| Cemetery Number | WK146 |
| Town | WARWICK |
| Cemetery Name | BRUSH NECK FARM BURIAL GROUND |
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| Location | [REMOVED TO BRAYTON CEMETERY - WK034] |
| State | RI |
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| Inscriptions | 5 |
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| Last seen date? | 1903 |
| Newest | 1864 |
| Oldest | 1828 |
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| Comment | This cemetery was removed to Brayton Cemetery (WK034) in Apponaug from Brush Neck Farm in 1903. There is now a granite monument with 23 names located in section ‘J’.
The ancestors of this family was nearly wiped out during King Philip’s War in 1675. The only survivor was the son John (1672-1744), from whom all Rhode Island Budlongs descend. He is said to have been captured by the Indians and was traded back for pumpkins. Roger Williams mentions this child in a letter to Governor John Leverett dated 14 January 1676. While interviewing Joshua Tefft, he was asked “ what was the English child wch was brought [torn] to the Gen: he Said that Pumhoms men had taken it at Warwick.” A footnote to this letter says “On 5 Jan 1675/76, the Indians delivered to Winslow an English child, about three or four years old, who had been taken at Warwick. Supposedly the child was returned to demonstrate Indian good will and a sincere desire for peace.”
James Arnold visited this lot 25 Oct. 1891 and noted, “On the Asylum Farm northeast from the house, lot fenced, some neglected” (Vol. 4, p. 228).
Identified, registered and recorded by John Sterling for a book on Warwick cemeteries. |
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