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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMCHH_pilgrims-and-patriots_Boston-MA.html
When the Puritans landed in Boston in 1630, the Separatist settlement at Plymouth Colony was ten years old. Puritans and Separatists were two Protestant sects that developed in the late 16th century in England. Puritans were critical of, but remai…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMCHD_the-first-governor_Boston-MA.html
Buried in the Winthrop family tomb are 11 members of the Winthrop family. Puritan leader John Winthrop the Elder (1588-1649) was the first governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony and the founder of Boston. In 1629 he was elected governor by the M…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMCGZ_life-and-death-in-colonial-boston_Boston-MA.html
Along the second row parallel to the front path are the stones of the three "Rebeccas": Rebecca (Baker) Gerrish (d. 1743), Rebecca Smith Sanders (d. 1745/6), and Rebecca (Smith) Alexander Deal Sprague (ca. 1704-1746), who were related to each othe…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMCGU_welcome-to-kings-chapel-burying-ground_Boston-MA.html
Buried here are many notable people in Boston's early history, from its first governor, John Winthrop, to Frederic Tudor, the "Ice King." This is Boston's oldest burying ground, established in 1630 on what were then the outskirts of the new Purita…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMCGS_unusual-gravestones_Boston-MA.html
Fascinating people from Boston's history lie in this burying ground.
Look to the left for the double Worthylake gravestone, dating from 1718. Worthylake was the first keeper of the Boston Light. He and his wife and daughter drowned as they rowe…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMCGR_the-mathers_Boston-MA.html
Several generations of great 17th and 18th century New England divines are buried here. Increase (1639-1723), the father; Cotton (1663-1728), the son; and Samuel Mather (1706-1785) the grandson, belonged to a remarkable family of ministers. At a t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMCFQ_gravestone-art-skulls-wings-and-other-symbols_Boston-MA.html
Most of the gravestones in Copp's Hill Burying Ground are upright stone markers placed before 1825. The quality and complexity of the carving depended on the skill of the carver and the budget of the person buying the memorial. The majority of the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMCET_from-colonial-burying-ground-to-victorian-park_Boston-MA.html
When Copp's Hill was first established as the "North Burying Ground," it was just below the summit of one of Boston's highest hills. Looking north over the colonial wharves one could see the towns of Charleston and Chelsea and the confluence of th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMCER_seventeenth-century-copps-hill_Boston-MA.html
The Kennebec RaidCaptain Thomas Lake (1615-1676) (C-143) was born in Tetney, County Lincoln, England in 1615 and settled in Boston in the 1650s. He and his partner, Thomas Clarke, set up trading posts in Maine, including one at Arrowsic Island nea…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMCEQ_welcome-to-copps-hill-burying-ground_Boston-MA.html
About the Burying GroundCopp's Hill Burying Ground is the second oldest cemetery in Boston. In 1659, town officials became concerned about overcrowding at the Central Burying Ground (now called King's Chapel Burying Ground on Tremont Street.) Land…