King's Chapel Burying Ground
The King's Chapel Burying Ground is the oldest cemetery in the city of Boston, Massachusetts in the United States. It is named after the King's Chapel, which is located on the same property at the Tremont Street. The cemetery is just like the church a part of the Freedom Trail. Particularly noteworthy is the grave stone of Joseph Tapping on which a skeleton and " Father Time " against the inevitability of death fight. For many, this is the most beautiful grave stone in the cemetery.
History
The King's Chapel Burying Ground was established in 1630 as the first cemetery in the city, making it as old as the city itself was only 30 years later, in 1660, the second cemetery was inaugurated. As the local Anglican church could find no other place, she was in 1686 a section of the cemetery land for the construction of their church building, the King's Chapel allocated.
According to tradition, the original owner of the land, Isaac Johnson was buried in the cemetery as the first.
It is disputed whether the grave of William Dawes, a famous supporters of Paul Revere, is actually located in the cemetery. Although a grave stone is with his name on the grounds of the King's Chapel Burying Ground, but was discovered in the recent past in the records of the Forest Hills Cemetery, that Dawes was buried there after he was reassigned to the Boylston Street Burying Ground, leading to this time was not unusual.
In 1796, no further burials were permitted in the cemetery more. In the early 19th century, many of the grave stones were implemented, just to form rows. It is therefore not possible to mark the actual resting place for all the people buried there.
Famous people
On the King's Chapel Burying Ground, a variety of the history of famous people are buried. Among them are:
- Charles Apthorp - Businessman
- Mary Chilton - immigrant from Plymouth and the first European woman who went to New England aboard the Mayflower
- Roger Clapp - Member of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Massachusetts, died on February 2, 1691 His son Desire is also buried very close.
- John Cotton - Puritan theologian
- John Davenport - Puritan theologian
- William Dawes (disputed ) - Hero of the American Revolution
- William Emerson - (father of Ralph Waldo Emerson )
- Robert Keayne - first Captain of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Massachusetts
- John Oxenbridge - Puritan theologian
- Elizabeth Pain - her grave stone said to have been the model for those of Hester Prynne in the movie The Scarlet Letter.
- Comfort Starr - formerly physician in Cambridge and one of the founders of Harvard College, his daughter Hannah was the wife of the first president of the New Hampshire John Cutt province.
- John Winthrop - first Puritan governor of Massachusetts