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Person Details
Gravestone photograph
Photo/Image Courtesy of Rhode Island Historic Cemetery Volunteers
Last Name ENNIS
First Name WILLIAM, ESQ.
Maiden
Relation [H/O (1) ANNA (2) AVIS PAINE OF FREETOWN]
Cemetery Number NT003
Cemetery Name COMMON BURIAL GROUND
Birth Day 0
Birth Month
Birth Year 1758c
Death Day 7
Death Month MAY
Death Year 1831
AGE nth Year -
AGE Years 73
AGE Months -
AGE Days -
Military Service REVOLUTION
Gravestone Details
Section BC
Lot
Map 00327
Stone Material slate
Condition good
Shape fancy top
Carving urn/willow
Legibility good
Number of Graves on Stone 1
Stone Height (inches) 49
Stone Width (inches) 25
Exists? Yes
Last Seen Date 2007
Carver PHILIP STEVENS
Notes/Misc Details
Notes "an officer in the Revoution and served to the end of the war. actively engaged in the defence of RI at the Battle of Springfield & the Seige of York Town. From 1811 to 1817 he was Gen Treasurer of RI" [SAR: Lieut. In RI Continental Line 5 years; pensioner]
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