Wendell Tomb, Pleasant Street Cemetery

The Pleasant Street Cemetery contains the remains of some of the wealthiest merchant and seafaring families who thrived between 1770 and 1860. The oldest existing stone in the cemetery dates from 1763.

A prominent landmark is the tomb of the John Wendell family on the west side of the burial ground that dates from 1818. An interesting fact about the cemetery is that the wives of three privateer captains are buried here, but their husbands were presumably buried at sea or somewhere overseas.

Photo 53f, July 2012

Wendell Tomb, Pleasant Street Cemetery

Photo 54e, July 2012

Pleasant Street Cemetery

Photo 55e, July 2012