigail Williams and nine-year-old Elizabeth Parris, daughter of Reverend Samuel Parris, began acting strangely.

Old Burying Point Cemetery: The oldest headstone is from 1673. Many notable people are buried in this cemetery, such as Salem Witch Trials Judge John Hawthorne, Mayflower passenger Captain Richard More, architect Samuel McIntire, Governor Simon Bradstreet, Chief Justice Benjamin Lynde and Reverend John Higginson.