Stukely Westcott Burial Ground
Also known as Rhode Island Historical Cemetery Warwick #165 , Rhode Island Historical Cemetery Warwick #A18 , Schoolmaster Lot
Warwick, Kent County, Rhode Island, USA
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"Oliver Payson Fuller's "History of Warwick," first published in 1875, identified the location of the Westcott Cemetery on Feb 20, 1663 with a lot for a town house adjoining "ye buryings place layd out for ye towne is eight poles square, joining to ye western end of Peter Burzecott's aker of land." This lot was early appropriated for school purposes and located next to the schoolhouse. John Sterling, in his book "Warwick, Rhode Island Historical Cemeteries," published in 1997, lists lost cemetery A18 as the School Master Lot with the grave of Mr. Emmett who was a school teacher at the time of his death in 1727. Gardella then approached Pegee Malcolm, chair of the Warwick Historical Cemetery Commission, and the chair of the RI State Cemetery Commission, to help find the actual location of the first Warwick Public Burial Ground. Mark Brown, a member of the Warwick Historical Cemetery Commission, after comparing old maps to one another, discerned the general location in "Old Warwick" off of what is today West Shore Road. With the help from Colin Parkhurst, also a member of the Warwick Historical Cemetery Commission, and his GPS, Jim Ostiguy and Bob Chorney, members of the Warwick Historical Society, were able to get close enough before counting poles. Poles are a unit of measurement equivalent to 16.5 feet. The team believes they are within 25 feet of the original burial ground, thus. Warwick lost cemetery A18 was found. Warwick Historical Cemetery #165 has officially been dedicated 351 years after being laid out. Fuller's History of Warwick says: "One of the old places [burial ground] now [1875] nearly obliterated is about one hundred feet from the present school house. One of the graves was that of Mr. Emmett who was a school teacher at the time of his death … 1727. Good substantial slate stones with suitable inscriptions marked the place of his interment until the vandalism that came in with our free schools broke them up" (p. 142)."
According to RIHCC:
"Oliver Payson Fuller's "History of Warwick," first published in 1875, identified the location of the Westcott Cemetery on Feb 20, 1663 with a lot for a town house adjoining "ye buryings place layd out for ye towne is eight poles square, joining to ye western end of Peter Burzecott's aker of land." This lot was early appropriated for school purposes and located next to the schoolhouse. John Sterling, in his book "Warwick, Rhode Island Historical Cemeteries," published in 1997, lists lost cemetery A18 as the School Master Lot with the grave of Mr. Emmett who was a school teacher at the time of his death in 1727. Gardella then approached Pegee Malcolm, chair of the Warwick Historical Cemetery Commission, and the chair of the RI State Cemetery Commission, to help find the actual location of the first Warwick Public Burial Ground. Mark Brown, a member of the Warwick Historical Cemetery Commission, after comparing old maps to one another, discerned the general location in "Old Warwick" off of what is today West Shore Road. With the help from Colin Parkhurst, also a member of the Warwick Historical Cemetery Commission, and his GPS, Jim Ostiguy and Bob Chorney, members of the Warwick Historical Society, were able to get close enough before counting poles. Poles are a unit of measurement equivalent to 16.5 feet. The team believes they are within 25 feet of the original burial ground, thus. Warwick lost cemetery A18 was found. Warwick Historical Cemetery #165 has officially been dedicated 351 years after being laid out. Fuller's History of Warwick says: "One of the old places [burial ground] now [1875] nearly obliterated is about one hundred feet from the present school house. One of the graves was that of Mr. Emmett who was a school teacher at the time of his death … 1727. Good substantial slate stones with suitable inscriptions marked the place of his interment until the vandalism that came in with our free schools broke them up" (p. 142)."
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- Added: 23 Aug 2016
- Find a Grave Cemetery ID: 2621021
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