Margaret Green Draper

1727–1804 (age 77)

Biography

Margaret Green Draper (1727–1804) took the helm of the Massachusetts Gazette after her husband Richard Draper’s death, ensuring that colonial officials and loyalist readers continued to receive faithful printings of news, proclamations, and correspondence even as Boston’s streets turned against the Crown.

When the city fell and British forces withdrew, she settled in London, continued to oversee the press, and kept the stories of New England alive across the Atlantic until her death, after which she was laid to rest at Bunhill Fields.

Also buried at Bunhill Fields Burial Ground

Thomas Heaphy
1775–1835 (age 60)
Bunhill Fields Burial Ground
Thomas Heaphy was a painter celebrated for his thoughtful depictions and remembered at Bunhill Fields Burial Ground.
Daniel Fisher
1731–1807 (age 76)
Bunhill Fields Burial Ground
Daniel Fisher was buried at Bunhill Fields Burial Ground in 1807.
Alexander Birnie
1763–1835 (age 72)
Bunhill Fields Burial Ground
Alexander Birnie was a British businessperson active in commerce during the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
Apsley Pellatt
1763–1826 (age 63)
Bunhill Fields Burial Ground
An inventive engineer whose glass-making innovations supported both science and design.
Alexander Waugh
1754–1827 (age 73)
Bunhill Fields Burial Ground
Alexander Waugh was a missionary whose life embodied compassionate proclamation of the Gospel.
John Le Keux
1783–1846 (age 63)
Bunhill Fields Burial Ground
John Le Keux was a British engraver whose technical skill contributed to the visual arts of the early 19th century.