Gravestone Record

Individual burial and gravestone information

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Person Details
Gravestone photograph
Photo/Image Courtesy of Rhode Island Historic Cemetery Volunteers
Last Name WANTON
First Name WILLIAM, GOV.
Maiden
Relation [H/O RUTH BRYANT]
Cemetery Number NT014
Cemetery Name CLIFTON BURIAL GROUND
Birth Day 0
Birth Month
Birth Year 1670
Death Day 0
Death Month
Death Year 1733
AGE nth Year -
AGE Years -
AGE Months -
AGE Days -
Military Service
Gravestone Details
Section
Lot
Map 00091b
Stone Material
Condition
Shape
Carving
Legibility
Number of Graves on Stone 2
Stone Height (inches)
Stone Width (inches)
Exists? Yes
Last Seen Date 1956
Carver
Notes/Misc Details
Notes [Sprague & Wilbour reported a short shaft for the family tomb of Gov. Joseph Wanton, next to ELIZABETH SCOTT 0096. New bronze markers for JOSEPH WANTON gov. 1769-1775 and WILLIAM WANTON gov. 1732-1733] In the Stevens account book there is an entry 24 Dec 1733 for one tombstone 15-0-0 and 273 letters 2-5-6.
Transcribed By WS