| Notes |
[Quaker records: was killed strangely at Portsmouth in her house. Was
twice viewed by the Crowns Inquest digged up and buried again by her
husband's grave in their own land. See the essay "A Murder, So Vile (or
was it?)" in John T. Pierce Sr.'s "Historical Tracts of the Town of
Portsmouth, Rhode Island," Portsmouth, RI, 1991, pp. 61-62 for more
details of her death. Her son Thomas was convicted of her murder and
hanged. His request to be buried in the family plot was denied, and he
was to be buried either 10' from West Main Rd. or near the gallows (the
latter in Newport).] died: BURNED - PORTSMOUTH |
