William Mumford (1641 - 1718) of Boston was a contemporary of The Boston Stonecutter and Joseph Lamson. He taught Nathaniel Emmes. Mumford worked in the late 1600's and early 1700's. He produced gravestones with distinctive side borders containing fruits and gourds. He sometimes carved eyebrows but the eyebrow marks were not connected to the nose as they were on Lamson Carvings. It is difficult to distinguish between Mumford and Emmes carvings. Mumford was married to Ruth Copp. She was the daughter of William Copp who owned Copp's Hill in Boston. Many gravestones by William Mumford can be found in Copp's Hill Burying Ground.
Some old gravestones on Cape Cod in the style of William Mumford are as follows.
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