Kings Chapel Burying Ground in Boston, Massachusetts

Kings Chapel Burying Ground is a church cemetery near Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. The grounds sit at about 49 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 43 notable people buried here, including John Winthrop, John Cotton and Frederic Tudor. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 618406. The nearest other listed cemetery is Granary Burying Ground, about 0.1 mi to the southwest. The nearest funeral home we know of is J.S. Waterman Langone Chapel in Boston, about 0.7 mi away. It is one of 52 cemeteries we list in Suffolk County, and 151 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in Suffolk County dates to 1659. 3 of the 52 listings in Suffolk County have a phone number or website on record.

This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Boston. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.

Among them: 4 writers, 3 physicians, 1 artist, 1 business leader, 1 Revolutionary War veteran.

• John Winthrop1588-1649
  Governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay and Author of "City upon a Hill"
• John Cotton1585-1652
  English minister, theologian, immigrant to Massachusetts
• Frederic Tudor1783-1864
  American businessman
• John Winthrop the Younger1606-1676
  Governor of the Saybrook and Connecticut Colonies
• John Davenport1597-1670
  British priest 1597-1670
• John Leverett1616-1679
  English-American colonist (1616-1679); governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony
• Sarah Wentworth Apthorp Morton1759-1846
  American writer, poet
• William Burnet1688-1729
  British governor of New York and New Jersey
• Joseph Badger1708-1765
  American artist
• Thomas Dawes1731-1809
  Massachusetts Revolutionary War-era politician and architect
• Elizabeth Gooking Greenleaf1681-1762
  American apothecary
• Fitz-John Winthrop1637-1707
  Governor of the Connecticut Colony

People whose Wikidata entry gives Kings Chapel Burying Ground as their place of burial, ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions cover them. Names link to Wikipedia where an English article exists. Plot locations are not included; ask the cemetery office.

Not available: we have no confirmed information yet about accepting new burials, cremation options, cremation niches, mausoleum, columbarium, chapel, green burial, veterans section, office on site, parking, wheelchair accessible, restrooms. If you work there or know it well, tell us what it offers.

• Granary Burying Ground

  Boston, MA · est. 1660
  Christian cemetery

  0.1 mi
• Central Burying Ground

  125 Boylston Street, Boston, MA · est. 1756
  Church cemetery

  0.5 mi
• Copps Hill Burial Ground

  VA Boston Healthcare System, Brockton Campus, MA · est. 1659
  Cemetery

  0.6 mi
• Phipps Street Burying Ground

  Charlestown, MA
  Cemetery

  1.3 mi
• Bunker Hill Burying Ground

  Charlestown, MA
  Cemetery

  1.5 mi
• South End South Burying Ground

  Roxbury Crossing, MA
  Cemetery

  1.6 mi
• St Francis De Sales Cemetery

  Charlestown, MA
  Cemetery

  1.6 mi
• Saint Augustine Burying Ground

  Boston, MA
  Cemetery

  1.7 mi
• Hawes Burying Ground

  Boston, MA
  Cemetery

  2.1 mi
• Union Burying Ground

  Boston, MA
  Cemetery

  2.1 mi

• J.S. Waterman Langone Chapel

  Funeral home · Boston · (617) 536-4110
  0.7 mi
• Langone Jos A Jr Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Boston · (617) 227-2434
  0.7 mi
• Carr Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Charlestown · (617) 242-1509
  1.4 mi
• Rogers Funeral Home Inc

  Funeral home · Cambridge · (617) 876-8964
  1.5 mi
• Casper Funeral & Cremation Services

  Cremation provider · Boston · (617) 890-6181
  1.8 mi
• O'Brien Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Boston · (617) 269-1600
  1.8 mi

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