Copp's Hill Burying Ground
The Copp 's Hill Burying Ground
The Copp 's Hill Burying Ground is a historic cemetery in Boston, Massachusetts in the United States. His original name was North Burying Ground.
History
The cemetery was established on February 20, 1659 as the second cemetery of the city of Boston after the King's Chapel Burying Ground. The city purchased the corresponding property on the Copp 's Hill by John Baker and Daniel Turell be able to open the then North Burying Ground can. Today's Copp 's Hill Burying Ground, which is often referred to as Copp 's Hill Burial Ground, contains graves of many famous Boston citizens from the colonial era.
The first extension of the site took place on January 7, 1708 by the city another country of Samuel Sewall and Hannah his wife bought. The land was part of a larger pasture that had Mrs. Sewall inherited from her father, John Hull, the master had been in the Mint.
Benjamin Weld and his wife sold the city the second extension on 18 December 1809 at a price of U.S. $ 10,000, shortly after they had bought it from Jonathan Merry, who had used the land for grazing. Ten years later bought Charles Wells, later mayor of Boston, a small parcel of land of John Bishop of Medford and used this as a cemetery. This was later combined with the adjacent North Burying Ground. Due to this complicated past, it is no longer possible to determine the original borders of the cemetery correctly.
On the Snow Hill Street side there are many unmarked graves of African Americans who lived in the New Guinea community at the foot of the hill. In addition to these, there are 272 more graves, most of which are inscriptions to date are still readable.
From about 1840, the cemetery was very little used, but the city entertained the site continues, albeit with interruptions. About 1878, however, the terrain was as good as forgotten. Today the cemetery is part of the Freedom Trail and is visited by many tourists and photographers. The Copp 's Hill Burying Ground is listed in the National Register of Historic Places since 1974.
Tombs of famous personalities
- The children of William Copp
- Increase Mather - Puritan pastor
- Cotton Mather - Puritan pastor
- Robert Newman - patriot who lit the signal lanterns in the steeple of Old North Church for the midnight ride of Paul Revere to Lexington and Concord
- Prince Hall - Father of Black Masonry
- George Worthylake - First keeper of Boston Light