Old Swedish Burial Ground

Old Swedish Burial Ground is a Pennsylvania historical marker in Chester, Delaware County, dedicated 1954.

Delaware County · dedicated 1954 · inside cemetery entrance at 3rd St., E of Ave. of the States, Chester

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Site of first St. Paul's Episcopal Church, built in 1702. The grave of John Morton, a signer of the Declaration of Independence, is located just south of here.

under a mile from where Merchant Maulsby lived in the 1680s

what this marker records dates to 1702, inside Merchant Maulsby's years here

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Maps this old were drawn largely by eye, so places on them can sit miles from where they really are. The pin is ours and marks the marker's location today.

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Marker data: Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission via data.pa.gov

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