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Cemetery Number	NT033
Town	NEWPORT
Cemetery Name	JAHLEEL BRENTON BURIAL GROUND
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Location	OCEAN DRIVE
State	RI
Direction	W
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Distance	2000
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Inscriptions	2
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Exist?	YES
Last seen date?
Newest	1732
Oldest	1674
Vandalism	Y
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Pole	N
Comment	This burial ground is next to the Fort Adams Cemetery. The only gravestone there now is that of Jaleel Brenton, son of the Governor. When William Brenton came to New England he carried with him a commission from King Charles I that allowed him to choose a 2000 acre tract of land in Newport that is now called Brenton Point. This is the location of Fort Adams and Governor Brenton's farm called Hammersmith. Governor Brenton's box tomb is no longer there but we have a pretty good description of its purchase by his son Jaleet in the John Stevens account book: Mr. Jaleel Brenton 1727 L S P one double tomb stone for the Governor 45 - 00 - 00 600 bricks at 6 shillings a hundred 01 - 16 - 00 lime 11 bushels 00 - 13 - 09 sand bushels @ 6 a bushel 00 - 04 - 00 two stones for the foundation 00 - 08 - 00 carting the bricks and lime and sand 00 - 07 - 00 carting the tomb stone 01 - 00 - 00 cutting the coate of arms 05 - 10 - 00 building ye boxes 02 - 10 - 00 ______________ 57 - 08 - 09 According to the dates this tombstone was built 53 years after the death of Governor William Brenton. We have never found a recording of it in place so it probably disappeared before 1875 when Richardson was recording the burial grounds in Newport. GPS coordinates (WGS84 datum) 41 deg. 28' 21.24"N x 71 deg. 20' 42.82"W
Condition	fair
Enclosure	metal fence
Gate	no gate
Growth	grass-well kept
Terrain	level
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