COLLECTION NAME:
Farber Gravestone Collection
mediaCollectionId
FBC~100~1
Farber Gravestone Collection
Collection
true
Name:
Newbery, Walter
name
Newbery, Walter
Name
false
Date:
1697
dates
1697
Date
false
City:
Newport
city
Newport
City
false
State/Province:
Rhode Island
stateorprovince
Rhode Island
State/Province
false
Cemetery:
Golden Hill Cemetery
cemetery
Golden Hill Cemetery
Cemetery
false
Carver:
Mumford, William
carver
Mumford, William
Carver
false
Ornamental carving:
Winged Skull
ornamentalcarving
Winged Skull
Ornamental carving
false
Stone type:
Slate
stonetype
Slate
Stone type
false
Stone height:
46"
stoneheight
46"
Stone height
false
Verification:
Probable
verification
Probable
Verification
false
Verse:
No
verse
No
Verse
false
Photo number:
2341
photonumber
2341
Photo number
false
Vol name:
REGION24
volname
REGION24
Vol name
false
File name:
2341
filename
2341
File name
false
Memo:
Note previous carving, some of which is still visible: "...THE BODY OF MR JOHN WIL___/ ___OD HERE TO FORE RECTOR OF ___________/ HERE LIETH BURIED ELIZABETH WILSON/THE WIFE LATELY FOR 45 YEARS TOGETHER/ JOHN WILSON IN THE SAME PLAT OR ___/HEARE TO THE BODY OF ISAAC JOHNSON _____/____SH OF BLESSED MEMORIE WAITING ___/____SSED APPEARANCE OF OUR LORD____/ ______OF 3______." John Wilson was one of the earliest settlers in Boston, minister of the First Congregational Church. He died in 1667. Issac Johnson was one of the Puritan leaders. He died in Boston in the fall of 1630 and was buried in his garden plot, the first burial in what went on to become King's Chapel Burying Ground.
memo
Note previous carving, some of which is still visible: "...THE BODY OF MR JOHN WIL___/ ___OD HERE TO FORE RECTOR OF ___________/ HERE LIETH BURIED ELIZABETH WILSON/THE WIFE LATELY FOR 45 YEARS TOGETHER/ JOHN WILSON IN THE SAME PLAT OR ___/HEARE TO THE BODY OF ISAAC JOHNSON _____/____SH OF BLESSED MEMORIE WAITING ___/____SSED APPEARANCE OF OUR LORD____/ ______OF 3______." John Wilson was one of the earliest settlers in Boston, minister of the First Congregational Church. He died in 1667. Issac Johnson was one of the Puritan leaders. He died in Boston in the fall of 1630 and was buried in his garden plot, the first burial in what went on to become King's Chapel Burying Ground.
Memo
false