About North Dorchester Cemetery
North Dorchester Cemetery is a cemetery near Uphams Corner, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. Wikidata records 16 notable people buried here, including William Stoughton, Henry Lillie Pierce and John Daniel Runkle. The nearest other listed cemetery is Eliot Cemetery, about 1.4 mi to the northwest. The nearest funeral home we know of is Floyd A. Williams Funeral Home in Boston, about 0.3 mi away. It is one of 52 cemeteries we list in Suffolk County, and 127 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, Uphams Corner. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at North Dorchester Cemetery
Among them: 1 scientist, 1 US representative, 1 writer.
- William Stoughton1631-1701Salem witch trial magistrate, Massachusetts colonial official
- Henry Lillie Pierce1825-1896American politician, Massachusetts
- John Daniel Runkle1822-1902United States educator and mathematician
- Thaddeus Mason Harris1768-1842American librarian
- William Tailer1676-1732Lieutenant Governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay
- Henry N. Blake1838-1933American judge
- John Foster1648-1681American engraver and printer
- Stephen Badlam1748-1815American artisan and military officer
- Charles Bradleedied 1861American music publisher
- John Glover1600-1653English tanner and politician
- Capt. John Breck1650-1690
- David Capen Clapp III1806-1893American printer & soldier
Show all 16 notable burials
- Francis Everett Barnard1836-1862Gideonite and freedmen educator
- James Baker1713-1776Of Dorchester, Massachusetts
- John Baker1671-1746Of Dorchester, Massachusetts
- John Cotton Clapp1837-1922American publisher
People whose Wikidata entry gives North Dorchester 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
42.31722, -71.06373
What North Dorchester 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
- Eliot CemeteryRoxbury Crossing, MACemetery1.4 mi
- Saint Augustine Burying GroundBoston, MACemetery1.4 mi
- South End South Burying GroundRoxbury Crossing, MACemetery1.5 mi
- Union Burying GroundBoston, MACemetery1.9 mi
- Hawes Burying GroundBoston, MACemetery1.9 mi
- Codman Burial GroundAshmont, MACemetery2.0 mi
- Saint Mary's CemeteryDorchester, MACemetery2.0 mi
- Central Burying Ground125 Boylston Street, Boston, MA · est. 1756Church cemetery2.5 mi
- Forest Hills CemeteryRoslindale, MACemetery2.7 mi
- Dorchester South CemeteryAshmont, MACemetery2.7 mi
Funeral homes near North Dorchester Cemetery
- Floyd A. Williams Funeral Home0.3 miFuneral home · Boston · (617) 436-5592
- Murphy Funeral Home0.4 miFuneral home · Boston
- James A. Murphy & Son Funeral Home0.4 miFuneral home · Boston · (617) 265-9840
- J B Johnson Funeral Home1.1 miFuneral home · Roxbury · (617) 445-8150
- Wing Fook Funeral Home1.1 miFuneral home · Boston · (617) 989-8833
- Davis Funeral Homes Inc1.2 miFuneral home · Boston · (617) 427-0828
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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