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Person Details
 
Last NameALDRICH
First NameJOHN, DR
Maiden 
RelationH/O ELIZABETH THURSTON
Cemetery NumberSK006
Cemetery NameOLD FERNWOOD CEMETERY
Birth Day1
Birth MonthAPR
Birth Year1760
Death Day22
Death MonthFEB
Death Year1843
WarREVOLUTION
Gravestone Details
SectionA
Lot 
Map00047
Stone Materialmarble
Conditionfair
Shapemonument
Carvingno carving
Legibilityfair
Number of Graves on Stone8
Stone Height (inches) 
Stone Width (inches) 
Exists?
Last Seen Date2014
Carver 
Notes/Misc Details
Notes"b. Preston CT" "He served as a soldier during the Revolutionary War under General Washington, was engaged in the battles of White Plains & Long Island NY,was taken prisoner while serving on board a Yankee privateerand put in confinement on board the noted British prison ship Jersey for 12 days. He was from there transferred to the flag ship of the British fleet and taken to Kingston Jamaka W I and there remained until the close of the war in charge of a British hospital." died: KINGSTON RI [SAR: in Battles of White Plaine and Long Island; Taken Prisoner while onprivateer "Yankee". Confined to prison ship "Jersey" 12 days and then sent to Jamaica, West Indies.]
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