52yrs
John Wakefield's is the oldest grave in the Granary Burying Ground - Contributed by Mark
"At this time the records abound in fines for friendly acts to Quakers...The following is doubtless the story of his death:
'A sad accident happened at Boston to one Wakefield, a boatman, who helping ye ropemaker about a cable, had his head split open and his brains beaten out, dated July 19, 1667.' (Rev. S, Danforth's Records, p. 166)"
John Wakefield's is the oldest grave in the Granary Burying Ground - Contributed by Mark
"At this time the records abound in fines for friendly acts to Quakers...The following is doubtless the story of his death:
'A sad accident happened at Boston to one Wakefield, a boatman, who helping ye ropemaker about a cable, had his head split open and his brains beaten out, dated July 19, 1667.' (Rev. S, Danforth's Records, p. 166)"
52yrs
John Wakefield's is the oldest grave in the Granary Burying Ground - Contributed by Mark
"At this time the records abound in fines for friendly acts to Quakers...The following is doubtless the story of his death:
'A sad accident happened at Boston to one Wakefield, a boatman, who helping ye ropemaker about a cable, had his head split open and his brains beaten out, dated July 19, 1667.' (Rev. S, Danforth's Records, p. 166)"
John Wakefield's is the oldest grave in the Granary Burying Ground - Contributed by Mark
"At this time the records abound in fines for friendly acts to Quakers...The following is doubtless the story of his death:
'A sad accident happened at Boston to one Wakefield, a boatman, who helping ye ropemaker about a cable, had his head split open and his brains beaten out, dated July 19, 1667.' (Rev. S, Danforth's Records, p. 166)"
Inscription
The inscription reads "HERE LIES Ye BODY OF JOHN WAKEFIELD AGED 52 YEARS DECd JUNE Ye 18 1667." The inscription for his wife, Ann, then remarried to John Child, appears on the opposite side of John Wakefield's headstone. There is an additional stone at the foot of the John Wakefield grave bearing both names, John Wakefield and Ann Child. Curiously, there is a 3rd stone, apparently unrelated, placed between the headstone and footstone of John and Ann. The grave of Ann's second husband, John Child, has not been reported to date (Nov.2015).
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