Eliot Burying Ground in Roxbury
The Eliot Burying Ground was established in 1630, making it the oldest burying ground in Roxbury. It is one of the three oldest burying grounds in Boston. It was one of the sites of the Roxbury neck fortifications which consisted of the wooden town gate and structures that helped defend attacks from the natives in 1631. It also served as the Dudley family tomb for Roxbury colonial Governors which consisted of, Governor Thomas Dudley 1653, Governor Joseph Dudley 1720, Chief Justice Paul Dudley 1752, and Colonel William Dudley 1743. There were also different substantial Ministers who were buried there as well which consisted of: John Eliot(apostle for the Indians in 1690) and five ministers of the first church of Roxbury. Early generations of early Roxbury families were buried there as well.
