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Last NameCRANSTON
First NameJAMES
Maiden 
Relation[2ND S/O GOV. JOHN & MARY (CLARKE)]
Cemetery NumberNT003
Cemetery NameCOMMON BURIAL GROUND
Birth Day0
Birth Month 
Birth Year1667c
Death Day16
Death MonthDEC
Death Year1669
AGE nth Year -
AGE Years 2
AGE Months 1
AGE Days -
War 
Gravestone Details
SectionBI
Lot 
Map00442
Stone Materialschist
Conditiongood
Shapefancy top
Carvingmisc. other
Legibilitygood
Number of Graves on Stone1
Stone Height (inches) 
Stone Width (inches) 
Exists?
Last Seen Date2008
CarverSPIRAL CARVER
Notes/Misc Details
Notes[Same unusual scroll-top design & material as next stone for brother JEREMIAH CRANSTON] death year 1669 or 1662 HERE - LYETH - THE - BODY - OF JAMES - CRANSTON - WHO DECEASED - THE - 16 - DAY DECEMBER 1669 AGED 2 YEARS & ABOUT - A - MOUN- TH
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