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Last NameBROWNELL
First NameSYLVESTER
Maiden 
RelationH/O MERCY
Cemetery NumberLC012
Cemetery NameOLD COMMONS BURIAL GROUND
Birth Day6
Birth MonthNOV
Birth Year1759
Death Day21
Death MonthMAR
Death Year1840
AGE nth Year -
AGE Years -
AGE Months -
AGE Days -
WarREVOLUTION
Gravestone Details
Section 
Lot 
Map0222
Stone Materialmarble
Conditionfair
Shapesquare top
Carvingno carving
Legibilityfair
Number of Graves on Stone1
Stone Height (inches)35
Stone Width (inches)25
Exists?
Last Seen Date2010
Carver 
Notes/Misc Details
Notes"b. Westport; d. Litle Compton" SAR flag holder [under Col. Prescott threw up redoubt at Bunker Hill; pensioned]
Transcribed ByBFW,VCW;LRC