Number 29. Old Burying Ground. (1634) High Street. The first people known to be buried in the cemetery were the wife and child of John Winthrop, Jr., who led the settlement of the town. There were no cemetery markers at that time, so the exact location of their graves is unknown. There are gravestones that date back to the 1600's. Nathaniel Rogers is buried near the path, his stone depicting his wearing a jacket with 14 buttons. Thomas Berry is buried near the cluster of Rogers stones, as his first wife was a Rogers. A contemporary black stone is visible from the sidewalk that marks the common grave of the people who died when the Falconer was wrecked in a terrible storm off Cranes Beach. On one of the terraces, is the grave of Emma Safford, who was one of the last direct descendants of Masconomet.
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