Boston area Cemeteries

Last updated: March 17, 2010

If you have an ancestor who lived in the Boston area, you should consider not only Suffolk, but Norfolk and Middlesex county cemeteries. I have added the date the cemetery was established, if known.

When contacting a cemetery, it's always nice to include a donation.  Some cemeteries require it to do any genealogical research.
Common questions to consider:
    Who else is buried with my ancestor?  (usually relatives)
     Did they own other lots and who are buried in them?
     Location? and map of cemetery if you want to locate the headstone.


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Cemetery

Distance from Boston

Address

Adath-Jeshurun Cemetery 
Established in 1909

8.54 miles

350 Grove St; West Roxbury 02132 
1-617-325-1984

Baker Street Cemetery

7.49 miles

776 Baker St; West Roxbury 02132 
1-617-323-4066

Beth Israel Cemetery Corp of Everett 
Established in  1920

 

232 Fuller St; Everett 02149 
1-617-387-3980

Blue Hill Cemetery

10.28 miles

700 West St; Braintree 02184 
1-781-843-9000

Boston Catholic Cemetery Assn 
- Mount Calvary  1866
- New Calvary  1899
- Mt Benedic  1877
- St. Mary's in Dorchester 1851
Hours 8:30 - 3:30 EST

www.bostoncemetery.com

6.24 miles

366 Cummins Highway, Roslindale 02131 
1-617-325-6830

 

e-mail address is  [email protected]

 

Boston Archdiocese Cemeteries 
20 cemeteries 

4.95 miles 

175 Broadway, Maldan 02148 
1-781-322-6300

Boston United Hand in Hand Cemetery Established in 1875

8.63 miles

2659 Centre St, West Roxbury 02132 
1-617-325-6110

Bunker Cemetery

 

Boston North

Calvary Cemetery 

8.43 miles

686 Washington St, Winchester 01890 

Calvary Cemetery 
Established in 1850

8.60 miles

250 High St, Waltham 02154 
1-781-893-5646 
$10 per lot requested

Cedar Grove Cemetery 
Established in  1867

5.39 miles

920 Adams St, Dorchester 02124 
1-617-825-1360

Central Burying Ground
 Epitaphs from Central Burying Ground

 

Boston South

Central Cemetery Assoc 
Established in 1713 -
records back to 1878

12.97 miles

327 North St, Randolph, MA 02368 
(781)961-2978

Copps Hill Burial Ground
 Inscriptions by Bob Kipke 

 

Charter and Hull St Boston South 02113

Evergreen Cemetery

 

2060 Commonwealth Ave; Brighton 02135

Fairmount Cemetery 
Established in 1823

12.10 miles

1436 Pleasant St, Weymouth, MA 02189 
(781)335-3223

Fairview Cemetery

 

Fairview Ave, Hyde Park 02136

Forest Hills Cemetery 
Established in 1848

4.75 miles

95 Forest Hills Ave; Jamaica Plains 02130 
1-617-524-0128

Genealogical requsetsmailto:[email protected]

Forest Hills Crematory

4.9 miles

171 Walk Hill, Jamaica 02130 
1-617-524-0239

Gethsemane Cemetery 
Established in 1871

7.46 miles

670 Baker St, West Roxbury 02132 
1-617-325-0186 
Donation Appreciated

Garden Cemetery

 

Boston North

Glenwood Cemetery 

14.10 miles

12 River St, Natick, MA 01760 
(508)651-1797

Granary Burying Ground

 

33 Beacon St Boston South 02108

Greenfield - Arthur and Sons

7.49 miles

776 Baker St; West Roxbury 02132 
1-617-323-4066

Harmony Grove Cemetery 

13.80 miles

30 Grove St, Salem,01970-2293 
 (978)744-0554 

Hingham Cemetery

12.03 miles

12 South St Hingham 
749-1048

Holyhood Cemetery 
Selected Headstones Transcribed
Established in 1857
 Map of Holyhood Cemetery

6.99 miles

990 La Grange St West Roxbury 02132 
1-617-327-1010

Jewish Cemetery Ass of Ma

7.24 miles

1320 Centre St, Newton 02159 
1-617-244-6509

Kings Chapel Burying Ground

.5 miles

64 Beacon St 
Boston, MA 02108
-3531 
Phone: (617)523-1749

Knollwood Memorial Park

15.56 miles

321 High St, Canton, MA 02021 
1-781-828-7218

Lakeside Cemetery

9.80 miles

Wakefield MA 01880 
1-781-246-2256

Lindwood Memorial Park

3.4 miles 

318 Harvard St, Brookline 02146 
1-617-232-1472

Lindwood Memorial Cemetery

12.59 miles

497 North St, Randolph 02146 
1- 781-963-2822

Town of Milton Cemetery

7.04 miles

211 Centre St, Milton 02186 
1-617-698-0200

Mt. Auburn Cemetery 
Established in 1831

2.85 miles 

580 Mt. Auburn St, Cambridge 02138 
1-617-547-7105 
Charge per lot requested

Mt. Benedict Cemetery 
Established in 1877

6.95 miles

409 Corey St, West Roxbury 02132 
1-617-323-8389

Mt. Hope Cemetery 
Established in 1850's 
 Map of Mt. Hope Cemetery

 

Parks and Recreation; Cemetery Division; 355 Walk Hill St
Mattapan, MA  02126 
617-635-7361.

Mount Lebanon Cemetery

 

Newton

Needham Cemetery Assn

10.68 miles

128 Nehoiden St, Needham 02192 
1-781-444-0529

New Calvary Cemetery 
Established in 1899

5.19 miles 

800 Harvard St Mattapan 02126 
1-617-296-2339

Newton Cemetery and Crematory 
Established in 1855

7.74 miles

791 Waltnut St, Newton 02159 
1-617-332-0047

North Cambridge Cemetery

4.5 miles 

244 Rindge Ave, Cambridge 02140 
1-617-547-2324

North Weymouth Cemetery Assoc

10.36 miles

126 Norton St Weymouth 02191 
1-781-331-4454

Oak Lawn Cemetery

6.07 miles

427 Cummins Highway, Roslindale 02131 
1-617-325-4490

Old Episcopal  Cemetery

 

12 Quincy Ave, Quincy 02169

Phipps Street Cemetery

 

Boston North

Puritan Lawn Memorial Park

12.43 miles

185 Lake St, Peabody 01960 
(978)535-3660

St. Augustine Cemetery 
Established in 1818

1.77 miles

225 Dorchester St, South Boston, MA 02127-2876 
Phone: (617)269-9506

St Francis Xavier Cemetery

 

Washington St, Weymouth 
1-781-337-3144

St. Josephs Cemetery 
Established in 1897

 

990 La Grange St, West Roxbury 
1-617-327-1010 
 Map of the cemetery
Donations appreciated

St Mary's Cemetary 
Established in 1830's

10.13 miles

1 Wellesley St, Needham Ma 02194 
1-781-235-1841

St Mary's Cemetery 
Established in 1845

13.09 miles

245 North St, Randolph 02368 
 (781)961-9323 

St. Michaels Cemetery 
Established in 1907

5.43 miles

500 Canterbury St.  in Roslindale, MA 02131  (617-524-1036)

St. Patricks Cemetery

4.72 miles 

Belmont St, Watertown 02172 
1-617-484-9453

Sharon Memorial Park

 

PO Box 92; 20 Kilby St, Boston 02108

Westerly Cemetery

 

33 Beacon St, Boston 02108

Woodlawn Cemetery Crematory and Community Mausoleum

4.11 miles 

302 Elm St, Everett 02149 
1-617-387-0800

Woodlawn Cemetery of Wellesley

11.99 miles

Wellesley, MA 
235-7133


 

Contact Ginny Chung at mailto:[email protected] for further information.
 

South Burying Ground.   -Records recieved from the New England Historical Society.
Surviving Headstones:

Andrews, Margaret  8/20/1821  Location B-12
Bennett, Elizabeth  12/01/1822  A-3
Bennett, Sarah       12/11/1822  A-3
Brigham, Eunice 5/18/1813        B-7
Cumm<ins>, <Eli>zabeth 7/24/1814    B-8
Derandamie, Harriet         11/5/1821  C-15
Dutton, G.D.  B-150
Fowle, Thankful  6/6/1816  B-9
Gardner, James 5/28/1864  C-14
Gould, Asa  3/26/1815  B-8
Lovering, Joseph  B-147
Lynch, Charles  9/14/1824  B-13
Lynch, Charlotte  12/18/1829  B-13
Townsend, Andrew  9/21/1819  A-1
Townsend, Unice 12/9/1825  A-1
Wallerman, John 6/15/1824  A-1
Washburn, Sally  4/7/1814  B-6
Washburn, Samuel  6/23/1821  B-6
Wheeler, J.  A-153
Whittemore, Baby Paul Wheeler  1913W/C-13
Whittemore, Betsey  1866/10/28  W/D-9
Whittemore, Eben W.  1884/8/20  W/C-14
Whittemore, George E.  1945  W/C-12
Whittemore, George M.  1894  W/C-12
Whittemore, H. Austin  1912  W/C-11
Whittemore, James 1893  W/E-29
Whittemore, Judith  1865/11/9  W/C-15
Whittemore, Margaret H. 1910  W/C-13
Whittemore, Michel  1871/9/25  W/D-8
Whittemore, Nettie F. 1892/3/15  W/C-13
Whittemore, Samuel  1826/11/27  W/C-15
Whittemore, Sarah A. 1894/5/23  W/C-14
Whittemore, William  1837/3/28  W/B-14
Wiggin, Albert (m) 1870/2/27  W/D-16
Wiggin, Elizabeth (m) 1847/5/5  W/D-16
Wiggin, James (m) 1878/1/18  W/D-16
Wiggin, James (m) 1847/5/9  W/D-16
Wiggin, Josephine  (m) 1847/9/11  W/D-16
Wiggin, Lizzie (m) 1852/12/8  W/D-16
Wiggin, Mary (m) 1895/12/--  W/D-16
Wiggin, Robert A. (m) 1876/2/23  W/D-16

There are seven additional headstones which aren't legible or have no writing on them at all.  Also buried there according to Boston death
records are the following people:

Hannah Appleton  age 8  died May 8, 1819,  dau. of --- Appleton.  Died of Decline
Hannah Appleton age 34  died Dec. 25, 1818,  family of Benjamin Appleton, died of consumption
George W. Appleton age 26 died Sep. 6, 1831, family of George W. Appleton, died of consumption
Francis Appleton, age 60, died Sept. 5, 1821 in the Alms House, died of dysentery.

This is by NO means a complete list of those buried in the cemetery.  It is a complete list of headstones.