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1630-1673 Zacheus Bosworth, Captain Thomas Clarke and Lieutenant Richard Cooke dwelt here on School House Lane 1704 John Mico built a mansion on this site which was occupied in turn by Colonel Jacob Wendall, Governor Moses Gill and the Boylston …
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Witness for religious freedom. Hanged on Boston Common - 1660. "My life not availeth me in comparison to the liberty of the truth."Erected by the Art Commission of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts from the legacy of Zenas Ellis of Fair Haven, Ver…
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[On the front of the monument, part of the relief itself]:Omnia Relinqvit / Servare Rempvblicam [Underneath the relief]:Robert Gould ShawColonel of the Fifty Fourth Regiment of Massachusetts Infantryborn in Boston 10 October MDCCCXXXVIIKilled w…
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The remains ofSamuel GraySamuel MaverickJames CaldwellCrispus AttucksandPatrick CarrVictims of the Boston Massacre,March 5th, 1770,were here interred by order of theTown of Boston.—————Here also lies buried the body o…
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Josiah Franklin and Abiah his wifelie here interred.They lived lovingly together in wedlock fifty-five years, and without an estate, or any gainful employment, by constant labor and honest industry, maintained a large family comfortably, and broug…
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The Commonan Historic Overview In 1634, only four years after John Winthrop and the Puritans of the Massachusetts Bay Colony settled the Shawmut Peninsula and created the town of Boston, these colonists bought a 48-acre tract of land on the low…
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Neighborhood of Revolution "Paul Revere . . . started on a ride which, in a way has never ended." - Esther Forbes, author of the classic study, Paul Revere and the World He Lived In In the course of just two pivotal days - April 18 and 19, 1775…
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Located against the back fence of the burying ground is the Tudor family tomb, marked by a gravestone for John Tudor, Esquire (1709-1795),. The Tudor family legacy began with John Tudor, a baker and deacon of Second Church, who chronicled over six…
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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…
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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…
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