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Mayflower Cemetery is a town-owned cemetery in Duxbury, in Plymouth County, Massachusetts. The first grave was of Stephen Russell in 1787 and the first engraved stone was of Ichabod Sampson in 1788. The Duxbury Crematory, also owned by the town, is located on the cemetery grounds.
Alden House in 1904. The Alden House Historic Site is a house museum that was home to John and Priscilla Alden, located at 105 Alden Street in Duxbury, Massachusetts.Family tradition held that the house was built in 1653 as the second home of John and Priscilla Alden, although the original building may have been as early as 1630.
As interest in the Old Burying Ground increased during the late 19th century, visitors to Duxbury frequently inquired after the gravesite of Captain Myles Standish, leader of the Pilgrim militia and one of the first settlers of Duxbury. In the 1880s, there was considerable debate as to the final resting place of Capt. Standish. [15]
Duxbury was founded by the Pilgrim settlers of the Plymouth Colony, and was incorporated in 1637. Its original municipal center was on Chestnut Street in South Duxbury, where its first two meeting houses stood. The third meeting house was built on the site of the First Parish Church in 1787, marking the movement of town facilities inland from ...
Duxbury (alternative older spelling: "Duxborough") is a historic seaside town in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States.A suburb located on the South Shore approximately 35 miles (56 km) to the southeast of Boston, the population was 16,090 at the 2020 census.
DUXBURY − An oceanfront residential Goose Point compound owned by a former Citicorp CEO is on the market for $40 million. The Long Point Lane estate sits on 25 acres along Cape Cod Bay and has ...