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Last NameBECKNALL
First NameABIGAIL
Maiden 
RelationW/O JOSHUA
Cemetery NumberBA006
Cemetery NameALLIN BURIAL GROUND
Birth Day0
Birth Month 
Birth Year1709c
Death Day26
Death MonthNOV
Death Year1772
AGE nth Year -
AGE Years 63
AGE Months 2
AGE Days 26
War 
Gravestone Details
Section 
Lot 
Map 
Stone Materialslate
Conditiongood
Shapefancy top
Carvingwinged cherub/other
Legibilitygood
Number of Graves on Stone1
Stone Height (inches) 
Stone Width (inches) 
Exists?
Last Seen Date 
CarverSTEPHEN HARTSHORN
Notes/Misc Details
Notesaccount book of Joseph Tillinghast at RIHSL. Joseph Tillinghast account book 1762-1774. He was the executor of the will of Abigail Becknall late of Rehoboth. He purchased a black walnut coffin Nov. 26, 1772. He payed Stephen Reynolds 5 shillings to dig the grave and he paid Stephen Hartshorn 3 pounds, 3 shillings, 0 pence for a pair of gravestones Jun. 28 1773.
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