Mayflower Cemetery is a town-owned cemetery in

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

, in

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. 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

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(1936-2023) - actor * Rufus Hathaway (d. 1822) – physician and painter * George Partridge (1740–1828) – delegate to the

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, U.S. Representative *

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(1890–1970) – novelist * Ruth Graves Wakefield (1903–1977) – baker, inventor of the chocolate chip cookie * Jerry Williams (1923–2003) – American radio host

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* * * {{coord, 42.0333929, -70.6936412, format=dms, type:landmark_region:US-MA, display=inline,title Cemeteries in Plymouth County, Massachusetts Duxbury, Massachusetts Cemeteries established in the 1780s 1787 establishments in Massachusetts