About Eliot Cemetery
Eliot Cemetery is a cemetery near Roxbury Crossing, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. Wikidata records 9 notable people buried here, including Joseph Dudley, Thomas Dudley and Robert Calef. The nearest other listed cemetery is South End South Burying Ground, about 0.5 mi to the northeast. The nearest funeral home we know of is Wing Fook Funeral Home in Boston, about 0.4 mi away. It is one of 52 cemeteries we list in Suffolk County, and 128 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in Suffolk County dates to 1659. 3 of the 52 listings in Suffolk County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Roxbury Crossing. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Eliot Cemetery
Among them: 1 writer.
- Joseph Dudley1647-1720Royal governor of Massachusetts
- Thomas Dudley1576-1653Governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony
- Robert Calef1648-1719Commentator on the Salem Witch trials; merchant and local Massachusetts politician
- Paul Dudley1675-1751Colonial Massachusetts attorney general and chief justice
- John Greaton1741-1783Continental Army General
- Elizabeth Stalham (Stratton)1597-1674Abt 1597 - 28 Jul 1674
- Griffin Craft1602-16891600-1689
- Isaac Williams II1661-1739
- Oliver Peabody1726-1752Pastor of the First church in Roxbury, 1726-1752
People whose Wikidata entry gives Eliot 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
42.33200, -71.08109
What Eliot 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
- South End South Burying GroundRoxbury Crossing, MACemetery0.5 mi
- North Dorchester CemeteryUphams Corner, MACemetery1.4 mi
- Saint Augustine Burying GroundBoston, MACemetery1.6 mi
- Central Burying Ground125 Boylston Street, Boston, MA · est. 1756Church cemetery1.6 mi
- Granary Burying GroundBoston, MA · est. 1660Christian cemetery2.0 mi
- Kings Chapel Burying GroundBoston, MAChurch cemetery2.1 mi
- Union Burying GroundBoston, MACemetery2.4 mi
- Hawes Burying GroundBoston, MACemetery2.4 mi
- Walnut Street CemeteryBrookline, MACemetery2.4 mi
- Old Burying GroundBrookline, MACemetery2.4 mi
Funeral homes near Eliot Cemetery
- Wing Fook Funeral Home0.4 miFuneral home · Boston · (617) 989-8833
- J B Johnson Funeral Home0.5 miFuneral home · Roxbury · (617) 445-8150
- Davis Funeral Homes Inc0.7 miFuneral home · Boston · (617) 427-0828
- Riley-Antoine Funeral Home1.3 miFuneral home · Boston · (617) 427-5625
- Floyd A. Williams Funeral Home1.4 miFuneral home · Boston · (617) 436-5592
- Casper Funeral & Cremation Services1.6 miCremation provider · Boston · (617) 890-6181
Listings from our sister site, Funeral Home Directory USA, sorted by straight-line distance. Call ahead: services, prices and hours are not shown here.
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