Burial Hill - Notable Burials and Cenotaphs

Notable Burials and Cenotaphs

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

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