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Person Details
Gravestone photograph
Photo/Image Courtesy of Rhode Island Historic Cemetery Volunteers
Last Name VAN DOORN
First Name ANTHONY
Maiden
Relation H/O RUTH
Cemetery Number BR004
Cemetery Name EAST BURIAL GROUND
Birth Day 0
Birth Month
Birth Year 1737c
Death Day 1
Death Month DEC
Death Year 1786
AGE nth Year 50
AGE Years -
AGE Months -
AGE Days -
Military Service
Gravestone Details
Section
Lot
Map 0075
Stone Material slate
Condition poor
Shape fancy top
Carving no carving
Legibility poor
Number of Graves on Stone 2
Stone Height (inches)
Stone Width (inches)
Exists? Yes
Last Seen Date 2009
Carver WILLIAM THROOPE II
Notes/Misc Details
Notes "died at Essequebo in South America" [Essequibo was a Dutch colony on the Essequibo River in the Guiana region on the north coast of South America from 1616 to 1814. The colony formed a part of the colonies that are known under the collective name of Dutch Guiana. There were over 300 sugercane plantations here.] [lived on State St., just west of Hope. May 25, 1778 500 British & Hessian troops came to town and burned over 30 buildings including his ì house.]
Transcribed By JAM;VFL;JWN