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Quaker Burial Ground

Memorials	:	116
Location	:	Nantucket, Nantucket County, USA
Coordinate	:	41.2810400, -70.1087600
Description	:	This cemetery was established in 1730. It is the second of two Quaker cemeteries on Nantucket. The vast majority of burials are not marked, as Quakers considered them idolatrous. Most interments were identified by field-stones. Robert Lowell's poem, Quaker Graveyard in Nantucket, was written about this burying ground. The Massachusetts Historical Commission does not refer to this cemetery in MACRIS. This cemetery is referred to in the book "Vital Records of Nantucket, Massachusetts to 1850", Published by the New England Historic Genealogical Society, as G.R.5.	This cemetery was established in 1730. It is the second of two Quaker cemeteries on Nantucket. The vast majority of burials are not marked, as Quakers considered them idolatrous. Most interments were identified by field-stones. Robert Lowell's poem, Quaker Graveyard in Nantucket, was written about this burying ground. The Massachusetts Historical Commission does not refer to this cemetery in MACRIS. This cemetery is referred to in the book "Vital Records of Nantucket, Massachusetts to 1850", Published by the New England Historic Genealogical Society, as G.R.5.

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Where is Quaker Burial Ground?
Quaker Burial Ground is located at Quaker Road & Madaket Roads Nantucket, Nantucket County ,Massachusetts ,USA.
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116 memorials
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Latitude: 41.2810400
Longitude: -70.1087600

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1. Prospect Hill Cemetery
Nantucket, Nantucket County, USA
Coordinate: 41.2777596, -70.1064606

2. Saint Mary's Cemetery
Nantucket, Nantucket County, USA
Coordinate: 41.2772255, -70.1063690

3. New North Cemetery
Nantucket, Nantucket County, USA
Coordinate: 41.2854700, -70.1089800

4. Old North Cemetery
Nantucket, Nantucket County, USA
Coordinate: 41.2855500, -70.1095600

5. Saint Pauls Memorial Garden
Nantucket, Nantucket County, USA
Coordinate: 41.2820178, -70.0994522

6. Colored Cemetery
Nantucket, Nantucket County, USA
Coordinate: 41.2755900, -70.1024700

7. Nantucket Jewish Cemetery
Nantucket, Nantucket County, USA
Coordinate: 41.2717500, -70.1082200

8. Newtown Cemetery
Nantucket, Nantucket County, USA
Coordinate: 41.2723500, -70.0950500

9. Founders Burial Ground
Nantucket, Nantucket County, USA
Coordinate: 41.2863998, -70.1327972

10. Miacomet Indian Burial Ground
Nantucket, Nantucket County, USA
Coordinate: 41.2619400, -70.0999600

11. Quaise Burial Ground
Nantucket, Nantucket County, USA
Coordinate: 41.2912700, -70.0327200

12. Polpis Cemetery
Polpis, Nantucket County, USA
Coordinate: 41.2965100, -70.0158500

14. Toms Neck Farm Cemetery
Edgartown, Dukes County, USA
Coordinate: 41.3780900, -70.4600200

15. Hilltop Cemetery
Edgartown, Dukes County, USA
Coordinate: 41.3862000, -70.4700800

16. Tower Hill Cemetery
Edgartown, Dukes County, USA
Coordinate: 41.3809600, -70.5112400

18. Old Westside Cemetery
Edgartown, Dukes County, USA
Coordinate: 41.3892200, -70.5182400

19. New Westside Cemetery
Edgartown, Dukes County, USA
Coordinate: 41.3887600, -70.5208200

20. Thatcher Park Beach
Yarmouth, Barnstable County, USA
Coordinate: 41.6385600, -70.2168500

21. Farm Neck Cemetery
Oak Bluffs, Dukes County, USA
Coordinate: 41.4278800, -70.5709300

22. Baker Family Cemetery
Dennis, Barnstable County, USA
Coordinate: 41.6570500, -70.1565900

23. Sarah Wilbur Gravesite
Oak Bluffs, Dukes County, USA
Coordinate: 41.4156700, -70.5819800