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A British soldier who was wounded at the Battle of Lexington and later died at the <a href=\"https:\/\/freedomsway.org\/staging\/6553\/place\/buckman-tavern\/\">Buckman Tavern<\/a> is interred in the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/sarpatriots.sar.org\/cemetery\/display\/374271\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Old Burying Ground<\/a><\/strong>. Many believe the leader of the Lexington Minutemen, <a href=\"https:\/\/freedomsway.org\/staging\/6553\/story\/captain-john-parker\/\">Captain John Parker<\/a>, was buried here after he succumbed to tuberculosis in September of 1775. Two memorials in the burying ground honor Parker and his service.<\/p>\n<p>Nineteen Patriots known to be buried here include:<\/p>\n<p>Samuel Bridge Sr \u2022 John Chandler Jr \u2022 John Chandler Sr \u2022 Jonas Clark \u2022 Thomas Cutler \u2022 William Eustis \u2022 Thomas Fessenden \u2022 Joseph Fiske \u2022 Daniel Harrington \u2022 Jonathan Harrington \u2022 Samuel Hastings \u2022 William Munroe\/Monroe \u2022\u00a0 Amos Muzzey \u2022 John Parker \u2022 Jacob Priest \u2022 William Reed \u2022 William Reed Sr \u2022\u00a0 Ebenezer Simonds\/Simmons \u2022 William Tidd<\/p>\n<p><em>This list was compiled from the SAR Patriot Research System. 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