Gravestone Record

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Person Details
Gravestone photograph
Photo/Image Courtesy of Rhode Island Historic Cemetery Volunteers
Last Name ASHTON
First Name JOSHUA
Maiden
Relation
Cemetery Number PV001
Cemetery Name NORTH BURIAL GROUND
Birth Day 16
Birth Month MAR
Birth Year 1716
Death Day 6
Death Month DEC
Death Year 1787
AGE nth Year 71
AGE Years -
AGE Months -
AGE Days -
Military Service REVOLUTION
Gravestone Details
Section DF
Lot
Map 05495
Stone Material marble
Condition good
Shape monument
Carving no carving
Legibility good
Number of Graves on Stone 5
Stone Height (inches)
Stone Width (inches)
Exists? Yes
Last Seen Date 2026
Carver STEPHEN HARTSHORN
Notes/Misc Details
Notes also a broken slate stone for him 'SPFB_P' with a footstone carved by Stephen Hartshorn - Prov probate A1255 1791 "By his will a lot of Land was set apart for a burial Place in the South part of the Town of Providence."
Transcribed By JNA:FW;FTC;JES;JWN