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Person Details
 
Last NameBOWEN
First NameJABEZ, ESQ
Maiden 
RelationH/O HULDAH HUNT
Cemetery NumberEP003
Cemetery NameNEWMAN CEMETERY
Birth Day0
Birth Month 
Birth Year1697c
Death Day18
Death MonthAUG
Death Year1770
War 
Gravestone Details
Section 
Lot 
Map 
Stone Materialslate
Conditiongood
Shapebox tomb
Carvingcoat of arms
Legibilitygood
Number of Graves on Stone1
Stone Height (inches) 
Stone Width (inches) 
Exists?
Last Seen Date2009
CarverALLEN SHOP
Notes/Misc Details
Notespic -"In Memory of Jabez Bowen Esq; of Providence, who departed this Life August 18th A D 1770 in the 74th Year of his Age. He was long eminant in the Practice of Physic and Surgery; and Sustaned several important Offices civil and Military in the Colony of Rhode Island with Honour to himself and Benefit to his Country." This slate slab contains a coat of Arms of Bowen Family.
Transcribed ByTRIM;VFL;JWN