Today let’s check out interesting names that can be found at the other cemetery on the Trail, Granary Burying Ground (est. 1660).
Here’s what I spotted (using a book of inscriptions):
- A: Azor, Appoline, Adelbart, Adino, Adna, Affia, Albion, Alfrena, Alithere (female), Alletta, Angalesa, Anjennette, Areton, Aroline, Atsey, Avid
- B: Barachiah, Bethulia, Buttolph
- C: Cassander, Clarenia, Collford, Cornwall, Crispus (Crispus Attucks), Cushing
- D: Danforth, Dering, Duty (male)
- E: Egatha, Electa, Eudoxa, Euphaime, Eustis
- F: Fessenden, Fitzwilliam, Fear, Fidealia
- G: Gad, Geradine, Grisell
- J: Jacquith, Jenevie, Jennet, Jocastia
- K: Knight
- L: Laban, Lately, Lisley, Llewellyn, Lodusky (female), Loungo
- M: Mahala, Malvina, Maranda, Melatiah (female), Metcalf, Moody
- N: Nahum
- O: Olimpia, Olander, Onesiphorus, Orinda, Ozias
- P: Patterick, Peace (male), Pearly, Peletiah, Pepperell, Peregrin, Person, Philobeth (male), Phineas, Pilgrim, Plummer, Prosillo (female)
- R: Rasilla, Reconcile, Roxana (“from Roxbury”)
- S: Samartha, Seath, Seferanna, Sophronia, Stoddard, Stanhope, Sylvender
- T: Tamer, Theophilus, Thusia, Trueman
- W: Waitstill, Welthea, Wilhelmina, Winthrop
- Z: Zera, Ziba (male)
All of the above were listed just once. Notable names that appeared more than once in the book include Almira/Elmira, Bathsheba, Dewitt, Doritha, Elbridge, Epes (relatives of Epes Sargent), Gamaliel, Gershom, Gillam, Increase, Jotham, Keziah, Louisiana, Mehitable/Mehetable, Nabby, Pamelia/Permelia, Persis, Rozamond/Rozamund, Silence, Sylvanus and Tamzen.
Source: Gravestone inscriptions and records of tomb burials in the Granary Burying Ground, Boston, Mass. (1918) by Ogden Codman