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Person Details
 
Last NameP [PECKHAM]
First NameD [DORCAS]
Maiden[SWEET]
Relation[W/O ISAAC; D/O WILLIAM & MARTHA (CASE) SWEET]
Cemetery NumberWG052
Cemetery NameSWEET BURIAL GROUND
Birth Day0
Birth Month 
Birth Year 
Death Day0
Death Month 
Death Year1758
War 
Gravestone Details
Section 
Lot 
Map00011
Stone Materialfieldstone
Conditionfair
Shapecrude fieldstone
Carvingno carving
Legibilityfair
Number of Graves on Stone1
Stone Height (inches)12
Stone Width (inches)14
Exists?
Last Seen Date1992
Carver 
Notes/Misc Details
Notes[died of small pox]? [died 24 Mar 1758, 10 days after the birth of her son] [b. 15 Sep 1740] [Isaac Peckham of Westerly]
Transcribed ByBFA;JES