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Person Details
 
Last NameHELYER
First NameJONATHAN, REV.
Maiden 
Relation 
Cemetery NumberNT012
Cemetery NameUNITED CONGREGATIONAL CHURCHYD
Birth Day19
Birth MonthAPR
Birth Year1719
Death Day27
Death MonthMAY
Death Year1745
War 
Gravestone Details
Section 
Lot 
Map00004
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"Pastour of the First Congregational Church in Newport...Born at Boston…Educated at Harvard Colledge…Began to preach the Gospel among Us Sept. 11, 1743…ordained June 20, 1744" 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