Category: 18th Century
By Mark HurwitzWith additional contributions by Gloria Baragona, fifth great-granddaughter of Francis Wells
With all the marrying, death,…
By Rev. Steve Ayres
On March 17, 1776, the Rev. Mather Byles, Jr. second rector of the Old North Church, sailed from Boston to New Brunswick,…
By Tom Dietzel
The second article in a four-part series detailing the fascinating story behind the Belgian angels on display inside Old…
By Tom Dietzel
Perched upon the gallery railing in front of the oldest American-built pipe organ, high above the floor of Old…
Francis Shaw, who owned Pew #16 in the eighteenth century, was the great-great-grandfather of Colonel Robert Gould Shaw.
Francis Shaw was born…
By Mark Hurwitz
Major Leonard Vassall, the owner of pews #10 and 11, was born in Jamaica in 1678. Before he moved to Boston in the early…
Capt. Daniel Malcolm was born in Boston in the 1720s. He lived on Fleet Street and attended the Old North Church. He served as a Junior Warden…