Dorchester North Burying Ground - View this location on map Established in 1633, this site is Dorchester's earliest remaining landmark and one of only six 17th century burial grounds in Boston. Settled in 1630 as a farming community, this is the burying place of the town's original settlers (Blakes, Capens, and Clapp) as well as other notables including John Foster, Boston's first printer, prominent minister Richard Mather and William Stoughton, Chief Justice of the witch trial courts. The burying ground is distinguished by its fine funerary sculpture and gravestones spanning four centuries. Columbia Rd. and Stoughton St., Boston, MA Historical

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