Graves of Slaves no. 9897 Cambridge, a Negro Belonging to Robert Oliver; Betty, a Negro Servant of Col. Robert Oliver and Bristol, a Negro Servant of Mr. C James Foster. “Ann, a Negro Child Belonging to Mr. Robert Oliver, & Daughter to his Negro Mimbo; Aged...
Jonathan Bowman, 1704-1775 no. 23774 [Tomb 106.] Rev. JONATHAN BOWMAN. BOWMAN’S SEPULCHRE. Rev. JONATHAN BOWMAN, Late Pastor of the Church in Dorchester, died March 30, 1775, aged 71. Madam ELIZABETH BOWMAN died Aug. 7, 1785, aged 80. Miss MARY BOWMAN...
James Foster 1698-1763, stone carver no. 23776 Three generations of stone carvers, named James Foster, worked in Dorchester, Massachusetts. The elder James Foster is credited with a number of the oldest tombstones in many Boston-area burial grounds. James Foster II...
Robert Oliver circa 1700-1762 and Isaac Royall, 1672-1739 This stone for the Isaac Royall family marks the largest tomb in the cemetery. no. 23776 The tomb was erected by Isaac Royall for his father, Willam Royal. Isaac died in July 1737 and, at his own desire, was...
Hopestill Foster, 1620-1676 no 23770 Here Lie Interr’d the Remains of Cap’tn Hopestill Foster Who Departed this Life October the 14th Anno Domini 1676 Aged 56 Years Hopestill Foster was born on 30 July 1620, in Biddenden, Kent, England as the son of...
