| Person Details | |
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| Photo/Image Courtesy of Rhode Island Historic Cemetery Volunteers | |
| Last Name | COGGESHALL |
| First Name | JOHN, SR, ESQ |
| Maiden | |
| Relation | [H/O MARY] |
| Cemetery Number | NT016 |
| Cemetery Name | COGGESHALL BURIAL GROUND |
| Birth Day | 0 |
| Birth Month | |
| Birth Year | 1591c |
| Death Day | 27 |
| Death Month | NOV |
| Death Year | 1647 |
| AGE nth Year | - |
| AGE Years | 56 |
| AGE Months | - |
| AGE Days | - |
| Military Service | |
| Gravestone Details | |
| Section | |
| Lot | |
| Map | 00004 |
| Stone Material | slate |
| Condition | good |
| Shape | fancy top |
| Carving | skull with wings |
| Legibility | good |
| Number of Graves on Stone | 1 |
| Stone Height (inches) | 24 |
| Stone Width (inches) | 22 |
| Exists? | Yes |
| Last Seen Date | 2009 |
| Carver | |
| Notes/Misc Details | |
| Notes | "age about 56", "President of the colony" This is the oldest gravestone in Rhode Island although it was probably ordered at the same time as his wife's stone in 1684. There is also a large granite monument for John and his wife Mary near the center of the cemetery - GGMU0G 144x44 [QUAK note: 27th day 9th mo 1647 - buried on his land on the right of way from town to his house. Quaker records give his age as 48, thus a birth year of 1599.][bap. 9 Dec 1601 at Halstead Co. Essex, England.] |
| Transcribed By | GHR;QUAK;AGB;JES;DF;BA |