Shem Drowne
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Shem Drowne was a colonial coppersmith and tinplate worker in Boston, Massachusetts, and was America's first documented weathervane maker. He is most famous for the grasshopper weathervane atop of Fan
Faneuil Hall weathervane
Faneuil Hall in 1740
Copp's Hill Burying Ground
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Copp's Hill Burying Ground is a historic cemetery in the North End of Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Established in 1659, it was originally named "North Burying Ground", and was the city's seco
Shem Drowne
…1683 Sturgeon Creek, Eliot, York County, Massachusetts Bay Colony Died January 13, 1774 (aged 90) Boston, Province of Massachusetts Bay Body discovered Copp's Hill Burying Ground, North End of Boston, Massachusetts Occupation Coppersmith Spouse Katherine Clark (m. 1712) Children 10 Parents Leonard Drowne (father) Elizabeth Abbott…
Copp's Hill Burying Ground
Several headstones from the 18th and 19th century in the cemetery
A still-legible headstone in Copp's Hill Burying Ground
View of Copp's Hill Burying Ground, 1895