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Person Details
Gravestone photograph
Photo/Image Courtesy of Rhode Island Historic Cemetery Volunteers
Last Name ELLERY
First Name WILLIAM, ESQ
Maiden
Relation
Cemetery Number NT003
Cemetery Name COMMON BURIAL GROUND
Birth Day 0
Birth Month
Birth Year 1702c
Death Day 0
Death Month MAR
Death Year 1764
AGE nth Year 63
AGE Years -
AGE Months -
AGE Days -
Military Service
Gravestone Details
Section BH
Lot
Map 00679
Stone Material slate
Condition fair
Shape box tomb
Carving coat of arms
Legibility fair
Number of Graves on Stone 1
Stone Height (inches)
Stone Width (inches)
Exists? Yes
Last Seen Date 2007
Carver STEVENS SHOP
Notes/Misc Details
Notes pic - [GHR note: Deputy Governor [1748-1750. He was important enough for Rev. Ezra Stiles to note even the time of death ("at one o clock morng" on March 15) of Hon. Dep. Gov. Ellery. He was a member of Stiles' meeting at the 2nd Cong. Church (NEHGS Reg. 63:53)." All written in Latin; Harvard College; Official Senator; Dep. Governor
Transcribed By GHR;HET;AGB;JES;BA