Gravestone Record

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Person Details
Gravestone photograph
Photo/Image Courtesy of Rhode Island Historic Cemetery Volunteers
Last Name BENSON
First Name WILLIAM
Maiden
Relation H/O SARAH; H/O FRANCES
Cemetery Number NT003
Cemetery Name COMMON BURIAL GROUND
Birth Day 0
Birth Month
Birth Year 1718c
Death Day 19
Death Month JUL
Death Year 1755
AGE nth Year 38
AGE Years -
AGE Months -
AGE Days -
Military Service
Gravestone Details
Section BH
Lot
Map 00725
Stone Material slate
Condition good
Shape fancy top
Carving winged cherub/other
Legibility good
Number of Graves on Stone 1
Stone Height (inches)
Stone Width (inches)
Exists? Yes
Last Seen Date 2007
Carver JOHN BULL
Notes/Misc Details
Notes [Reported by James Garman to have been moved to a woman's house in Portsmouth but is back by 2007]
Transcribed By GHR;AGB;VFL;BA