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Person Details
 
  Photo/Image Courtesy of Rhode Island Historic Cemetery Volunteers
Last NameCHURCH
First NameBENJAMIN, COL
Maiden 
RelationH/O ALICE
Cemetery NumberLC012
Cemetery NameOLD COMMONS BURIAL GROUND
Birth Day0
Birth Month 
Birth Year1641c
Death Day17
Death MonthJAN
Death Year1718
AGE nth Year 78
AGE Years -
AGE Months -
AGE Days -
WarCOLONIAL
Gravestone Details
Section 
Lot 
Map0811
Stone Materialslate
Conditionfair
Shapebox tomb
Carvingno carving
Legibilityfair
Number of Graves on Stone2
Stone Height (inches)80
Stone Width (inches)36
Exists?
Last Seen Date2008
CarverSTEVENS SHOP
Notes/Misc Details
Notes[fought in King Philip's War] 1717/8 [he is on one platform stone with his wife and on his own next to it]
Transcribed ByBFW;JES;HSB;VFL;LRC