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Person Details
 
Last NameBRENTON
First NameWILLIAM, GOV
Maiden 
Relation[H/O MARTHA BURTON]
Cemetery NumberNT033
Cemetery NameJAHLEEL BRENTON BURIAL GROUND
Birth Day0
Birth Month 
Birth Year1600c
Death Day0
Death Month 
Death Year1674
War 
Gravestone Details
Section 
Lot 
Map 
Stone Materialslate
Condition 
Shapebox tomb
Carving 
Legibility 
Number of Graves on Stone1
Stone Height (inches) 
Stone Width (inches) 
Exists?
Last Seen Date1727
Carver 
Notes/Misc Details
NotesWe only know about this tomb by the Stevens Account book for the purchase of the tombstone in 1727 by his son Jaleel. We have searched every place where Governor Brenton lived in RI & MA without success.
Transcribed BySTEVENS ACCT BOOK