1643An order was passed for assigning a piece of land for a burial ground.Government and Public Service, City Government

“It is ordered that at the end of the Lotts vis: Mr Blynmans, Thomas Jones, Thomas Kent and Thos Skellins betwixt and the old meeting house places shall be half an Acre laid out for a common buriall place.” (Town Records, 5)

The cemetery that was established became known as the First Parish Burial Ground, or the Old Bridge Street Burying Ground.