all englishmen and women loathed the thought of burying their loved ones on their own property in unconsecrated ground , but unusual circumstances in virginia , the lack of sufficient churchyards , the need to bury their dead quickly , especially in the summer , sometimes the great distance from any other place and the fact that no ship captain in his right mind would bring a dead body onto his ship for the 2-3 month trip back to england , gave families no other choice than to establish family cemeteries within their own boundaries .