The Broad Street Cemetery is located on Broad Street in Salem and was established in 1655, making it the second oldest in Salem. See it's location and get directions at Yahoo Maps.

Cemetery Status: Good, some broken stones and landscaping needed. There are currently 65 entries for this cemetery. This project is about 40% complete.

Broad Street Cemetery est. 1655 View entire gallery Anne Bacon, photo 2, d. 1761 Elizabeth Bacon, photo 2, d. 1753 Capt. Joseph Elson Bacon d. 1810 Samuel Bacon, photo 2, d. 1756 Thomas Barnard d. 1814, first minister of the North Church of Salem. Sarah Barry, photo 2, d. 1798 John Beckford, photo 2, d. 1788, deacon of the First Church of Christ in Salem. Elizabeth Bickford (Beckford) d. 1763 John Brewer, d. 1783, 8 year old who was accidentally shot. Mary Brewer d. 1754 Elizabeth Briggs d. 1806 Lemuel Briggs d. 1844, born in Scituate and was a Ship's Carpenter. Phoebe Briggs d. 1844, born in Woburn. Lydia Bowden Callam d. 1802 Elizabeth Carlton d. 1801 Mary K. Carnes d. 1834 John Clefton, photo 2, d. 1797 Harriet F. Clement d. 1842 Harriet P. Clement Gibson Clough d. 1736 John Clough d. 1750 Joseph Clough, photo 2, d. 1766 Susanna Clough d. 1750 Elizabeth Cook d. 1843 Stephen Cook d. 1803 Charles Stuart Cowan d. 1796 William Cowan d. 1799 Sarah Cushing d. 1805, wife of Thomas C. who was editor of the Salem Gazette. She died from complications in childbirth giving birth to their son William H. D. William H.D. Cushing d. 1806 Col. Arthur Forrester Devereux, photo 2, d. 1906, Civil War veteran: Captain Salem Light Infantry, Colonel 19th Massachusetts Volunteers, Colonel 3rd Brig. 2nd Div. 2nd Army Corps Army of the Potoma, Wounded at Antietam, Led his regiment against Pickett's Charge at Gettysburg, Capturing Four Confederate Standards at the, High water mark of the rebellion, Brevet Brigadier General U.S. Vols. Eleanor Daland d. 1804 Eunice Daland d. 1792 Joseph Daland jr. d. 1808 William Daniel d. 1785 Lydia Davis d. 1801, died at age 95. Benjamin Dix d. 1801 Sukey Dix & infant d. 1811 Elizabeth Dowst d. 1842 Richard Dowst d. 1814 Capt. Benjamin Dunham d. 1793, a privateer, commander of the brigantine “Lively”, 1st Lieutenant then commander of the ship “Disdain", commander of the brigantine “Hind" (all privateer ships). Capt. Thomas Eden, photo 2, d. 1768, merchant and mariner. William Eppes Esq. d. 1765, of Chesterfield Co. Virginia. Sally Ervin d. 1813 Hannah Felt d. 1852 Capt. John Felt d. 1802, a mariner. Joseph Felt d. 1832 Nathaniel Felt, photo 2, 1789 Nathaniel Felt, photo 2, 1792 Nathaniel Felt d. 1823 Benjamin Flint d. 1732 Elizabeth Foster, photo 2, d. 1752 Samuel Frothingham d. 1805 Elizabeth Gardner d. 1754 Mary Gardner, photo 2, d. 1755 Mary Gavet d. 1773 Sarah Gellison d. 1825 Marcia Gibbs d. 1791 Henry Gibbs d. 1791 Benjamin Goodhue Esq. d. 1789 Lois Gooll d. 1815 Samuel Grant d. 1839 Capt. Jonathan Haradan d. 1803, "A distinguiƒh'd Naval Commander in the war with Great Brittain" and commander of the sloop-of-war Tyrannicide. He later became a Privateer and commander of the sloop General Pickering where he had much success. In 1779, he engaged three British privateers off New Jersey simultaneously and captured a twenty-two gun sloop in the Bay of Biscay, among other captures. Benjamin Hawkes d. 1839 Benjamin Hawkes d. 1839 Jonathan Hodges d. 1828, a treasurer. Elizabeth Holman, photo 2, d. 1779 Gabriel Holman, photo 2, d. 1756 John Holman, photo 2, d. 1767 Sarah Holman, photo 2, d. 1773 William Holman, photo 2, d. 1780 Judith Holyoke d. 1756, first wife of Dr. Edward Augustus Holyoke, founder of the Massachusetts Medical Society and successful Salem physician and scientist. Mary E. Frye Howe d. 1821 Ann Hubon, photo 2, d. 1813 Lydia Janes, photo 2, d. 1777 Mary Janes, photo 2, d. 1783 Mary Johnson d. 1811 William Johnson d. 1800, Capt. Peirce's co., Col. Bigelow's regt. Revolutionary War, also a goldsmith. Elizabeth King d. 1700, first wife of Daniel King, who was a mathematical instrument maker and public performer of electrostatic experiments. George W. Kingsley d. 1905 George W. Kingsley, Civil War veteran, 4th Light Artillery Regiment Massachusett, Discharged because of wounds 17 October 1862 in New Orleans, LA Harriet E. Preston Kingsley d. 1909 Elizabeth Knight d. 1791 Dea. Richard Lang d. 1803 Martha Lee, photo 2, d. 1721 Daniel Malloon d. 1783 Elizabeth Marston d. 1761, wife of Hon. Benjamin Marston who was a a judge of the General Court in 1727-28, Essex Co. High Sheriff in 1737 and a Colonel in the Massachusetts State Militi, and daughter of Hon. Isaac Winslow, who was judge of the Probate Court at Plymouth, chief justice of the Court of Common Pleas, and president of the Council of the Province of Massachusetts Bay. John Marston II d. 1761 Patience Marston d. 1731 John Mulliken d. 1795 Joseph Mulliken d. 1795 Capt. Justin McCarthy d. 1802 Polly Needham d. 1785 Mary Orne d. 1778, heelstone Mary S. Osgood d. 1818 Benjamin Peirce d. 1831 Charlotte Elizabeth Peirce, photo 2, d. 1888 Jerathmeel Peirce, photo 2, d. 1827, once part owner of The Friendship (see right), later formed a trading firm that became one of the largest traders with India in all of the United States. This is a marble table-top tombstone with column legs, a rare survivor. Lydia Nichols Peirce, photo 2, d. 1868 Sarah Ropes Peirce, photo 2, d. 1796 Abigail Lindall Pickman d. 1738 Hon. Benjamin Pickman Esq. d. 1773 Benjamin Pickman Esq. d. 1708 Benjamin Pickman Esq. d. 1719 Caleb Pickman Esq. d. 1737, killed by lightning. Clark Gayton Pickman Esq. d. 1781 Elizabeth Pickman d. 1761 Elizabeth Hardy Pickman d. 1727 Elizabeth Leavitt Pickman d. 1782 Harriet Pickman d. 186? Joseph Pickman d. 1830 Judith Pickman d. 1736/7 Madam Love Rawlins Pickman d. 1787 Lydia Pickman d. 1834 Sarah Orne Pickman d. 1812 William Pickman Esq. d. 1815 Mary Pickering d. 1784 Timothy Pickering d. 1778 N. Pool 1837 Samuel Porter d. 1723 John Pratt d. 1813 Mary Pratt 1837 Rev. John Prince d. 1836, pastor of the 1st Unitarian Church of Salem, friend of Count Rumford and inventor. Polly Punchard d. 1796 Rebekah Punchard d. 1787 Rebekah Punchard d. 1790 Mary Putnam d. 1803 Samuel P. Putnam d. 1834 Sarah Putnam d. 1826 William Putnam d. 1835 Abraham Rand d. 1804 Capt. Addison Richardson, photo 2, d. 1811, wrote his own epitaph: "Having weathered life's wintry storm, & it's fervid pestilential summers, the victor death, by one mighty effort, has at length dislodged the ten- ant, & the frame is crumbling into dust, food for worms. But the maintained afirm belief that the great Architect will one day restore the fabric anew with imperishable materials & put the tenant in full possession, never more to be sepera ted; beyond the reach of sin & sorrows beyond the jurisdiction of DEATH which finally shall be vanquished & swallowed up in victory when God shall be all in all." Thomas Robie, photo 2, d. 1729, attended Harvard College and was a doctor. William Robie, photo 2, d. 1730 Abigail Ropes d. 1825 John Ropes d. 1761, heelstone Nathaniel Ropes d. 1752 Hon. Nathaniel Ropes d. 1774 Priscilla Ropes d. 1798 Benjamin Smith d. 1806 Hannah Smith d. 1783 Johannah Smith d. 1807 John Smith Mary Smith d. 1782 Ruth Smith d. 1790 heelstone Capt. Samuel Smith d. 1812 Sarah Smith d. 1832 Olive Smothers d. 1885 Daniel Story Nathaniel Swasey d. 1762 Benjamin Tarrant d. 1793 Samuel Ward d. 1842 Bethyah Weld d. 1752 Betsy West d. 1805 Esther West d. 1743 Josiah Woodbury d. 1804 Martha Woodbury d. 1805

More History in Salem to Visit Baker's Island Light Station E of Salem on Baker's Island Current lighthouse first lit in 1821. Listed on National Register of Historic Places. Not open to the public. Bessie Monroe House 7 Ash St. Private residences. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Bridge Street Neck Historic District Bridge St., and side Sts. bet. March/Osgood Sts., and Howard/Webb Sts Listed on National Register of Historic Places. Bowker Place 144-156 Essex St Listed on National Register of Historic Places. Charter Street Historic District Bounded by Liberty, Derby, Central, and Charter Sts. Listed on National Register of Historic Places. Chestnut Street District Bounded roughly by Broad, Flint, Federal, and Summer Sts. Listed on National Register of Historic Places. City Hall 93 Washington St. Greek Revival, listed on National Register of Historic Places. Crombie Street District 7-15 and 16-18 Crombie St., and 13 Barton St. Listed on National Register of Historic Places. Crowninshield-Bentley House Derby Waterfront District also known as Salem Maritime National Historic Site Derby St. from Herbert St. to Block House Sq., waterfront sts. between Kosciusko and Blaney Sts. Listed on National Register of Historic Places. Derby Wharf Light Station Derby Wharf Listed on National Register of Historic Places. Downtown Salem District Roughly bounded by Church, Central, New Derby, and Washington Sts. Listed on National Register of Historic Places. Essex County Court Buildings Also known as Old Granite Courthouse 32 Federal St. Listed on National Register of Historic Places. Essex Insitiute Historic District 134-132, 128, 126 Essex St. and 13 Washington Sq. W. Listed on National Register of Historic Places. Federal Street District Roughly bounded by Bridge, Washington, Federal, and Summer Sts. Listed on National Register of Historic Places. First Universalist Church 6 Rust St. Listed on National Register of Historic Places. Fort Pickering Also known as Fort William;Fort Anne Winter Island Listed on National Register of Historic Places. The Friendship Gallows Hill Park Site of the hangings during the 1692 Salem Witch Trials. Now a playground and park. Gardiner-Pingree House 128 Essex St. Listed on National Register of Historic Places. Gedney and Cox Houses 21 High St. Listed on National Register of Historic Places. Hamilton Hall 9 Cambridge St. Listed on National Register of Historic Places. House of Seven Gables Historic District Turner, Derby, and Hardy Sts. Listed on National Register of Historic Places. Open daily, all year long. John P. Peabody House 15 Summer St. Private residences. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places. John Ward House 132 Essex St. Early colonial building. Private residence. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Joseph Story House 26 Winter St. Private residence. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Joshua Ward House 148 Washington St. Federal period building. Private residences. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Nathaniel Bowditch House North St Listed on National Register of Historic Places. Old Town Hall Historic District Derby Sq. and 215-231 Essex, 121-145 Washington, and 6-34 Front Sts. Listed on National Register of Historic Places. Peabody Essex Museum 161 Essex St. Listed on National Register of Historic Places. Peirce-Nichols House 80 Federal St. Private residences. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Pickman House Charter St. The house may have been built as early as 1664 for Samuel Pickman, and is one of Salem's oldest buildings. The building is now owned by the Peabody Essex Museum. Ropes Mansion Rufus Choate House 14 Lynde St Listed on National Register of Historic Places. Salem Common Historic District Bounded roughly by St. Peter's, Bridge, and Derby Sts. and Collins Cove Listed on National Register of Historic Places. Salem Witch Museum 19 1/2 Washington Square North Salem Willows Historic District Roughly, Columbus, Bay View, Beach and Fort Aves. Listed on National Register of Historic Places. Shepard Block 298-304 Essex St. Listed on National Register of Historic Places. Stephen Phillips Memorial Trust House   Thomas March Woodbridge House 48 Bridge St. Private residences. Federal style. Listed on National Register of Historic Places. Wesley Methodist Church 8 North St. Romanesque style church. Listed on National Register of Historic Places. West Cogswell House 5-9 Summer St. Greek Revival. Private residences. Federal style. Listed on National Register of Historic Places. The Witch House 310-1/2 Essex Street Built in 1642, it was once the home of Judge Jonathan Corwin, one of the judges of the infamous Salem Witch Trials of 1692. The accused were often brought here to be examined for supposed "Witches' marks". William Murray House 39 Essex St. Private residences. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places. YMCA Building 284-296 Essex St. Classical Revival. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places. If you know of an historic place to visit in Salem, please submit it to jenn@gravematter.com Find more museums in Massachusetts