About Winslow Cemetery
Winslow Cemetery is a cemetery near Marshfield, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. It lies about 1.3 mi west of Marshfield. The grounds sit at about 26 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 12 notable people buried here, including Daniel Webster, Edward Winslow and Peregrine White. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 602106. The nearest other listed cemetery is Dingley Cemetery, about 2.7 mi to the southwest. The nearest funeral home we know of is MacDonald Funeral Home in Marshfield, about 1.0 mi away. It is one of 215 cemeteries we list in Plymouth County, and 55 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in Plymouth County dates to 1624. 7 of the 215 listings in Plymouth County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Marshfield. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Winslow Cemetery
Among them: 2 writers, 1 Mexican-American War veteran, 1 US representative, 1 US senator.
- Daniel Webster1782-185214th and 19th United States Secretary of State
- Edward Winslow1595-1655Mayflower passenger
- Peregrine White1620-1704First baby boy born on the Pilgrim ship the Mayflower in the harbour of Massachusetts, the second baby born on the Mayflower's historic voyage, and the first known English child born to the Pilgrims in America
- Josiah Winslow1629-1680Plymouth colony governor; leader during King Philip's War
- Fletcher Webster1813-1862Union Army officer
- Kenelm Winslow1599-16721621 Pilgrim
- Resolved White1615-1690Passenger on the Mayflower
- Edward Webster1820-1848
- Susanna White1590-1675
- Caroline Story White Webster1811-188614 Jul 1811 - certain 7 Aug 1886
- Isaac Little1646-1699(ca. 1646-1699)
- Julia Webster1818-1848Peerage person ID=227124
People whose Wikidata entry gives Winslow Cemetery as their place of burial, ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions cover them. Names link to Wikipedia where an English article exists. Plot locations are not included; ask the cemetery office.
Map
42.08598, -70.68082
What Winslow Cemetery offers
Not available: we have no confirmed information yet about accepting new burials, cremation options, cremation niches, mausoleum, columbarium, chapel, green burial, veterans section, office on site, parking, wheelchair accessible, restrooms. If you work there or know it well, tell us what it offers.
Nearby cemeteries
- Dingley CemeteryMarshfield, MACemetery2.7 mi
- Saint John's Episcopal Church CemeteryDuxbury, MAEpiscopal cemetery3.3 mi
- Little CemeteryMarshfield Hills, MACemetery3.7 mi
- Mayflower CemeterySouth Duxbury, MACemetery3.7 mi
- Ashdod CemeteryNorth Pembroke, MACemetery3.9 mi
- Myles Standish Burying GroundSouth Duxbury, MACemetery4.2 mi
- Pine Grove CemeteryNorth Pembroke, MACemetery4.2 mi
- Magoun CemeteryNorth Pembroke, MACemetery4.5 mi
- Myles Standish Burying GroundSouth Duxbury, MACemetery4.6 mi
- Marshfield Hills CemeteryMarshfield Hills, MACemetery4.9 mi
Funeral homes near Winslow Cemetery
- MacDonald Funeral Home1.0 miFuneral home · Marshfield · (781) 834-7320
- Quincy Memorials Inc5.9 miMonument dealer · Kingston · (781) 585-5906
- Shepherd Funeral Homes6.8 miFuneral home · Pembroke · (781) 293-6325
- Shepherd Funeral Homes7.0 miFuneral home · Kingston · (781) 585-4453
- Cartmell-Davis Funeral & Cremation Service7.5 miCremation provider · Plymouth · (508) 746-2231
- Bartlett Funeral Home7.7 miFuneral home · Plymouth · (508) 746-3456
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