mockup of sign FRIEND S CEMETERY
The friends Burying Ground Is Salem's Third Oldest And Smallest Cemetery.
Its Earliest Gravestone Dated 1702 Is That Of Crestofor Foster.
The Second Quaker Meeting House Built On This Site In 1716 Was
Used For Approximately 100 Years,
Salem's Earliest Quakers Arrived In The Early 1650s, Suffered Persecution And Exile
Under The it Of The Massachusetts Bay ColarvVs General Court.
Members Of The Local Well KnownSouthwick Family Are Barred Here.
The Peaceful And Simple Landscape Of The Cemetery Reflects Its Quaker Heritage.
ESTABLISHED 1702