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Person Details
 
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
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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