Downtown in Boston in Suffolk County, Massachusetts — The American Northeast (New England)

Robert Keayne
⎯⎯⎯
Col. Nicholas Paige

Robert Keayne Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), January 27, 2023

1. Robert Keayne Marker

Inscription.
Robert Keayne The founder of the Ancient & Honorable Artillery Company of Massachusetts in 1638 and its first Captain, died 23d March 1655. This stone was the doorstep at his farmhouse Rumney Marsh.

Col. Nicholas Paige Captain of the Company in 1695 also buried here.

This tomb was restored by the A & HA Co. in 1908

Erected 1908 by A. & H.A. Company.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Colonial Era • Military. A significant historical date for this entry is March 23, 1655.

Location. 42° 21.51′ N, 71° 3.594′ W. Marker is in Boston, Massachusetts, in Suffolk County. It is in Downtown. It is on Tremont Street just north of School Street, on the right when traveling north. The marker can is located in King's Chapel Burying Ground. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Boston MA 02108, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Massachusetts’ Historic Boston. It is also in the American Northeast,

in New England,

and on the Eastern Seaboard. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

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the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: The First Governor (a few steps from this marker); Pilgrims and Patriots (within shouting distance of this marker); Welcome to King’s Chapel Burying Ground (within shouting distance of this marker); William Dawes Jr. (within shouting distance of this marker); King’s Chapel Burial Ground (within shouting distance of this marker); The Ice King, the Castle Captain, and the She-Merchant (within shouting distance of this marker); Life and Death in Colonial Boston (within shouting distance of this marker); The Chevalier de Saint Sauveur (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Boston.

Also see . . . The History of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company.

The History of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company from It's Formation in 1637 and Charter in 1638, to the Present Time. Comprising the biographies of the distinguished civil,
Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), January 27, 2023

2. Robert Keayne / Col. Nicholas Paige Marker
literary, religious and military men of the colony, province and commonwealth.

Capt. Robert Keane. The first on the Roll and first named in the Charter . . . He was by profession a merchant tailor, and came from London . . .

(Submitted on September 24, 2025, by G.W.Bartlett of Hingham, Massachusetts.)

Credits. This page was last revised on October 1, 2025. It was originally submitted on January 30, 2023, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 282 times since then and 33 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on January 30, 2023, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.

Robert Keayne⎯⎯⎯Col. Nicholas Paige

Robert Keayne
⎯⎯⎯
Col. Nicholas Paige