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Person Details
 
Last NameCLAP
First NameNATHANIEL, REV.
Maiden 
Relation 
Cemetery NumberNT012
Cemetery NameUNITED CONGREGATIONAL CHURCHYD
Birth Day0
Birth Month 
Birth Year1667
Death Day30
Death MonthOCT
Death Year1745
War 
Gravestone Details
Section 
Lot 
Map00003
Stone Materialslate
Conditionfair
Shapebox tomb
Carvingno carving
Legibilityfair
Number of Graves on Stone1
Stone Height (inches) 
Stone Width (inches) 
Exists?
Last Seen Date2009
Carver 
Notes/Misc Details
Notes"b. Dorchester; educated at Harvard; began ministry in 1695; Pastor of First Congregational Church in Newport; ordained pastor in 1720" Found by John Benson in 1948 when he excavated and restored the Arnold burial Ground (NT011). Probably was originally buried in the old Congregational burial ground on Mill St.
Transcribed ByJHB;AGB;LRC