Granary Burying Ground
Tremont Place, Boston, Massachusetts, 02133, USA
Massachusetts, USA
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GRAVE
EST. 1660
EST. 1660
1660
Adams, Samuel
Hancock, John
Paine, Robert Treat
Revere, Paul
HISTORIC PEOPLE WHO WERE HERE
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HISTORIC PRESERVATION at Granary Burying Ground.
The Granary Burying Ground in Massachusetts is the city of Boston's third-oldest cemetery, founded in 1660 and located on Tremont Street. It is the burial location of Revolutionary War-era patriots, including Paul Revere, the five victims of the Boston Massacre, and three signers of the Declaration of Independence: Samuel Adams, John Hancock, and Robert Treat Paine. The cemetery has 2,345 grave-markers, but historians estimate that as many as 5,000 people are buried in it. It is a site on Boston's Freedom Trail.
About Granary Burying Ground
Granary Burying Ground contains the graves of many people central to the American Revolution, including Samuel Adams, John Hancock, Paul Revere, James Otis, and victims of the Boston Massacre. It also holds members of Benjamin Franklin’s family. The cemetery is therefore one of Boston’s most concentrated memorial landscapes, connecting visitors with the political leaders, activists, soldiers, and civilians who shaped resistance and independence.
HISTORY HAPPENED HERE at Granary Burying Ground
Peter Boylston Adams (1738-1823)
Samuel Adams (1722–1803)
Crispus Attucks (1723–1770) African-American victim of the Boston Massacre, in a common grave with the other four victims and Seider.
Christopher Seider (sometimes Snider, 1758–1770), a boy killed 11 days before.
James Bowdoin (1726–1790), prominent merchant, 2nd Governor of Massachusetts
Rev Mather Byles (1706–1788), prominent minister and loyalist
John Endecott (c. 1588–1665), First Governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony
Peter Faneuil (1700–1743), benefactor of Faneuil Hall
Josiah Franklin (1657–1745) and Abiah Folger (1667–1752), the parents of Benjamin Franklin, along with other members of the Franklin family.
Jeremiah Gridley (1702–1767), lawyer, defender of writs of assistance in 1761
John Hancock (1737–1793)
James Otis Jr. (1725–1783), lawyer, Revolutionary War Patriot
Robert Treat Paine (1731–1814), signer of the Declaration of Independence
Paul Revere (1735–1818), silversmith, Revolutionary War Patriot
Samuel Sewall (1652–1730) Salem witch trials judge
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