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Wanton-Rogers Burying Ground

Norwell, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA

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  • Get directions Wanton Shipyard Road
    Norwell, Massachusetts, USA
    Coordinates: 42.14500, -70.78940
  • Cemetery ID: 2352257

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The location of the cemetery is not known. The GPS coordinates are approximate, based on what is known. The latest effort to find this place occurred in 1986.

Documentation exists for 10 burials here.

This burial place was on land owned by Edward Wanton. In 1706, a Quaker Meeting House was built on his land, possibly near the cemetery. The Meeting House was removed to Pembroke.

This burial place is reference to in the book "John Rogers of Marshfield and some of his descendants" published in 1898.

This burial place is referenced to in the book "Historia; A Magazine of Local History" volume 1, number 3, published in April 1899.

This burial place is referenced to in the book "Vital Records of Scituate, Massachusetts to 1850", Published by the New England Historic Genealogical Society, as G.R.20. The town of Norwell, initially named "South Scituate", separated from the town of Scituate in 1849. This book describes the location as "on the banks of the North River, near Wanton Shipyard".












The location of the cemetery is not known. The GPS coordinates are approximate, based on what is known. The latest effort to find this place occurred in 1986.

Documentation exists for 10 burials here.

This burial place was on land owned by Edward Wanton. In 1706, a Quaker Meeting House was built on his land, possibly near the cemetery. The Meeting House was removed to Pembroke.

This burial place is reference to in the book "John Rogers of Marshfield and some of his descendants" published in 1898.

This burial place is referenced to in the book "Historia; A Magazine of Local History" volume 1, number 3, published in April 1899.

This burial place is referenced to in the book "Vital Records of Scituate, Massachusetts to 1850", Published by the New England Historic Genealogical Society, as G.R.20. The town of Norwell, initially named "South Scituate", separated from the town of Scituate in 1849. This book describes the location as "on the banks of the North River, near Wanton Shipyard".












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