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Last NameWILKINSON
First NameJOAB
Maiden 
RelationH/O JERUSHA (RAY); S/O CAPT DANIEL & ABIGAIL (WARE)
Cemetery NumberCU019
Cemetery NamePECK CEMETERY
Birth Day30
Birth MonthJUL
Birth Year1741
Death Day2
Death MonthMAR
Death Year1818
WarREVOLUTION
Gravestone Details
Section 
Lot 
Map00233
Stone Materialslate
Conditiongood
Shapefancy top
Carvingurn/willow
Legibilitygood
Number of Graves on Stone1
Stone Height (inches)32
Stone Width (inches)18
Exists?
Last Seen Date1993
Carver 
Notes/Misc Details
Notes[S/O Capt Daniel & Abigail (Ware), was born at Cumberland 30 July 1741 and died at Cumberland 2 March 1818 in his 77th year. He married at Wrentham, MA 3 March 1774 Jerusha Ray, daughter of Samuel & Elizabeth (Teuls) Ray. Their children were Mehitable & Joab. [SAR: Joab served in Capt. Elisha Waterman's Minuteman Company in Feb 1776 and as a Private in the First Company of Cumberland Militia under the command of Capt. Enoch Weatherhead from 21 Aug to 1 Sept 1778 in Sullivan's Expedition. He served as a member of the Cumberland Town Council in 1778.]--JJR Died: CUMBERLAND, RI
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