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Person Details
 
Last NameWICKES
First NameJOHN, ESQ
Maiden 
Relation 
Cemetery NumberWK028
Cemetery NameSTONE CASTLE LOT
Birth Day0
Birth Month 
Birth Year1609
Death Day17
Death MonthMAR
Death Year1676
War 
Gravestone Details
Section 
Lot 
Map00045
Stone Materialslate
Conditiongood
Shapesquare top
Carvingno carving
Legibilitygood
Number of Graves on Stone1
Stone Height (inches)40
Stone Width (inches)20
Exists?
Last Seen Date1995
Carver 
Notes/Misc Details
Notesb. Staines England, came to New England 1635. An original purchaser of Warwick 1643. "In King Phillips War after the town was burnt, on going out from Thomas Green's stone castle to look for his cattle on 17 March 1676 he was slain by Indians and his head set on a pole." Erected by Benjamin Greene Arnold 1881. His head was originally buried separately from his body, but they were later buried together.
Transcribed ByBENN488;JES