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| Photo/Image Courtesy of Rhode Island Historic Cemetery Volunteers | |
| Last Name | ALLEN |
| First Name | GEORGE |
| Maiden | |
| Relation | |
| Cemetery Number | EP003 |
| Cemetery Name | NEWMAN CEMETERY |
| Birth Day | 0 |
| Birth Month | |
| Birth Year | 1696c |
| Death Day | 20 |
| Death Month | JAN |
| Death Year | 1774 |
| AGE nth Year | - |
| AGE Years | 78 |
| AGE Months | - |
| AGE Days | - |
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| Gravestone Details | |
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| Lot | |
| Map | |
| Stone Material | slate |
| Condition | poor |
| Shape | fancy top |
| Carving | winged cherub/other |
| Legibility | poor |
| Number of Graves on Stone | 1 |
| Stone Height (inches) | |
| Stone Width (inches) | |
| Exists? | Yes |
| Last Seen Date | 2008 |
| Carver | GABRIEL ALLEN |
| Notes/Misc Details | |
| Notes | "Here rests the Body of Mr. George Allen, a native of Sherbury in Great Britain, he died Jany 20th, 1774 Aged 78 years. -His ingenuity & application to Study were Such, that early in Life he made unusual advances in the principal branches of Literature, & at the age of 17 years employd as a writing-master in his Native Town, at the age o 21 he arrived at Boston where he opened a School for the instruction of Youth in which occupation (in that & other towns) he Spent the Prime of hi Life. Etc." - George Allen was a prolific gravestone carver whose shop was just down the road from this cemetery. |
| Transcribed By | TRIM;JES;JWN |