King's Chapel Burying Ground - John Winthrop's grave

King's Chapel Burying Ground, adjacent to King's Chapel, is one of Boston's oldest colonial cemeteries and contains gravestones dating to the 17th century. The site is the documented burial place of John Winthrop, the first governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, who died in 1649. The cemetery preserves early colonial epitaphs and headstones and is a documented historic site in downtown Boston.