Cemetery

Sears Cemetery

Brewster · Barnstable County

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About this site

Sears Cemetery is a cemetery in Brewster, Barnstable County. It is one of 67 cemeteries documented in Barnstable County, among 6,897 historic sites cataloged across the county on MassRoam.

The site sits at 41.7437, -70.1448 near Brewster. The nearest cataloged historic site is Sears, Joshua House (landmark), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Sears, Philip Howes and Hannah House, Ellis, Charles F. Store, and Sears House.

This record is drawn from public historical records. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.

History

Sears Cemetery on Old County Road in Brewster was established in 1726 and is part of a local historic district. It is associated with the Sears family, one of the prominent early families of Brewster and the Cape Cod bayside, and holds eighteenth- and nineteenth-century stones of the town's founding households. As one of Brewster's older burying grounds, it preserves the memory of the sea captains and farmers who built the town.

📍 41.7437, -70.1448 · Brewster, Barnstable County

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