Welcome to King’s Chapel Burying Ground

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 ...

King’s Chapel Burial Ground

1630

Left Marker:

Here were buried

Governors of Massachusetts

John Winthrop 1649, John Endicott 1665,

John Leverett 1679, William Shirley 1771,

Lieut. Governors of Massachusetts

William Phillips 1827, Thomas Lindall Winthrop 1841;

Governors of Connecticut

John Winthrop 1676, Fitz-John Winthrop 1707;

Judges of Massachusetts

Wait Still Winthrop 1717, Adam Winthrop 1743,

Oliver ...

King’s Chapel

Founded 1686

its first building was

the first Church of England

in Boston

The corner stone

of the present building

was laid August 11, 1749

After the Revolution

it became

the first Unitarian Church

in the United States

Marker is at the intersection of Tremont Street and School Street, on the ...