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Person Details
 
Last NameCLARKE
First NameWALTER, GOV
Maiden 
RelationSEE NOTE FOR WIVES; [S/O JEREMIAH]
Cemetery NumberNT014
Cemetery NameCLIFTON BURIAL GROUND
Birth Day0
Birth Month 
Birth Year1640c
Death Day22
Death MonthMAY
Death Year1714
War 
Gravestone Details
Section 
Lot 
Map00091
Stone Materialslate
Conditionpoor
Shapefancy top
Carvingwinged cherub/other
Legibilitypoor
Number of Graves on Stone1
Stone Height (inches)23
Stone Width (inches)22
Exists?
Last Seen Date2006
CarverJOHN STEVENS I
Notes/Misc Details
Notes "a former Governor of this colony and was worthy of doble honor for his religious and civil concerns" [H/O (1) Content Greenman (2) Hannah Scott (3) Freeborn (Williams) Hart, widow of Thomas (4) Sarah Gould, widow of John. WS found a separate, new bronze marker in 1956 - Governor 1676-1677, 1686-1686, 1696-1698]
Transcribed ByQUAK;GHR;WS;CETA;AGB;JES;BA