American Folk Figure. A native of Boston, Massachusetts, he was the first person to be a lighthouse keeper in the United States, and the first to die in the line of duty. Worthylake worked as the lighthouse keeper of the Boston Light on Little Brewster Island for the General Court of Massachusetts. On November 3, 1718, while returning from a trip to pick up his pay, the canoe that he was in capsized and he drowned, along with his wife and daughter. He was the inspiration for the poem, "Lighthouse Tragedy", by Benjamin Franklin.
American Folk Figure. A native of Boston, Massachusetts, he was the first person to be a lighthouse keeper in the United States, and the first to die in the line of duty. Worthylake worked as the lighthouse keeper of the Boston Light on Little Brewster Island for the General Court of Massachusetts. On November 3, 1718, while returning from a trip to pick up his pay, the canoe that he was in capsized and he drowned, along with his wife and daughter. He was the inspiration for the poem, "Lighthouse Tragedy", by Benjamin Franklin.
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HERE LYES YE BODY / OF MR GEORGE WORTHYLAKE / DIED NOVR YE 3D / 1718 IN YE 45 / YEAR OF HIS AGE
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