Dorchester North Burying Place, 1630. Upham's Corner, Columbia Road and Stoughton Street, Dorchester, Massachusetts - 2950c3d9e17d7005c7748ca0fbe16b51

Date supplied by cataloger based on similar item in collection.; Title supplied by cataloger from similar item in collection.; Abdalian identifier no. 3050; 4; One of the most interesting in the country. Among the distinguished tombs here are those of Lieutenant Governor William Stoughton, chief justice of the court before which the witchcraft trials at Salem were held, and Richard Mather, the founder of the Mather family in New England. Many of the inscriptions on the stones are quaint, and there are a number of imposing tablets.