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Photo/Image Courtesy of Rhode Island Historic Cemetery Volunteers
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Last Name
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FRANKLIN
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First Name
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JAMES
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Maiden
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Relation
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H/O ANN; [BROTHER/O BENJAMIN FRANKLIN]
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Cemetery Number
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NT003
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Cemetery Name
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COMMON 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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1699c
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Death Day
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4
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Death Month
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FEB
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Death Year
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1735
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AGE nth Year
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-
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AGE Years
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36
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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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| Section |
BH |
| Lot |
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| Map |
00258 |
| Stone Material |
slate |
| Condition |
good |
| Shape |
fancy top |
| Carving |
winged cherub/other |
| Legibility |
good |
| Number of Graves on Stone |
1 |
| Stone Height (inches) |
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| Stone Width (inches) |
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| Exists? |
Yes |
| Last Seen Date |
2007 |
| Carver |
WILLIAM STEVENS |
| Notes |
[one of the first printers in America and published one of the first newspapers, the New England Courant (in Boston). 16 year old Benjamin Franklin got his start writing for this paper. The paper often offended local authorities and Franklin followed in the footsteps of many other Boston outcasts in moving to RI. In 1732 he came to Newport and published the state's first newspaper, the RI Gazette. Only 12 issuescame out before it folded] 1734/5 |
| Transcribed By |
GHR;AGB;VFL;BA |
