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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…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMCDX_copps-hill-and-the-american-revolution_Boston-MA.html
In the 18th century, Copp's Hill was higher than it stands today. On April 23, 1775, just a few days after the battles of Lexington and Concord, British Admiral Samuel Graves received General Gage's permission to construct a redoubt on Copp's Hill…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMCCC_seventeenth-century-burials_Boston-MA.html
Around you are some of the earliest burials at Granary Burial Ground. "The Oldest Stone" dated 1667 marked the burial of John Wakefield (ca. 1615-1667). Apparently a frugal relative 36 years later had the back of the stone carved for Ann Child (c.…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMCC2_colonial-craftsmen_Boston-MA.html
Until a few decades before the American Revolution, Boston was the largest port in the British colonies. It thrived on maritime trade, shipbuilding, and the work of hundreds of craftspeople. While the tombs of the rich merchants and politicians ri…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMCBS_gravestone-carving_Boston-MA.html
In early Boston when someone died, their family or friends indicated their burial site with a marker for remembrance. Often the deceased had already ordered their gravestone before their death. Gravestones were carved by masons, stonecutters, pain…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMCBP_family-memorials_Boston-MA.html
Benjamin Franklin was born in Boston in 1707, son of Josiah Franklin (1657-1745), tallow chandler, and his second wife, Abiah (Folger) (1667-1752). After his parent's deaths, Franklin created a modest memorial to them with an inscription which sai…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMCBM_huguenots-women-and-tories_Boston-MA.html
In the 17th century, religious persecution led to the immigration of large numbers of French Protestants (known as Huguenots) to Massachusetts. Gravestones of the Cazneau, Johonnat, Revere, and Sigourney families can be found throughout Granary. T…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMCBG_tragic-events_Boston-MA.html
Three hundred years ago this location did not have ideal conditions for a graveyard. There were many underground springs which made it soggy and damp. Tomb owners routinely found their tombs filled with water, with caskets and bodies floating abou…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMCBF_welcome-to-granary-burying-ground_Boston-MA.html
Welcome to Granary Burying Ground, one of the oldest historic sites in Boston! Famous, infamous, and unknown Bostonians are buried here. Men, women, children, Puritans, Anglicans, Catholics, English, French, Africans, patriots, Tories, printers, g…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMCBC_a-riot-the-massacre-and-the-tea-party_Boston-MA.html
From 1769-1776 Boston was the flashpoint for events leading up to the American Revolution. On February 22, 1770, a crowd gathered around the house and shop of a Tory sympathizer and customs agent, Ebenezer Richardson. When they started pelting the…