Benjamin Wells Lot
Also known as Rhode Island Historical Cemetery South Kingstown #185
South Kingstown, Washington County, Rhode Island, USA
AKA:
Rhode Island Historical Cemetery South Kingstown #185
Location: 2000 ft west of BARBER POND RD at TEL pole # 5451
500 ft south of the house at #634A Barber Pond Rd. (called the Littlefield Place), 2000 ft west of Barber Pond Road. This house is the old Benjamin Wells house. This house was put up for auction in 1908 after the death of Joshua Wells when his common law wife could not claim the property. It is east of Yagoo Pond and just south of the Exeter town line.
GPS coordinates (WGS84 datum) 41 deg. 30.560' x 71 deg. 33.934'
55 ft x 60 ft in fair condition enclosed with a stone wall; sign not installed yet
10 burials with 6 inscriptions from 1842 to 1907
Surveyed by:
[1] James Arnold: 1880; his #216: "On land of Benj Wells, south of his house a burial yard of his family lot walled and in fair order."
[2] Gladys Palmer: 1930 by . Her transcript is at the Langworthy Library in Hopkinton. She found it on the "Littlefield place" that she listed as being in Exeter.
This cemetery has been recorded and checked.
AKA:
Rhode Island Historical Cemetery South Kingstown #185
Location: 2000 ft west of BARBER POND RD at TEL pole # 5451
500 ft south of the house at #634A Barber Pond Rd. (called the Littlefield Place), 2000 ft west of Barber Pond Road. This house is the old Benjamin Wells house. This house was put up for auction in 1908 after the death of Joshua Wells when his common law wife could not claim the property. It is east of Yagoo Pond and just south of the Exeter town line.
GPS coordinates (WGS84 datum) 41 deg. 30.560' x 71 deg. 33.934'
55 ft x 60 ft in fair condition enclosed with a stone wall; sign not installed yet
10 burials with 6 inscriptions from 1842 to 1907
Surveyed by:
[1] James Arnold: 1880; his #216: "On land of Benj Wells, south of his house a burial yard of his family lot walled and in fair order."
[2] Gladys Palmer: 1930 by . Her transcript is at the Langworthy Library in Hopkinton. She found it on the "Littlefield place" that she listed as being in Exeter.
This cemetery has been recorded and checked.
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South Kingstown, Washington County, Rhode Island, USA
- Total memorials1
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- Percent with GPS0%
- Added: 18 Sep 2010
- Find a Grave Cemetery ID: 2370644
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