The Oldest Maintained Cemetery In the US--1638, Myles Standish Burial Ground in Duxbury, MA

So many in this cemetery born in the 1600s, and a few that came over on the Mayflower.  Some of the more interesting stories emerging from these graves:

A man likely born in Harwich, England in the 1590s, and came over on the Mayflower likely as a cooper.  He died near 88 years old in Duxbury, MA, and may have been involved in a love triangle that included Myles Standish himself.  

The girl who drowned along with her mother during their passage from Duxbury to Boston.  She was the daughter of a reverend.  She was married.  She was sixteen (probably not that uncommon).  Who and where was the husband, I wonder.  

And the Pilgrim who came over and signed the Mayflower Compact in 1620.

There are also the graves of at least four captains, two colonels, a doctor, a deacon, and a reverend.  Not to mention several people that lived into their 90s or very near it.  Most graves are very-well maintained, and the memorial to Myles Standish, who is buried here, is a standout with its four canon surrounding it.  

The most interesting first/given names I found include:  Peleg, Eliphaz, Eliphas, Wisewall, Ichabod, Jabez, Jedaiah, Uriah, Gamaliel, and Zedekiah.  The most common surnames I found include:  Sprague, Partridge, Alden, Weston, Seabury, Winsor, Soul/Soule, Wadsworth, Prior, Loring, and Bradford.

I realize several other cemeteries lay claim to "oldest" in America, but from what I gather, the word "maintained" in Duxbury's cemetery is what help it stand out.

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CHAPTERS:
00:00   INTRO/Site of Second Meeting House
00:55   First Grave
02:33   A Captain Who Lived Over 92 Years
06:30   Someone who Drowned During his Passage--Sinking Ship?
07:35   The Carvers of the Headstones
08:35   Back to the Graves
10:50   Myles Standish Memorial Surrounded by Canon
12:00   Back to the Graves
13:22   Widow in her 89th Year
14:22   A Pilgrim and Signer of the Mayflower Compact in 1620  
14:48   A Lady who Lived Over 95 Years
16:54   A Man Likely Born in England in Late 1500s
17:55   More Memorials
18:32   Back to the Graves
20:46   A 16-Year-Old Drowns During her Passage to Boston
23:14   A Scottish Lady who Lived into her 83rd Year
23:38   OUTRO

MUSIC LICENSED FOR THIS VIDEO:
Just For kicks   tv dinner
Okaya   circles
Okaya   remotely
We Dream of Eden   outside in
Yehezkel Raz    flight of the inner bird
Adi Goldstein    forgotten visions
Adi Goldstein    ocean voyage
Ziv Grinberg   she’s in love

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