Gravestone Record

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Person Details
Gravestone photograph
Photo/Image Courtesy of Rhode Island Historic Cemetery Volunteers
Last Name WEEDEN
First Name JONATHAN, CAPT
Maiden
Relation
Cemetery Number NT011
Cemetery Name GOV. BENEDICT ARNOLD GRAVEYARD
Birth Day 0
Birth Month
Birth Year 1728c
Death Day 31
Death Month MAY
Death Year 1795
AGE nth Year 68
AGE Years -
AGE Months -
AGE Days -
Military Service
Gravestone Details
Section
Lot
Map 00053
Stone Material slate
Condition good
Shape fancy top
Carving winged cherub/other
Legibility good
Number of Graves on Stone 1
Stone Height (inches) 38
Stone Width (inches) 24
Exists? Yes
Last Seen Date 2009
Carver J. STEVENS
Notes/Misc Details
Notes "Here lies what was Mortal of/ Capt/ JONATHAN WEEDEN/ who had a Soul too enlarged for/ a little Action, too honest to in-/ jure anyone, a great Friend to/ Liberty, good Companion, and/ bore a long and painful Sickness/ with uncommon fortitude." [GHR found this stone on the Clarke Farm at Green End and Alley Rd. in Middletown in 1870]
Transcribed By EWC;GHR;JES;BA