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Person Details
 
Last NameR [READ]
First NameJ [JOHN]
Maiden 
Relation 
Cemetery NumberEP003
Cemetery NameNEWMAN CEMETERY
Birth Day0
Birth Month 
Birth Year 
Death Day0
Death Month 
Death Year1676
War 
Gravestone Details
SectionA
Lot 
Map00007
Stone Materialfieldstone
Conditionfair
Shapecrude fieldstone
Carvingno carving
Legibilityfair
Number of Graves on Stone1
Stone Height (inches) 
Stone Width (inches) 
Exists?
Last Seen Date2009
Carver 
Notes/Misc Details
Notesstone reads only "I.R. 1676". Town records report 2 possibilities: John Read, slain by Indians on March 26, 1676; or John, son of Thomas buried Oct. 28, 1676./R.T.
Transcribed ByTRIM;JES;JWN