Gravestone Record

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Person Details
Gravestone photograph
Photo/Image Courtesy of Rhode Island Historic Cemetery Volunteers
Last Name TOMPKINS
First Name BENJAMIN, ESQ.
Maiden
Relation H/O DEBORAH
Cemetery Number LC012
Cemetery Name OLD COMMONS BURIAL GROUND
Birth Day 0
Birth Month
Birth Year 1759c
Death Day 4
Death Month AUG
Death Year 1844
AGE nth Year 86
AGE Years -
AGE Months -
AGE Days -
Military Service REVOLUTION
Gravestone Details
Section
Lot
Map 0437
Stone Material marble
Condition good
Shape square top
Carving no carving
Legibility good
Number of Graves on Stone 1
Stone Height (inches) 20
Stone Width (inches) 20
Exists? Yes
Last Seen Date 2010
Carver
Notes/Misc Details
Notes [SAR: 1776 in Capt. Church's Co.; Col. Richmond's Reg't; 1777 in Capt. Manchester's CO.; Col. Crary's Reg't; 1778 in Capt. Simmons's Co.; Col. Cook's Reg't; 1779 on sloop "Providence"; pensioner]
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