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Person Details
 
Last NameREAD
First NameJOHN
Maiden 
RelationH/O SARAH
Cemetery NumberEP003
Cemetery NameNEWMAN CEMETERY
Birth Day0
Birth Month 
Birth Year1598
Death Day0
Death Month 
Death Year1685
War 
Gravestone Details
SectionA
Lot 
Map00008
Stone Materialmarble
Conditionfair
Shapesquare top
Carvingno carving
Legibilityfair
Number of Graves on Stone1
Stone Height (inches) 
Stone Width (inches) 
Exists?
Last Seen Date2009
Carver 
Notes/Misc Details
Notes"John Read, Born in Lincolnshire, England in 1598 Died in 1685 He and others with their Pastor Rev. Samuel Newman, came from Weymouth Mass. And began the Settlement of this Town in 1643." IBP found a fieldstone for him " I R AG 87 D S 1685 "
Transcribed ByTRIM;JES;JWN