Rumney Marsh Burying Ground
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Rumney Marsh Burying Ground is a historic cemetery
on Butler Street between Elm and Bixby Streets in Revere, Massachusetts
. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2004.
The land was originally owned by Samuel Cole. In 1654 William Hasey purchased it; his descendants sold it to Joshua Cheever, Esq. in 1740. Cheever and the town of Chelsea (of which Revere was still part) agreed on March 7, 1743 that the land would be a burying place and he deeded it to the town on December 8, 1751. The first burials on the site were earlier; the first one recorded was the February 6, 1693 burial of Mary Smith, wife of John Smith, who were early tenant farmers in the village of Winnisimmet. The last burial was in 1929.
People buried in the cemetery include:
The National Register listing shows Joseph Lamson as the architect. Since there are no buildings on the site and the cemetery was active well before the era of landscape architecture, it's not clear what work he did.
Cemetery
A cemetery is a place in which dead bodies and cremated remains are buried. The term "cemetery" implies that the land is specifically designated as a burying ground. Cemeteries in the Western world are where the final ceremonies of death are observed...
on Butler Street between Elm and Bixby Streets in Revere, Massachusetts
Revere, Massachusetts
Revere is a city in Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States, and located approximately from downtown Boston. It is named after the American patriot Paul Revere. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 51,755.- History :...
. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2004.
The land was originally owned by Samuel Cole. In 1654 William Hasey purchased it; his descendants sold it to Joshua Cheever, Esq. in 1740. Cheever and the town of Chelsea (of which Revere was still part) agreed on March 7, 1743 that the land would be a burying place and he deeded it to the town on December 8, 1751. The first burials on the site were earlier; the first one recorded was the February 6, 1693 burial of Mary Smith, wife of John Smith, who were early tenant farmers in the village of Winnisimmet. The last burial was in 1929.
People buried in the cemetery include:
- Deane Winthrop, son of John WinthropJohn WinthropJohn Winthrop was a wealthy English Puritan lawyer, and one of the leading figures in the founding of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, the first major settlement in New England after Plymouth Colony. Winthrop led the first large wave of migrants from England in 1630, and served as governor for 12 of...
, governor of the Massachusetts Bay ColonyMassachusetts Bay ColonyThe Massachusetts Bay Colony was an English settlement on the east coast of North America in the 17th century, in New England, situated around the present-day cities of Salem and Boston. The territory administered by the colony included much of present-day central New England, including portions...
. Deane Winthrop's HouseDeane Winthrop HouseThe Deane Winthrop House is an historic house at 40 Shirley Street inWinthrop, Massachusetts. Deane Winthrop was the son of the second Governor of Massachusetts, John Winthrop....
, also on the National Register, is nearby in WinthropWinthrop, MassachusettsThe Town of Winthrop is a municipality in Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States. The population of Winthrop was 17,497 at the 2010 U.S. Census. It is an oceanside suburban community in Greater Boston situated at the north entrance to Boston Harbor and is very close to Logan International...
. - Phillips PaysonPhillips PaysonPhillips Payson was minister for the town of Dorchester, Massachusetts from 1728.He was the father of Samuel Phillips Payson, and is buried in the Rumney Marsh Burying Ground in Revere, Massachusetts....
, the fighting pastor, hero of the Battle of Lexington - Sixteen slaves
- Veterans of the Colonial, RevolutionaryAmerican Revolutionary WarThe American Revolutionary War , the American War of Independence, or simply the Revolutionary War, began as a war between the Kingdom of Great Britain and thirteen British colonies in North America, and ended in a global war between several European great powers.The war was the result of the...
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Wars.
The National Register listing shows Joseph Lamson as the architect. Since there are no buildings on the site and the cemetery was active well before the era of landscape architecture, it's not clear what work he did.