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Unwelcome Souls

The Burying Point is the oldest cemetery in Salem. Among its esteemed occupants are a Mayflower pilgrim, a judge, and one of Reverend Cotton Mather's children.

 

Among those not laid to rest here? Anyone found guilty of witchcraft in 1692-1693. Those found guilty were not allowed to be buried on hallowed ground.

 

I have to do some research to see if any of the accused have known gravesites. In some cases, family members collected the bodies and buried them on home plots, but I don't know that any would have been marked...

 

(Textures by Distressed Jewell, SkeletalMess, and Brenda Starr)

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Uploaded on July 28, 2011
Taken on June 23, 2011