Gravestone Record

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Person Details
Gravestone photograph
Photo/Image Courtesy of Rhode Island Historic Cemetery Volunteers
Last Name CLARKE
First Name WALTER, GOV
Maiden
Relation SEE NOTE FOR WIVES; [S/O JEREMIAH]
Cemetery Number NT014
Cemetery Name CLIFTON BURIAL GROUND
Birth Day 0
Birth Month
Birth Year 1640c
Death Day 22
Death Month MAY
Death Year 1714
AGE nth Year 74
AGE Years -
AGE Months -
AGE Days -
Military Service
Gravestone Details
Section
Lot
Map 00091
Stone Material slate
Condition poor
Shape fancy top
Carving winged cherub/other
Legibility poor
Number of Graves on Stone 1
Stone Height (inches) 23
Stone Width (inches) 22
Exists? Yes
Last Seen Date 2006
Carver JOHN STEVENS I
Notes/Misc Details
Notes "a former Governor of this colony and was worthy of doble honor for his religious and civil concerns" [H/O (1) Content Greenman (2) Hannah Scott (3) Freeborn (Williams) Hart, widow of Thomas (4) Sarah Gould, widow of John. WS found a separate, new bronze marker in 1956 - Governor 1676-1677, 1686-1686, 1696-1698]
Transcribed By QUAK;GHR;WS;CETA;AGB;JES;BA