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Person Details
 
Last NameADAMS
First NameEBENEZER, MAJOR
Maiden 
Relation 
Cemetery NumberSK084
Cemetery NameMAJ EBENEZER ADAMS LOT
Birth Day27
Birth MonthFEB
Birth Year1732
Death Day14
Death MonthMAR
Death Year1799
WarREVOLUTION
Gravestone Details
Section 
Lot 
Map00001
Stone Materialgranite
Conditiongood
Shapemonument
Carvingno carving
Legibilitygood
Number of Graves on Stone1
Stone Height (inches)200
Stone Width (inches)48
Exists?
Last Seen Date2018
Carver 
Notes/Misc Details
NotesArnold: "in this yard we are told is buried Major Ebenezer Adams one of Prescott capturers who died while living on this farm suddenly of apoplexy. This farm once belonged to Judge William Potter a prominent convert of Jeremiah Wilkinson. There is some speculation that he may be buried in cemetery #SK031 where there is a stone for him, but Arnold is probably correct on this point. This monument is constructed into an 18 foot tall monolith of rounded stones cemented together. There is a marble plaque that is inscribed: "Ebenezer Adams - Captain of Artillery in the War of the Revolution - by Narragansett Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution."
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