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  Photo/Image Courtesy of Rhode Island Historic Cemetery Volunteers
Last NameWEEDEN
First NameJONATHAN, CAPT
Maiden 
Relation 
Cemetery NumberNT011
Cemetery NameGOV. BENEDICT ARNOLD GRAVEYARD
Birth Day0
Birth Month 
Birth Year1728c
Death Day31
Death MonthMAY
Death Year1795
AGE nth Year 68
AGE Years -
AGE Months -
AGE Days -
War 
Gravestone Details
Section 
Lot 
Map00053
Stone Materialslate
Conditiongood
Shapefancy top
Carvingwinged cherub/other
Legibilitygood
Number of Graves on Stone1
Stone Height (inches)38
Stone Width (inches)24
Exists?
Last Seen Date2009
CarverJ. STEVENS
Notes/Misc Details
Notes"Here lies what was Mortal of/ Capt/ JONATHAN WEEDEN/ who had a Soul too enlarged for/ a little Action, too honest to in-/ jure anyone, a great Friend to/ Liberty, good Companion, and/ bore a long and painful Sickness/ with uncommon fortitude." [GHR found this stone on the Clarke Farm at Green End and Alley Rd. in Middletown in 1870]
Transcribed ByEWC;GHR;JES;BA