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Photo/Image Courtesy of Rhode Island Historic Cemetery Volunteers
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Last Name
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CODDINGTON
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First Name
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WILLIAM, GOV.
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Maiden
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Relation
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H/O (1) MARY MOSLEY (2) MARY (3) ANNE BRINLEY
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Cemetery Number
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NT009
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Cemetery Name
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CODDINGTON BURIAL GROUND
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Birth Day
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0
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Birth Month
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Birth Year
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1600c
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Death Day
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1
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Death Month
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NOV
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Death Year
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1678
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AGE nth Year
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-
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AGE Years
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78
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AGE Months
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-
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AGE Days
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-
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Military Service
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| Lot |
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| Map |
00034 |
| Stone Material |
slate |
| Condition |
fair |
| Shape |
square top |
| Carving |
no carving |
| Legibility |
fair |
| Number of Graves on Stone |
1 |
| Stone Height (inches) |
36 |
| Stone Width (inches) |
29 |
| Exists? |
Yes |
| Last Seen Date |
2006 |
| Carver |
MUMFORD |
| Notes |
pic - His gravestone has the inscription written within a heart. There
is also a monument for him erected by the town. [EWC note: Monument
erected by the town of Newport on the 12th day of May 1839,being the 2nd
centeniel of the settlement of this town.... who purchased this island
from the Narragansett Sachems Canonicus & Niantunomo for, and on account
of himself and 17 others his associate in the purchase of settlement. He
presided many years as chief Magistrate of the Island and Colony of RI.]
[GHR/QUAK note: governor 1638-39-40; 1640-1647; 1651-1653; 1674-1676;
1678.] |
| Transcribed By |
EWC;QUAK;GHR;JES;WJP;BA |
