| Person Details | |
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| Photo/Image Courtesy of Rhode Island Historic Cemetery Volunteers | |
| Last Name | ELLERY |
| First Name | WILLIAM |
| Maiden | |
| Relation | H/O ABIGAIL |
| Cemetery Number | NT003 |
| Cemetery Name | COMMON BURIAL GROUND |
| Birth Day | 22 |
| Birth Month | DEC |
| Birth Year | 1727 |
| Death Day | 15 |
| Death Month | FEB |
| Death Year | 1820 |
| AGE nth Year | - |
| AGE Years | 92 |
| AGE Months | - |
| AGE Days | - |
| Military Service | REVOLUTION |
| Gravestone Details | |
| Section | BE |
| Lot | |
| Map | 00391 |
| Stone Material | slate |
| Condition | good |
| Shape | horizontal marker |
| Carving | no carving |
| Legibility | good |
| Number of Graves on Stone | 1 |
| Stone Height (inches) | |
| Stone Width (inches) | |
| Exists? | Yes |
| Last Seen Date | 2007 |
| Carver | |
| Notes/Misc Details | |
| Notes | [Signer of the Declaration of Independence. Restored 1899 by Robert Sedgwick; in 1934 by Henry R Sedgwick & in 1965 by the Rhode Island State Society of the DAR.] "Graduated from Harvard College 1747 Early in the contest between Great Britain and her American Colonies he left the practice of Law to represent this state in Congress. He was an active and influential Member of that body for many years and was one of the Signers of the Declaration of Independence. He died after an illness of four days." 1776-1781 Delegate to Continental Congress] |
| Transcribed By | CETA;HET;AGB;BA |