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King’s Chapel Burial Ground was the burial place of Massachusetts governors John Winthrop, buried in 1649, John Endicott in 1665, John Leverett in 1679, and William Shirley in 1771; Massachusetts lieutenant governors William Phillips in 1827 and Thomas Lindall Winthrop in 1841; Connecticut governors John Winthrop in 1676 and Fitz-John Winthrop in 1707; Massachusetts judges Wait Still Winthrop in 1717, Adam Winthrop in 1743, Oliver Wendell in 1818, and Thomas Dawes in 1825; Boston ministers John Cotton in 1652, John Davenport in 1670, John Oxenbridge in 1674, and Thomas Bridge in 1715; Captain Robert Keayne, first commander of the Ancient and Honerable Artillery Company, in 1638; Jacob Sheafe in 1658; John Winslow in 1674; Mary Chilton in 1679, a passenger in the Mayflower and wife of John Winslow; Lady Andros in 1688; Captain Roger Clap in 1690; Thomas Brattle in 1713; Professor John Winthrop in 1776; James Lloyd in 1831; Charles Bulfinch in 1844; and William Dawes Jr., patriot and Son of Liberty, who lived from April 6 1745 to February 25 1799.
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