Old Burying Ground (Cambridge, Massachusetts)
The Old Burying Ground, or Old Burial Ground,[1] is a historic cemetery in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, located just outside Harvard Square.[2]
| Old Burying Ground | |
|---|---|
 The cemetery in 2018 | |
| Details | |
| Established | 1635 |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| Coordinates | 42°22′30″N 71°07′11″W |
| Find a Grave | Old Burying Ground |
The cemetery in 1889
The cemetery opened in 1635.[1]
Notable burials
- Jonathan Belcher – colonial American merchant, businessman, and politician (Governor of Massachusetts Bay)
- Jonathan Remington – colonial American jurist (associate justice Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court)
- Edmund Trowbridge – colonial American jurist (associate justice Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court)
- Daniel Gookin – early settler and worker with Native Americans
- Cicely – enslaved servant of a Harvard tutor (the oldest surviving gravestone of a Black person in the Americas)[3]
Several early Presidents of Harvard College are buried here[4] including:
- John Leverett the Younger – President of Harvard College 1708–24
- John Rogers – President of Harvard College 1682–84
Cato Stedman and Neptune Frost black soldiers of the Continental Army 1775.[5] Commemorated on a blue sign on the fence of The Old Burying Ground, Sage Street.
References
- "Cambridge Cemetery". www.cambridgema.gov. Archived from the original on 2019-11-17. Retrieved 2020-03-10.
- "Amid the Old Burying Ground". October 28, 2015. Archived from the original on November 17, 2019. Retrieved November 17, 2019.
- Maskiell, Nicole S (2 December 2020). "Cicely was young, Black and enslaved – her death during an epidemic in 1714 has lessons that resonate in today's pandemic". The Conversation. Archived from the original on 2 December 2020. Retrieved 2 December 2020.
- "Old Burying Ground | Cambridge Office of Tourism". www.cambridgeusa.org. Archived from the original on 2020-09-24. Retrieved 2019-11-23.
- Sparling, Georgia (Jun 5, 2018). "Historian seeks to honor forgotten black soldiers". Lesley University. Lesley University. Archived from the original on 15 September 2022. Retrieved 14 September 2022.
External links
Media related to Old Burying Ground (Cambridge, Massachusetts) at Wikimedia Commons- Old Burying Ground at Find a Grave
- U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Old Burying Ground
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