Hawes Burying Ground in South Boston, Massachusetts

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South Boston, Massachusetts 02127 United States

Coordinates: 42.33406, -71.03451
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This burying ground is locked but can be opened if you call the Cemetery Division at Mount Hope Cemetery in Mattapan at 617-635-7361. At least 24 hours notice is required and the burying ground can not be opened on a Sunday.

This cemetery is referred to as BOS.810 Hawes Cemetery in the MACRIS survey of Massachusetts cemeteries.

In 1816, John Hawes, a prominent South Boston landowner and benefactor, donated this parcel of land to be set aside as a burying ground. Historically and physically separate from the adjacent Union Cemetery, Hawes Burying Ground is the oldest graveyard in South Boston. John Hawes himself is entombed there. Even though it was not officially approved for use as a cemetery until 1821, the oldest gravestone marks the grave of Jonathan Spooner, 1817. The last stone, dated 1858, marks the grave of Elizabeth Smith.