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Person Details
 
Last NameWARD
First NameSAMUEL, GOV
Maiden 
RelationS/O RICHARD
Cemetery NumberWK055
Cemetery NameOLD FORGE BURIAL GROUND
Birth Day0
Birth Month 
Birth Year1726c
Death Day26
Death MonthMAR
Death Year1776
WarREVOLUTION
Gravestone Details
Section 
Lot 
Map00005
Stone Materialmarble
Conditiongood
Shapemonument
Carvingno carving
Legibilitygood
Number of Graves on Stone6
Stone Height (inches) 
Stone Width (inches) 
Exists?
Last Seen Date1993
Carver 
Notes/Misc Details
Notesdied in Philadelphia while a delegate to the Continental Congress [Gov 1762-1763 & 1765-1767] his father Richard came to Newport from Gloucester England. [Samuel is buried in the Common Burial Ground, Newport] [his father, Richard was Goc of RI 1740-1743 died: PHILADELPHIA, PA [SAR: Delegate to Continental Congress]
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