The Phipps Street Burying Ground is a historic

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on Phipps Street in Charlestown, now a neighborhood of

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. With

History

The burial ground was created in 1630, when Charlestown was a separate community from Boston; it is the oldest cemetery within Boston's present limits. The "Charlestown Carver", an anonymous stone cutter active in the 1660s, began an important regional style that was continued by the Lamson family for many generations.On site plaque provided by The Bostonian Society photographed November 17, 2009 The cemetery was added to the

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in 1974.

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Since it was the only cemetery in Charlestown (which was annexed to Boston in the 19th century) for many years, it had a wide range of class and situation: * Prince Bradstreet, "an honest man of color". *

Benjamin Gorham Benjamin Gorham (February 13, 1775 – September 27, 1855) was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts. He was the son of Nathaniel Gorham, who served as one of the Presidents of the Continental Congress. Benjamin was born in Charlestown in ...

, Congressman 1820–23, 1827–31, 1833–35. *

Nathaniel Gorham Nathaniel Gorham (May 27, 1738 – June 11, 1796; sometimes spelled ''Nathanial'') was an American Founding Father, merchant, and politician from Massachusetts. He was a delegate from the Bay Colony to the Continental Congress and for six months ...

, president of the

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and signer of the

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. * John Harvard, for whom

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is named. *

Oliver Holden Oliver Holden (September 18, 1765 – September 4, 1844) was an American composer and compiler of hymns. Biography He was born in Shirley, Massachusetts. During the American Revolutionary War, he was a marine for a year (1782–1783) on the US ...

, an

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composer and compiler of hymns. * Edward Michael Wigglesworth (c. 1693–1765), a

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man,

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and

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. *

Phineas Pratt Phineas Pratt (c.1593 – April 19, 1680) (a.k.a. Phineaus Pratt or Phinehas Pratt), a joiner from London, was one of the first English settlers in New England and enrolled among the "First Comers" of Plymouth Colony. Pratt arrived as part of ...

, a

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, arrived 1622, aboard Sparrow with Weston's men. Made a solo, treacherous trek to Plymouth to warn Standish of the Indian uprising at Wessagusset (Weymouth).

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Phipps Street Burying Ground – City of Boston
* {{National Register of Historic Places in Massachusetts Cemeteries in Charlestown, Boston Cemeteries on the National Register of Historic Places in Massachusetts Charlestown, Boston National Register of Historic Places in Boston 1630 establishments in Massachusetts

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