Men of Kent Cemetery in Scituate, Massachusetts

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Scituate, Massachusetts, USA

Coordinates: 42.18867, -70.72910
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The Men of Kent Cemetery is Scituate's oldest and most historically significant cemetery. It was established in 1624, and the earliest legible gravestone is from 1694. Most of the slate markers are still in good condition.

The Massachusetts Historical Commission refers to this cemetery in MACRIS as SCI800.

This cemetery is referred to in the book "Vital Records of Scituate, Massachusetts to 1850", Published by the New England Historic Genealogical Society, as G.R.1.

This cemetery is referred to in the book "Old Cemeteries of Southeastern Massachusetts" by Charles M Thatcher as "Old Cemetery at Scituate Harbor".