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Porteus' Burial Ground

Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA

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  • Get directions 46-48 North Third Street
    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19106 United States
    Coordinates: 39.95137, -75.14619
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When James Porteus, a prominent and wealthy Philadelphia carpenter, died in 1736, he was buried in a piece of ground which he had "formerly appointed for a burying place in the said city, between the Quaker's burying ground an third street, which piece of ground I bought of Samuel Richardson, cordwainer." His grave was directly east of the wall of the burial ground of the Friends Arch Street Meeting.


The little burial ground eventually found itself located in a cluster of burial grounds, directly south of the neighboring Say Family Burial Ground, and squeezed in by additions behind a double house at 46-48 North Third Street, which left only a few feet of width at the end of the lot for the grave.


Porteus' grave is no longer extant, and an apartment building now occupies the site.

When James Porteus, a prominent and wealthy Philadelphia carpenter, died in 1736, he was buried in a piece of ground which he had "formerly appointed for a burying place in the said city, between the Quaker's burying ground an third street, which piece of ground I bought of Samuel Richardson, cordwainer." His grave was directly east of the wall of the burial ground of the Friends Arch Street Meeting.


The little burial ground eventually found itself located in a cluster of burial grounds, directly south of the neighboring Say Family Burial Ground, and squeezed in by additions behind a double house at 46-48 North Third Street, which left only a few feet of width at the end of the lot for the grave.


Porteus' grave is no longer extant, and an apartment building now occupies the site.

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  • Added: 16 Jul 2022
  • Find a Grave Cemetery ID: 2757565