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 Wendell 1818, Thomas Dawes 1825;

Ministers of Boston

John Cotton 1652, John Davenport 1670,

John Oxenbridge 1674, Thomas Bridge 1715.

Captain Robert Keayne

First commander of the

Ancient and Honerable Artillery Company

1638

Right Marker:

Here were buried

Jacob Sheafe 1658, John Winslow 1674.

Mary Chilton 1679,

A passenger in the Mayflower

and wife of John Winslow.

Lady Andros 1688,

Captain Roger Clap 1690, Thomas Brattle 1713,

Professor John Winthrop 1776.

James Lloyd 1831, Charles Bulfinch 1844.

William Dawes Jr.

Patriot and Son of Liberty

April 6 1745 – February 25 1799.

This tablet placed by the city 1901.

Marker is on Tremont Street, on the right when traveling north.

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