Gravestone Record

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Person Details
Gravestone photograph
Photo/Image Courtesy of Rhode Island Historic Cemetery Volunteers
Last Name FINCH
First Name JOSEPH, CAPT
Maiden
Relation H/O ELIZABETH
Cemetery Number NT003
Cemetery Name COMMON BURIAL GROUND
Birth Day 13
Birth Month OCT
Birth Year 1761
Death Day 22
Death Month NOV
Death Year 1828
AGE nth Year -
AGE Years -
AGE Months -
AGE Days -
Military Service
Gravestone Details
Section BD
Lot
Map 00480
Stone Material marble
Condition fair
Shape pointed top
Carving no carving
Legibility fair
Number of Graves on Stone 2
Stone Height (inches)
Stone Width (inches)
Exists? Yes
Last Seen Date 2007
Carver
Notes/Misc Details
Notes [Ezra Stiles originally listed a child "born in my Meeting…in the year 1761" to "Mrs. Finch" but later crossed out the entry (NEHGS Reg. 62:352)]
Transcribed By GHR;HET;AGB;BA