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Dr. WILLIAM AVERY was of Dedham as early as 1653. His first wife died in Dedham, September 28, 1678.
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He established the first apothecary's shop in New England.
Member of the Artillery Company. Represented Springfield, 1669.
LADY ANNE ANDROS arrived in Boston, October 17, 1687, and died January 22, 1688, and was buried February 10. Funeral services were held at the South Meeting House.
Her remains were placed in the tomb, afterwards the Dr. Ben- jamin Church tomb, in the north part of the old burying place, and is now the property of the Phillips family.
It is handed down by tradition that Dr. Church was a distant relative of Lady Andros, and that many years ago one of Dr. Church's relatives repaired the tomb, and found a stone slab on the floor of the tomb with this inscription :
" here lies the bones of Lady Anne Andros"
In 1857 a tall marble monument was erected over this tomb by the Turner family.
Front :
PHILLIPS
East Side :
TURNER PHILLIPS
DIED SEPT 13 1836
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ABIGAIL PHILLIPS
DIED DEC. 6. 1837 AGED. 81 YEARS
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West Side : BENJN C PHILLIPS
DIED AUG 3 1828 AGED 53 YRS.
ALICE C PHILLIPS DIED MARCH 1838 AGED 56 YRS.
North Side : MARY PHILLIPS DIED MARCH 5 1857 AGED 66 YRS. .
THIS MONUMENT ERECTED BY HER REQUEST
KING'S CHAPEL BURYING GROUND [LOOKING NORTH] 1903.
KING'S CHAPEL.
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HERE LYETH BURIED E Y BODY OF CAPt, ROGER CLAP AGED 82 YEARS
E DECEASED Y 2, OF
FEBRUARY 1690.
CAPT. ROGER CLAP came in the " Mary and John " from Ply- mouth, England, and settled in Dorchester, Mass., 1630. He was born April 6, 1609, in Salcombe, Devonshire County, Eng- land. Freeman, Dorchester, 1634. One of the founders of the church in Dorchester. Was lieutenant of the Dorchester train band, 1644, and afterwards its captain. Member of the Artillery Company of Boston, 1646. Second sergeant Artillery Company, 1647; lieutenant of that company, 1655. Representative from Dorchester, 1647 and 1652 to 1665, except 1658 and 1671.
In 1659 the General Court granted him 500 acres of land.
On August 10, 1665, the General Court appointed him to com- mand Castle William, and he held the command till 1686, and re- signed.
He died February 2, 1690-91, and his gravestone is standing in King's Chapel Ground.
[Tomb. Coat of Arms.] Here lyeth Interred the body of Major Thomas Savage aged 75 years decd
the 15 of February 1681 2
MAJOR THOMAS SAVAGE was a son of William Savage, and born in Taunton, England, in 1606. Came to Boston, April, 1635. Freeman, May 1636.
Married (1) Faith, daughter of William and Ann Hutchinson. She died February 20, 1652, and he married (2), September 15, 1652, Mary, daughter of Rev. Zachariah Symmes of Charles- town.
Representative from Boston in the General Court, 1654-57, 1659-62, 1677 and 1678, ten years.
In Hingham, 1663, and in Andover, 1671. Presided as Speaker, 1659, 1660, 1671, 1677 and 1678. Assistant, 1680 and 1681.
In 1669, one of the founders of the Old South Church.
In King Philip's war he was commissioned as major of the Massachusetts forces under Major-General Denison. He had under his command the troop of Captain Paige and foot com-
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panies of Captain Henchman, Captain Prentice and Captain Moseley, numbering 300 men.
In the spring of 1675-6 he was again in command as major, and marched against the Indians, and Philip was killed in the Swamp fight.
He was elected a member of the Artillery Company of Boston in 1637 ; second sergeant, 1639 ; first sergeant, 1640 ; lieutenant, 1641 and 1645 ; captain, 1651, 1659, 1668, 1675 and 1680.
He died February 15, 1681-2, and was buried in King's Chapel Ground.
[Tomb.]
Founded 1670 By CAPT. WILLIAM DAVIS died May 1675, and here deposited Repaired & Rebuilt July 1810 by his Great Grandson EDWD DAVIS.
CAPT. WILLIAM DAVIS. Elected a member of the Artillery Company, 1643; admitted to church July 28, 1644 ; freeman, 1645; selectman, Boston, 1647, and from 1654 to 1661, inclusive, and from 1670 to 1675, inclusive.
One of the founders of Old South Church, 1669. Lieutenant, 1652; captain, 1656, of the Suffolk troop, and commanded a troop of horse in Ninigret's war.
Was appointed with General Leverett, afterwards governor, to visit the Dutch governor, Stuyvesant, at New York, in 1653, and was commissioner to King Philip at Taunton in 1671, in com- pany with Captain Hudson and Thomas Brattle.
Captain Davis accompanied the force of Captain Thomas Lake in the expedition to Kennebec in 1676, and with him escaped at a back door, when the Indians had gained the fort, to the water's edge, where Captain Lake fell. Captain Davis, though wounded, escaped. He represented Springfield in House of Representa- tives in 1652, 1666, 1671 and 1672. He married a daughter of William Pynchon, the founder of the town of Springfield, and a member of the Court of Assistants.
Captain Davis represented Haverhill in 1668.
He was fourth sergeant of the Artillery Company, Boston, 1645; ensign, 1652; lieutenant, 1659 and 1663; captain, 1664, 1672.
He resided on State street, formerly King's street.
He died May 24, 1676, and was buried in King's Chapel Ground.
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HERE LYETH BURIED Ye BODY OF CAPT JOHN MELLOWS AGED ABOUT 25 YEARS DECD FEBRUARY Ye 14- 1682
CAPTAIN JOHN MELLOWS. - Born in England ; made freeman, 1671. Had a grant of land in the Stonington country. He died February 14, 1682. His widow, Martha, married Deane Win- throp, sixth son of first Gov. John Winthrop.
HERE LYETH BURIED e Y BODY OF CAPT WILLIAM HUTSON Aged 67 Years DEPARED HIS LIFE DECEMBER Y 6 1680.
CAPT. WILLIAM HUDSON was a member of the Artillery Com- pany, Boston, in 1640; freeman, October 12, 1640. He went to England and served as ensign in the company of John Leverett, under Israel Stoughton, Rainsburrow's regiment, in the Earl of Manchester's army, on the side of Parliament.
The 200 soldiers to be raised in Massachusetts in 1664, for the expedition against the Dutch, were to be commanded by Capt. Hugh Mason and Capt. William Hudson.
He was appointed on the commissions to King Philip in 1671, in company with Capt. William Davis and Thomas Brattle.
He was lieutenant in a militia company in Boston in 1654; captain of the same company in 1661; fourth sergeant of the Artillery Company, 1646 ; third sergeant, 1647 ; second sergeant, 1650; first sergeant, 1651; ensign, 1653; lieutenant, 1656 and 1660, and captain in 1661.
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HERE LYES E Y BODY OF
JOHN MARION
DIED JAN.UA E Y 27-1705 E IN Y 86 YEAR OF HIS AGE
E
HERE LYES Y
BODY OF Mrs
SARAH MARION
WIFE OF Y LATE
MR JOHN MARION e DIED FEBRY Y 3D
E 1709 16 IN Y 85th YEAR OF HER AGE
JOHN MARION lived in Watertown in 1641. John Marion and wife Sara, were admitted to the First Church in Boston, February 15, 1651-52. He was admitted a freeman in May 26, 1652. He died January 27, 1705. She died February 3, 1709.
HERE LYES BURIED THE BODY OF JOSEPH BRIDGHAM RULING ELDER OF e Y FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST IN BOSTON
AGED ABOUT 58 YEARS
DEPARTED THIS LIFE JANUARY Y 5TH 1708-
JOSEPH BRIDGHAM, son of Henry, born January 17, 1651-52; freeman, 1678; member of the Artillery Company, 1674; first sergeant, Artillery Company, 1691; clerk of the market, 1678-79 ; selectman, March 4, 1691-92, and also recorder at same time. Represented Northampton in the General Court 1690; and Boston in 1697.
On February 13, 1683-84, was appointed by the General Court, ensign of a company of foot.
He died, January 5, 1708-9, and was buried in King's Chapel Ground.
KING'S CHAPEL BURYING GROUND [LOOKING SOUTH] 1903. BRONZE TABLETS ON GATES.
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HERE LYES INTERED
THE BODY OF
MY JOHN JNDICOTT E DIED DECEMBER Y 7TH
E · 1711 IN Y 70TH YEAR
OF HIS AGE
JOHN INDICOTT, was warden of King's Chapel ; was a cooper by trade ; and died December 7, 1711, aged 70 years.
HERE LYES Y BODY OF ELIZABETH EUSTES
WIFE TO WILLIAM EUSTES DIED Octr Y 24 1719 IN Y 24TH YEAR OF HER AGE
[Tomb 16.]
JOHN POOLE, son of William ; merchant ; married Elizabeth (1677), daughter of Governor Brenton.
"November 10, 1711; Mr. John Pole died Novr 7th, ws buried this day in a Tomb in the old Burying place. Bearers, Winthrop, Sewall; Ad- dington, Corwin; Walley, Higginson. The Gov and many of the Council, there." - Sewall.
His wife, Elizabeth (Brenton) Poole, died October 17, 1694, aged forty-four years.
A horizontal slab, with the Poole family epitaphs inscribed thereon, is just south of Judge Dawes' monument. There was a coat-of-arms inserted in this stone, but it has disappeared.
COL. FRANCIS BRINLEY was a native of London, and was educated at Eton. He came to Newport, R. I., in 1710, at the invitation of his grandfather, Francis Brinley, who made him his heir.
In 1718 he married Deborah Lyde of Boston. They resided in the mansion called " Brinley Place," in Roxbury, which was taken down in 1902.
He was colonel of the Roxbury regiment, Deputy Surveyor of the province, one of the founders of King's Chapel. He died in Roxbury, November 27, 1765, aged seventy-five years. He was buried in his tomb in King's Chapel Ground.
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HERE LYES BURIED e Y BODY OF CAPT
JOHN ALDEN
WHO DECd FEBRY e Ý 1et 1729 - 30
IN Y 67TH YEAR ℮
OF HIS AGE
e HERE LYES Y BODY OF
Mr ELIZABETH ALDEN
WIFE TO Mr JOHN
ALDEN AGED 50 YEARS
DECd NOVEMBER Y 26TH 1719
CAPT. JOHN ALDEN, Boston, mariner, born March 12, 1663; died in Boston, February 1, 1729-30, aged sixty-seven years.
He married, in 1684, Elizabeth, daughter of William Phelps, Sr. He had a son Gillam, and a son Nathaniel, who had a son Nathaniel. The gravestones of Capt. John, his son Gillam and grandson Nathaniel, are standing in King's Chapel Ground.
Capt. John Alden was a son of Capt. John Alden, eldest son of John Alden, the emigrant and Pilgrim of Plymouth and Dux- bury, and Priscilla, " the Puritan Maiden."
Capt. John, Sr., was born in Plymouth, Mass., 1622 ; freeman 1648, mariner, and 1659 removed to Boston from Duxbury.
Was an original member of the Old South Church at its organiza- tion in 1669.
He sailed for many years as a ship-master. John Hull records in his Diary, " 1669 11th mo. Master John Alden went to Eng- land in ketch Friendship being three-fourths mine."
BENJAMIN MOUNTFORT arrived in Boston, in ship "Dove," from London, in 1675. He was a brother of Edmund and Henry Mountfort.
He was a merchant, and one of the founders of King's Chapel, of which he was warden in 1690 and 1696.
In 1679 was a member of the Artillery Company.
He married Rebecca Foster of Dorchester. His will was proved September 7, 1714. His remains were buried in King's Chapel Ground.
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Commissioner for the town, August 24, 1691 ; representative, 1693-4-5 ; selectman, 1694-5.
Governor's Council from 1703 to 1728. Was a member of the Old South Church. He died June 2, 1734, aged eighty-six. Was laid in his tomb in King's Chapel Ground.
ABIGAIL BROMFIELD, grand-daughter of Hon. Edward Brom- field and daughter of Edward, his son, was born January 9, 1726, and married, June 13, 1744, Hon. William Philips, who was Lieutenant-Governor of Massachusetts.
EDWARD BROMFIELD, the builder of the first organ made in America, died August 18, 1756.
LIEUT .- GOV. WILLIAM PHILLIPS, died May 26, 1827, and was buried in the Bromfield tomb.
COLONEL THOMAS FITCH, merchant, of Boston, son of Thomas and Martha (Fiske) Fitch, and was born, February 5, 1668-9, in Boston. He married Abiel, daughter of Rev. Samuel Danforth of Roxbury. Her mother, Mary (Wilson) Danforth, was the youngest child of Rev. John Wilson of Boston.
He joined the Artillery Company, Boston, 1700; and that year was captain of a company of militia in Boston. In 1712 was major of a Boston regiment of militia, and was afterwards lieutenant-colonel and colonel
Was first sergeant of Artillery Company, 1701; ensign, 1703 ; lieutenant, 1705; captain, 1708, 1720 and 1725.
Selectman of Boston, 1703 to 1705, inclusive.
Representative to General Court, 1709, 1711 and 1712; Councillor, from 1715 to 1730, inclusive, and 1734.
Associate Justice Superior Court, January 7, 1718-19.
He owned a part of the Common on what is now Boylston street ; his heirs, in 1757, sold the lot, now the Central Burying- ground, to the town. He was a member of the Old South Church, February 7, 1691.
He died June 23, 1736, and was buried in his tomb, No. 19, King's Chapel Ground, now the property of of the Pierce family, who descended from Colonel Fitch through the female line.
Tomb. ENOCH BROWN & CAPt HENRY PRENTICE Here Repose the Remains Of ENOCH BROWN ESQ. born in Attleborough 1750
Died 1789-
ENOCH BROWN was born in Attleborough, Mass., about 1750. Hemarried Abigail Kendrick of Newton. She married for her second husband Captain Jonathan Freeman.
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Tomb No. 16 was the joint property of Enoch Brown and Captain Henry Prentice prior to 1790, and Mr. Brown and his wife Abigail and Captain Henry Prentice were buried there.
CAPTAIN HENRY PRENTISS (Prentice), merchant, Boston, son of Rev. Joshua and Mary Prentiss, was born in Holliston, Mass., March 7, 1749. He married, in 1775, Ruth, daughter of Jona- than Freeman of Boston. He was present when the five citizens were killed on State street, March 5, 1770, by the British soldiers. He was a member of the "Tea Party."
He served as captain at the siege of Boston, Long Island, the crossing of the Delaware and at the battle of Trenton.
He was a member of the Artillery Company in 1786; was overseer of the poor, Boston, from 1784 to 1787; a sea captain, 1789 ; a member of Massachusetts Lodge of F. and A. M., Feb- ruary 9, 1789.
He died in Medfield, Mass., August 31, 1821, and was buried in Enoch Brown's tomb in the King's Chapel Ground.
[Tomb No. 3.]
WILLIAM TYLER'S TOMB. WILLIAM TYLER Born Mar 15. 1688 died July 1, 1758
ROYALL TYLER Son of William Tyler Born Sept. 8- 1724- died. May 20- 1771-
John STEEL TYLER Son of Royal Tyler Born Mar 1- 1754- died October 1. 1813-
WILLIAM TYLER of Boston was the second son of Thomas Tyler (who was the emigrant ancester of the Boston Tylers) and Miriam Simpkins.
Thomas Tyler came from Budleigh, county of Devonshire, England, and was captain of a merchant ship.
William Tyler was born March 15, 1688; died July, 1758, and was buried in his tomb in King's Chapel Ground. He married (1) Sarah, daughter of Joseph Royall ; she was born September 23, 1688, and died in April, 1740. He married (2) Jane Pepperell of Kittery, Me. There were four children by his first wife. Thomas married Bethia, daughter of Charles Little of Plymouth.
Royal Tyler, second son of William, resided in Boston. Graduated at Harvard University (B. A.), 1743 ; representative, 1760 to 1764, inclusive; one of the Sons of Liberty ; member of the Council, 1764 to 1771, inclusive.
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He married Mary, daughter of John Steel of Boston. He died May 20, 1771.
His children were (1) Jane; (2) John Steel, married Sarah, daughter of William Whitwell by his first wife; (3) William Clark Tyler, was aide-de-camp to Governor Bowdoin during Shays' Rebellion.
John Steel Tyler, son of Royall, was adjutant of Colonel John Hancock's Independent Company, and served in that command in Rhode Island in the Revolutionary War. Colonel John Glover commissioned him first lieutenant of the Fourteenth Massachu- setts Infantry, February 5, 1776. He was buried in the Tyler tomb in King's Chapel Ground.
[No. 1.] This Tomb encloses the Remains OF JACOB WENDELL EsQ [the Original Proprietor of the Tomb] & of SARAH WENDELL his wife with many of their Posterity & other dear Connections. He died in the year 1761. aged 72 years : & she died in September 1762 Æ 65 Years [Repaired by their only survivng Son] Oliver Wendell July AD 1811
COL. JACOB WENDELL, merchant, of Boston, was ninth child of John and Elizabeth Wendell, and was born in Albany, N. Y., August 5, 1691. He married, August 12, 1714, Sarah Oliver, daughter of James Oliver of Cambridge. Colonel Jacob had four sons, Jacob, John, Mico, and Oliver. Judge Oliver Wendell, the youngest son, married Mary Jackson, and had Sarah, who married Rev. Abiel Holmes, and they were the parents of Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes. Margaret, the twelfth child of Oliver Wendell and Mary, his wife, married William Phillips, whose son, Hon. John Phillips, was the first Mayor of Boston.
He was a member of the Council, 1734 to 1760, inclusive ; special justice of the Court of Common Pleas, justice of the peace.
He was lieutenant-colonel of the Boston regiment, 1733-35 ; colonel, 1736 to 1743; captain of the Artillery Company, 1735 and 1745.
He resided on Oliver street, and afterwards on School street, opposite King's Chapel. He died September 7, 1761, aged 70 years, and was buried in King's Chapel Ground.
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HERE LYES BURIED
THE BODY OF CAPT THOMAS LOTHROP AGED 37 YEARS WHO DIED MARCH 4TH 1740
[No. 7.] The Family Tomb Of JAMES PITTS, ESQ. 1823
HON. JAMES PITTS. Graduated at Harvard University in 1731. Married Elizabeth Bowdoin, a sister of Governor Bowdoin. He died during the siege of Boston. He had three sons, John, Samuel and Lendall, and one daughter, Elizabeth, who married Colonel Warren of Portsmouth, N. H.
His eldest son, Hon. John Pitts, graduated at Harvard Uni- versity. He was a man of wealth, a patriot, and one of the Provincial Congress. Was an associate of John Adams, Samuel Adams, James Bowdoin, John Hancock and James Otis. Select- man of Boston during the siege. He met General Washington and tendered to him, in writing, the thanks and congratulations of the town when it was evacuated by the British troops. He married a daughter of Judge John Tyng.
Samuel Pitts, the second son of Hon. James Pitts, was born in Boston in 1745; died March 6, 1805; married a daughter of William Davis, Esq., of Boston.
Lendall Pitts, the youngest son of Hon. James Pitts, was born in Boston, and died December 31, 1787. Was active in the struggle for independence and was a member of the "Tea Party." Married Elizabeth, daughter of Timothy Fitch, Esq., of Medford.
[Tomb.] JOSEPH SEWALL 1816
JOSEPH SEWALL, born in Boston, March 9, 1762; merchant, Marblehead, 1785, at Boston, 1799. Was Treasurer of the Com- monwealth of Massachusetts, 1827, 28, 59, 30, 31.
Married, September 21, 1788, Mary, daughter of Thomas, Robie of Marblehead, merchant, and of Mary, his wife, daughter of Rev. Simon Bradstreet. His wife died July 23, 1834, aged seventy-one years. He died May 5, 1850, in his eighty-ninth year, and they were buried in his tomb, No. 16, in the middle of King's Chapel Ground.
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[Tomb No. 22.]
ARNOLD WELLS, merchant, Boston. Born in Boston, Septem- ber 21, 1761. Graduated from Harvard University, 1780.
Married (1) Elizabeth, daughter of Maj .- Gen. Joseph Warren. Married (2), 1806, Nancy (Brown) Lane. No children.
He was commander of the Independent Company of Cadets, 1801 to 1805, inclusive ; member of the Artillery Company, 1811 ; brigadier-general, Third Brigade, First Division of Militia, 1810 to 1818; captain Artillery Company, June 3, 1811.
He died March 2, 1827, aged sixty-five years.
In Memory Of Capt Winthrop Gray Who Died June 3ª-1782 aged 42 years.
Tomb No. 22 was built in the year 1790, for Thomas Crafts and Thomas Bell. Thomas Crafts, Sr., father of Thomas, was the first deposited in the tomb. He died, 1794, aged eighty-two. Ann Crafts, wife of Thomas, Sr., died January 31, 1796, aged eighty-five. Thomas Crafts, born April 9, 1797, died August 26, 1798, aged thirty-one years. Thomas Bell, married Hannah Crafts, daughter of Thomas Crafts, Sr. Thomas Bell died November 23, 1808, aged eighty-two, and Hannah, his wife, died September 8, 1817, aged eighty-nine, and both were buried in this tomb. Five generations of the Bell and Crafts families are buried in this tomb.
Gov. WILLIAM SHIRLEY was son of a London merchant, and was educated at Cambridge, England. He arrived in Boston August, 1731.
He was Governor of Massachusetts from 1741 to 1756.
He was the prime mover of the successful expedition against Cape Breton in 1745, which resulted in the capture of Louis- burg, which was heavily fortified, being the most important in strength in America. 'The army of New England men was 4,000 strong, commanded by Col. William Pepperell, and a small fleet under Commodore Warren. This force embarked at Boston, March 24, 1745.
In February, 1755, William Shirley was made major-general, and in 1759 was commissioned lieutenant-general.
He died in Roxbury, March 24, 1771, and was interred in tomb No. 18, under King's Chapel, with military honors, April 1, 1771. The funeral was attended by the Artillery Company.
· JOHN COFFIN JONES, EsQ., born 1749 died Oct. 25, 1829, aged 79 years.
JOHN COFFIN JONES, born in Newbury in 1749 ; graduated at
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Harvard University, 1768; merchant ; representative for Boston ; senator, and was President of the Senate; member of the conven- tion held at Annapolis in 1786. Buried in tomb No. 16, under King's Chapel.
Chevalier de Saint Sauveur. On September 8th 1778 at 10 o'clock in the evening, a quarrel began between Americans and some French sailors in Boston. In this unfortunate affair, M. de Saint Sauveur a gallant French officer, who with Mr. Pleville, endeavored to put a stop to the riot, were seriously wounded, and M de Saint Sauveur died on the 15 of September.
Chevalier de Saint Sauveur was lieutenant of the 80 gun ship. Tonnant, [Count of Brengum, Chief of Squadron, ] as aid with rank of Major.
The legislature of Massachusetts on September 16, 1778 passed resolutions condemning the outrage, and voted to erect a monu- ment to his memory at the place of burial, and to attend in pro- cession at his funeral to the place of interment.
Also "Resolved, that Col. Thomas Dawes be a committee to see the Monumental Stone erected accordingly."
The town Council also proposed to give him a funeral suitable to his rank, but these offers were declined.
Dr Samuel Cooper procured the use of a tomb in King's Chapel for the interment of the remains and according to the last wishes of the deceased; "eight sailors of the 'Tonnant' bore the coffin on their shoulders" says M de Grandos (secretary of the Royal Squadron) "I preceded them with the sexton and grave- diggers ; the Franciscan Monk, M. de Borda de Puyseur; the body servant of the deceased and perhaps two or three French- men, formed the procession; we started in this order at ten o'clock, and arrived at the Church, called the Chapel of the King, found the basement of the church all illuminated with many candles ; the reverend father deposited the remains without cere- mony ; the door of the vault was then closed and padlocked ; we then returned to sign a certificate of interment, which I had already drawn up." ["Chapel of the King" was King's Chapel, but which tomb the remains were placed in is not recorded. ]
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