Gravestone Record

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Person Details
Gravestone photograph
Last Name WICKES
First Name JOHN, ESQ
Maiden
Relation
Cemetery Number WK028
Cemetery Name STONE CASTLE LOT
Birth Day 0
Birth Month
Birth Year 1609
Death Day 17
Death Month MAR
Death Year 1676
AGE nth Year -
AGE Years -
AGE Months -
AGE Days -
Military Service
Gravestone Details
Section
Lot
Map 00045
Stone Material slate
Condition good
Shape square top
Carving no carving
Legibility good
Number of Graves on Stone 1
Stone Height (inches) 40
Stone Width (inches) 20
Exists? Yes
Last Seen Date 1995
Carver
Notes/Misc Details
Notes b. Staines England, came to New England 1635. An original purchaser of Warwick 1643. "In King Phillips War after the town was burnt, on going out from Thomas Green's stone castle to look for his cattle on 17 March 1676 he was slain by Indians and his head set on a pole." Erected by Benjamin Greene Arnold 1881. His head was originally buried separately from his body, but they were later buried together.
Transcribed By BENN488;JES