Roxbury Burying Ground 1630

Abdalian, Leon H., 1884-1967 · [November 16, 1954]

Here were buried Governors Thomas Dudley 1653, Joseph Dudley 1720. Chief Justice Paul Dudley 1752, Colonel William Dudley 1743. Ministers John Eliot 1690, Thomas Walter, 1725, Nehemiah Walter 1750, Oliver Peabody 1752, Amos Adams 1775, Eliphalet Porter 1833. The Reverend John Eliot, the apostle to the Indians, labored for many years to give them the gospel, and translated the bible into their language. Eliot was assisted by many others, and many of the dusky inhabitants of the forest learned to bow down to the Christian's God. Eustis and Washington Streets, Roxbury, Mass.