Category: The People in the Pews
By Mark Hurwitz
The connections between families in 18th century Boston and subsequently their connections to Old North Church are truly…
By Bernard Trubowitz
Many visitors chuckle upon seeing the contents of pew 49, pointing to the large 1980s soundboard and mixer that…
By Mark HurwitzWith additional contributions by Gloria Baragona, fifth great-granddaughter of Francis Wells
With all the marrying, death,…
By Mark Hurwitz
Q. How is the Old North Church tied to the production of newspapers in the 19th century?A. Through a man named Lynde…
By Mark Hurwitz
To move us into the 19th century, we’ll examine the life of Josiah Calef, a Bostonian who owned pew #38 at Old North in…
By Tom Dietzel
On December 29, 1912, the date that happened to be the 189th anniversary of its first service, a newly restored and…
By Mark Hurwitz
Peter Mash was born in Germany in 1783, immigrated to the United States at the turn of the 19th century, and moved to Boston…
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…