Copp's Hill Burying Ground

Copp's Hill Burying Ground is a historic cemetery in the North End of Boston, Massachusetts, United States.

The cemetery was founded on February 20, 1659, when the town bought land on Copp's Hill from John Baker and Daniel Turell to start the "North Burying Ground".

[2] The first extension was made on January 7, 1708, when the town bought additional land from Judge Samuel Sewall and his wife Hannah.

Benjamin Weld and his wife Nabby sold the second extension to the town for $10,000 (~$216,791 in 2023) on December 18, 1809, soon after they had bought it from Jonathan Merry, who had used it as pasture.

Ten years later, Charles Wells, later mayor of Boston, bought a small parcel of land from John Bishop of Medford and used this as a cemetery that was later merged with the adjacent North Burying Ground.

Several headstones from the 18th and 19th century in the cemetery
A still-legible headstone in Copp's Hill Burying Ground
View of Copp's Hill Burying Ground, 1895