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• Abercrombie, James   b. 1732  d. June 23, 1775
  British Revolutionary War Army Officer. A veteran of the Seven Years War, he was a Lieutenant Colonel in the British Army when the Revolutionary War broke out. During the British occupation of Boston, Massachusetts in 1775, and in the later siege there, he was served as Adjutant General to British Army commander General Thomas Gage. When General Gage decided to attack Colonial positions on Breed's Hill on June 17, 1775...[Read More] (Bio by: Bob on Gallows Hill)
  Kings Chapel Burying Ground, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
   
• Bulfinch, Charles [original burial site]  b. August 8, 1763  d. April 4, 1844
  Architect. He was the first native-born professional architect in the United States. Important commissions include the Connecticut State House in Hartford (1793 to 1796), the Massachusetts State House in Boston (1795 to 1797), Saint Stephen's Church in Boston (1802 to 1804), and the Maine State House in Augusta (1829 to 1832). In 1818, he was appointed by President James Monroe as official architect of the United States Capitol, a position he held until 1829. Bulfinch was first buried in King's...[Read More] (Bio by: Garver Graver)
  Kings Chapel Burying Ground, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
   
• Chilton, Mary    b. 1607  d. May 16, 1679
  First Pilgrim to touch Plimouth Rock. Passenger on Mayflower. Baptized : St. Peters Parish, Sandwich, England May 30, 1607. Married John Winslow.
  Kings Chapel Burying Ground, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
   
• Cotton, John    b. December 4, 1585  d. December 23, 1652
  Religious Figure. He was a Puritan minister at St. Botolph's Church in Lincolnshire, England, before leaving for America in 1633. His daughter Maria later wedded to Increase Mather and borne son, Cotton Mather. John Cotton became a minister at the First Church of Boston in Massachusetts, forming the basis for Congregationalism. He figured prominently in the Antinomian Controversy and the trial of Anne Hutchinson and the Cambridge Synod, which led to the adoption of the Half-way Covenant. (Bio by: K)
  Kings Chapel Burying Ground, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
   
• Dawes Jr., William [memorial]    b. April 5, 1745  d. February 25, 1799
  Revolutionary War Figure. He grew up in Boston and became a tanner while he was active in the Boston Militia. On the night of April 18, 1775 it was his task, along with Paul Revere and Samuel Prescott, to warn the colonists that the British were going to launch an offensive on the countryside. On the way to Concord the three ran into a British road block. Splitting up and fleeing, Revere was captured and later released, Dawes was thrown from his horse and had to walk back to Lexington. Prescott...[Read More] (Bio by: Tom Todd)
  Kings Chapel Burying Ground, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
   
• Leverett, John    b. 1616  d. March 16, 1679
  Colonial Governor. Born in Boston, England he immigrated to Massachusetts with his father in 1633. Returning to England a year later to serve during the English Civil War for Oliver Cromwell where he apparently made an impact in the Lord Protector's service. Returning to Massachusetts in 1648 where he served as Deputy Governor under Richard Bellingham during 1671 through the year of 1673. When upon the death of Bellingham, he took the position of Governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony, until his...[Read More] (Bio by: The Guardian)
  Kings Chapel Burying Ground, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
  Plot: Tomb 30
   
• Lloyd, James   b. 1769  d. April 5, 1831
  US Senator. Served as a United States Senator from Massachusetts from 1808 to 1813, and 1822 to 1826. Also served as a Member of the Massachusetts State House of Representatives in 1800, and Member of the Massachusetts State Senate in 1804. (Bio by: K)
  Kings Chapel Burying Ground, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
   
• Shirley, William   b. December 2, 1694  d. March 24, 1771
  Colonial Governor. Born to William and Elizabeth Godman Shirley at Preston Manor, married in 1753 to Lady Frances and they had nine children. He later moved from London to Boston in the year 1731. A graduate of Cambridge, he later studied law in London. He was Governor of Massachusetts twice, from 1741 to 1749 and from 1753 to 1756. He served as Commander-in-Chief of British forces in America from 1755 to 1756. During this appointment he was involved in the "Great Expulsion" of Acadians from...[Read More] (Bio by: The Guardian (inactive))
  Kings Chapel Burying Ground, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
  Plot: Crypt 18
   
• Winthrop, John    b. February 12, 1605  d. April 5, 1676
  Colonial Royal Governor. He was the first Royal Governor of Connecticut serving in 1657, and from 1659 to his death in 1676.
  Kings Chapel Burying Ground, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
   
• Winthrop, John    b. January 23, 1588  d. March 26, 1649
  Massachusetts Bay Colony Governor. He was instrumental in leading the first large wave of colonists from England to the Massachusetts Bay Colony, the first major settlement in New England after the Plymouth Colony. He was born at Edwardstone, Suffolk, England, to a wealthy landowning and merchant family. In December 1602, he was admitted to Trinity College but soon left and married his first wife, Mary Forth, in April 1605. During this time, he became deeply religious in the Puritan faith. In...[Read More] (Bio by: William Bjornstad)
  Kings Chapel Burying Ground, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
   

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