Tombstone Tuesday- Snellings in Boston's Copp's Hill Burial Ground

Copp's Hill Burial Ground is located in Boston's North End neighborhood, right in front of the Old North Church made famous in the story of Paul Revere.  There are more than 10,000 people buried here, but only about 2,300 tombstones.  Many graves are unmarked, and some tombs hold up to ten people, so the number of graves doesn't match the number of inscriptions. It was first laid out as a burial ground in 1659.

In researching the Jones/Lambert family of my family tree, I found that my 4x great grandmother Catherine Plummer Jones (abt 1799 - 1828)  had a sister, Sarah Dargue Jones (abt 1794 - 1875), who married Enoch Howes Snelling (abt 1790 - 1866).  The Joneses lived in the North End, and so did a plethora of Snellings.  There were many more Snelling tombstones than I have posted here today.   There is a Snelling Alley still located between the burial ground and the church. 

For more information on the Copp's Hill Burial Ground, and a listing of gravestones, please see the book Boston's Copp's hill Burying Ground Guide by Charles Chauncey Wells, Chauncey Park Press, 1998

Here lyes ye Body

of Mr. BENJAMIN

SNELLING.  Who

Died Novbr. 6 Anno

Domi 1739 in ye 40th

year of His Age.

Here lyes Buried ye Body

of ANNA SNELLING

Dautr of Mr. JOSEPH and

Mrs PRISEILLA SNELLING

Who departed this life

Jany the 30th 1766

Aged 20 Years

Here lies ye Body of

REBECAH SNELLING

Daur of Mr. JOSIAH &

Mrs MARY SNELLING

Died April ye 20th

1777

Aet 5 Years & 10 Days

In Memory of

JOSEPH SNELLING

son of JOSIAH

& MARY SNELLING

decd April 27th 1799

Aged 24 Years

on the left

ANNA SNELLING

1790

on the right

Rebeckah         Hannah

Snelling          Snelling

Died June 9th    Died June 22nd

1730 Aged     1730 Aged

1 Years & 1 Years &

1 Mo.    1 Mo

ye children on Joseph

& Elizabeth Snelling

CAP JONATHAN SNELLINGs TOMB

JOSHUA SNELLING son of Cap JONATHAN & Mrs

MARY SNELLING Died Janry 26 1748 Aged 2 years

2 Mo.  also SARAH SNELLING Died Janry 13th

1749 Aged 7 Years

for another post with Snelling's buried at Copp's Hill, click here:

http://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2011/01/snellings-at-copps-hill-burial-ground.html 

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