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Person Details
 
Last NameSHEARMAN
First NameBENJAMIN
Maiden 
RelationS/O BENJAMIN & MARY
Cemetery NumberPO020
Cemetery NameCAPT JOB LAWTON LOT
Birth Day0
Birth Month 
Birth Year1703c
Death Day15
Death MonthJUN
Death Year1704
War 
Gravestone Details
Section 
Lot 
Map 
Stone Materialslate
Conditiongood
Shapefancy top
Carvingwinged cherub/other
Legibilitygood
Number of Graves on Stone1
Stone Height (inches) 
Stone Width (inches) 
Exists?
Last Seen Date2019
CarverJOHN STEVENS I
Notes/Misc Details
NotesThis stone was missing in 2006 when Barb Austin & Letty Champion photographed the gravestones here. It was found far from the burial ground and returned to the Portsmouth Historical Society in 2019 to be reset in the burial ground.
Transcribed ByGHR;ANON;LRC