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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
AGE nth Year 77
AGE Years -
AGE Months -
AGE Days -
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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