Gravestone Record

Individual burial and gravestone information

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Person Details
Gravestone photograph
Photo/Image Courtesy of Rhode Island Historic Cemetery Volunteers
Last Name HOLMES
First Name OBADIAH, REV
Maiden
Relation
Cemetery Number MT019
Cemetery Name REV OBADIAH HOLMES LOT
Birth Day 0
Birth Month
Birth Year 1606
Death Day 15
Death Month OCT
Death Year 1682
AGE nth Year -
AGE Years -
AGE Months -
AGE Days -
Military Service COLONIAL
Gravestone Details
Section
Lot
Map 00010
Stone Material bronze
Condition good
Shape horizontal marker
Carving no carving
Legibility good
Number of Graves on Stone 1
Stone Height (inches)
Stone Width (inches)
Exists? Yes
Last Seen Date 2006
Carver
Notes/Misc Details
Notes pic - memorial plaque in brass attached to a marble base. "ancestor of Abraham Lincoln in the 6th generation. Second Pastor of First Baptist Church, Newport, RI. Persecuted at whipping post Boston, MA for his religious faith. His grave is in this family burial ground."
Transcribed By GHR;MHS;BA