| Person Details | |
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| Photo/Image Courtesy of Rhode Island Historic Cemetery Volunteers | |
| Last Name | READ |
| First Name | JOHN |
| Maiden | |
| Relation | H/O SARAH |
| Cemetery Number | EP003 |
| Cemetery Name | NEWMAN CEMETERY |
| Birth Day | 0 |
| Birth Month | |
| Birth Year | 1598 |
| Death Day | 0 |
| Death Month | |
| Death Year | 1685 |
| AGE nth Year | - |
| AGE Years | - |
| AGE Months | - |
| AGE Days | - |
| Military Service | |
| Gravestone Details | |
| Section | A |
| Lot | |
| Map | 00008 |
| Stone Material | marble |
| Condition | fair |
| Shape | square top |
| Carving | no carving |
| Legibility | fair |
| Number of Graves on Stone | 1 |
| Stone Height (inches) | |
| Stone Width (inches) | |
| Exists? | Yes |
| Last Seen Date | 2009 |
| Carver | |
| Notes/Misc Details | |
| Notes | "John Read, Born in Lincolnshire, England in 1598 Died in 1685 He and others with their Pastor Rev. Samuel Newman, came from Weymouth Mass. And began the Settlement of this Town in 1643." IBP found a fieldstone for him " I R AG 87 D S 1685 " |
| Transcribed By | TRIM;JES;JWN |