Gravestone Record

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Person Details
Gravestone photograph
Photo/Image Courtesy of Rhode Island Historic Cemetery Volunteers
Last Name CRANSTON
First Name JAMES
Maiden
Relation [2ND S/O GOV. JOHN & MARY (CLARKE)]
Cemetery Number NT003
Cemetery Name COMMON BURIAL GROUND
Birth Day 0
Birth Month
Birth Year 1667c
Death Day 16
Death Month DEC
Death Year 1669
AGE nth Year -
AGE Years 2
AGE Months 1
AGE Days -
Military Service
Gravestone Details
Section BI
Lot
Map 00442
Stone Material schist
Condition good
Shape fancy top
Carving misc. other
Legibility good
Number of Graves on Stone 1
Stone Height (inches)
Stone Width (inches)
Exists? Yes
Last Seen Date 2008
Carver SPIRAL CARVER
Notes/Misc Details
Notes [Same unusual scroll-top design & material as next stone for brother JEREMIAH CRANSTON] death year 1669 or 1662 HERE - LYETH - THE - BODY - OF JAMES - CRANSTON - WHO DECEASED - THE - 16 - DAY DECEMBER 1669 AGED 2 YEARS & ABOUT - A - MOUN- TH
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