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Cemetery NumberNT604
TownNEWPORT
Cemetery NameJACOB MOTT'S BURIAL GROUND
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LocationUNKNOWN
StateRI
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CommentHe was buried "in his own ground" in 1778 because the Quaker meeting house and yard were occupied by Hessians. Unknown whether there were any other burials, unlikely that any stone exists today. Town might have been Portsmouth where many MOTTs lived.
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