| Person Details |
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Photo/Image Courtesy of Rhode Island Historic Cemetery Volunteers
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| Last Name | BABCOCK |
| First Name | JOSHUA, HON |
| Maiden | |
| Relation | |
| Cemetery Number | WY007 |
| Cemetery Name | JAMES BABCOCK GROUND |
| Birth Day | 0 |
| Birth Month | |
| Birth Year | 1708c |
| Death Day | 1 |
| Death Month | APR |
| Death Year | 1783 |
| AGE nth Year |
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| AGE Years |
75
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| AGE Months |
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| AGE Days |
-
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| War | REVOLUTION |
| Gravestone Details |
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| Lot | |
| Map | 00006 |
| Stone Material | slate |
| Condition | fair |
| Shape | box tomb |
| Carving | no carving |
| Legibility | fair |
| Number of Graves on Stone | 1 |
| Stone Height (inches) | 24 |
| Stone Width (inches) | 80 |
| Exists? | |
| Last Seen Date | 1991 |
| Carver | STEVENS SHOP |
| Notes/Misc Details |
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| Notes | 'This stone covers the mortal part of the Hon Joshua Babcock of Westerly, who died April 1, 1783, aged 75 years. His ability and integrity as a
statesman in the discharge of several important offices of trust, th public records of his country testify as do all who know him. As a
physician, as a gentleman polite and engaging, as a husband and father,
master and friend, worthy of imitation.' [First postmaster of
Westerly.][he was a friend of Benjamin Franklin, who stayed at the
doctor's house on Rhodes, now Quarry Hill] [SAR: in burial records] |
| Transcribed By | DENN;JES;BENN:767;JWN |