Captain Robert Keayne
Born in Windsor England 1595
Member of the Honourable Artillery
Company of London 1623
Devoted citizen of Boston
from 1635 to death in 1656
Liberal contributor for a town library for the maintenance of a free schoolmaster, for introducing pure water to Boston and for the foundation of Harvard College.
Founder of the first town house located where Old State House now stands.
Founder and first commander 1638 of the oldest military organization in America, the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Massachusetts, by whom this tablet is erected to mark the site of his house June 1, 1925.
Marker is on Washington Street, on the right when traveling north.
Courtesy hmdb.org
