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 BLOCK * ISLAND * EPITAPHS * 
 
 IARRIS * 
 
Library of Congress. 
 
 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. 
 
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A • COPY • OF 
 
 THE 'OLD -EPITAPHS 
 
 •IN-THE-BURYING-GROUND 
 
 OF 
 
 Block-Island 
 RI 
 
 BY • ED W • DOUBLEDA Y ■ HARRIS • 
 
 • Member . of • the • Mass . Historical • Society 
 
 -CAMBRIDGE- 1883. 
 
 PRESS • OF • JOHN • WILSON • AND • SON 
 
69780 
 
 Edition of One Hundred Copies, 
 
 f 37 
 
TO 
 
 MY LIFE-LONG AND HONORED FRIEND, 
 JOHN LANGDON SIBLEY, 
 
 LIBRARIAN EMERITUS OF HARVARD COLLEGE, 
 
 THIS MEMORY OF A SUMMER'S VACATION 
 IS INSCRIBED. 
 
~T) LOCK ISLAND, named for the Dutch explorer, 
 ^^ Adrian Block, is in latitude 41 08' North, and lon- 
 gitude 71 33' West. It is distant southwest from Newport 
 about thirty miles, and north of east from Montauk, the 
 easterly end of Long Island, about eighteen miles. 
 
 It was first described in the year 1524 by the French 
 navigator, Verrazzano. In 16 14 it was visited by Block, 
 who gave it its present name. In 1636 the Boston trader, 
 John Oldham, while at anchor in its harbor, was killed by 
 the Indians. Colonel John Endicott was soon afterwards 
 sent by the General Court of Massachusetts to punish the 
 offenders. He landed upon the Island and thoroughly 
 accomplished his object. In 1658 the Island was granted 
 to Gov. Endicott, Deputy Governor Richard Bellingham, 
 Major General Daniel Dennison and Major William 
 Hathorne, who in turn sold it in 1660 to Doctor John 
 Alcock of Roxbury and his associates. 
 
 The year 1662 witnessed the first white settlement of the 
 Island by a company from Boston and Taunton. 
 
 The old Cemetery from which the inscriptions on the 
 following pages were taken is situated on the westerly side 
 
of a hill overlooking the Great Salt Pond. Many of its 
 graves are marked simply by round field stones gathered 
 from the neighborhood. 
 
 Most of the older inscribed stones are of slate, orna- 
 mented with the conventional winged skull and scroll 
 borders, precisely like many in the sea-board towns of the 
 mainland. These stones were undoubtedly imported from 
 England already ornamented, and were lettered by a 
 skilled hand in this country. A few of the stones are 
 from the sandstone quarries of Connecticut, and these 
 are generally devoid of ornamentation. 
 
 It is believed that exact copies of the inscriptions of all 
 the stones antedating 1800 will be found in these pages. 
 
 EDWARD DOUBLEDAY HARRIS. 
 
 Brooklyn, N. Y., April, 1883. 
 
• BLOCK- ISLAND • EPITAPHS 
 
BLOCK-ISLAND EPITAPHS. 
 
 \Thick sandstone without ornamentation^ 
 
 JEARE LIETH 
 
 THE BODY OF M 
 
 MXRGRET GVTRY 
 
 AGED 64 YERS WHO 
 
 DEPARTED THIS 
 
 LIFE APRIL 5 1687 
 
 Robert Guthrig was Town Clerk in 1675, and probably the 
 same Mr. Robart Guttereg, or Guttrig, was freeman of the 
 colony in 1684, and died in 1692. The surname is a cor- 
 ruption of Goodrich, a family numerous in Connecticut at 
 that time. 
 
BLOCK-ISLAND EPITAPHS. 
 
 \Horizo?iial sa?idstone slab.] 
 
 HERE LYES IN 
 TVRRED -PE BODY 
 OF M R IAMES SANDS 
 SENIOVR ADED 73 
 YEARS DEPARTED 
 
 THIS LIFE MARCH 
 THE 13 1695 
 
 James Sands, with wife Sarah, though not in the first com- 
 pany, was of the Island early enough to participate in first 
 division of lands. He was a freeman in 1655, and was Repre- 
 sentative in 1678, 1680, and 1690. He had sons, John, James, and 
 Samuel, who settled at Cowneck, L.I., Edward, and Job, and 
 daughters, Sarah (who married Nathaniel Niles) and Mercy 
 (who married Joshua Raymond). His wife Sarah died before 
 July 6, 1702. 
 
 Captain John Sands and James Sands, Jr., were freemen of 
 the Island in 1684. 
 
BLOCK-ISLAND EPITAPHS. 
 
 [Horizontal sandstone slab.~\ 
 
 HERE LYETH INTERRED 
 
 THE BODY OF CAPT N 
 
 EDWARD SANDS WHO 
 
 DEPARTED THIS LIFE JVNE 
 
 Y e 14 1708 IN Y e [Meg.] 
 
 YEARE OF HIS AGE 
 
 Edward Sands was the youngest son of James, the first 
 settler. The figures denoting the age are illegible on the grave- 
 stone. Livermore deciphers them as 43. He was made free- 
 man in 1696; left at his decease a wife and daughter Sarah, 
 but probably no other children. 
 
BLOCK-ISLAND EPITAPHS. 
 
 [Slate-stone.'] 
 
 Here Lieth y e 
 Body of Thomas 
 Dickens who died 
 Sep 1 y e 4 th 1718 
 
 Aged 50 Years. 
 
 His wife Sarah died 1733. 
 
 Nathaniel Dickens was freeman of Providence in 1655. 
 
BLOCK-ISLAND EPITAPHS. 
 
 [Slate-stone."] 
 
 Here lyeth 
 William Son 
 of Nathanael 
 Dun and of 
 Elizabeth his 
 wife dyed May 
 e 16 th 1721 
 aged 6 years 
 
BLOCK-ISLAND EPITAPHS. 
 
 \_Slate-sto?ie.'\ 
 
 Here Lieth y e 
 
 Body of Sarah 
 
 y e Wife of Thomas 
 
 Dickens who 
 
 died April y e 3 d 
 
 1733 aged 59 
 
 Years. 
 
io BLOCK-ISLAND EPITAPHS. 
 
 [Slate-stone.] 
 
 Here lieth y e 
 
 Body of Truftrum 
 
 Dodge died 
 
 Aug ft 18 th 1733 
 
 In y e 87 th year 
 
 of his age. 
 
 Probably the son of the member of the first company of 
 the same name, whose name is in the list of freemen with his 
 father's in 1678, designated respectively as Senior and Junior. 
 The grave of the elder man is not marked. 
 
BLOCK-ISLAND EPITAPHS. u 
 
 [Slate-stone.'] 
 
 Here lieth y e Body 
 of Nathaniel Mott 
 died Sept m y e 14 th 
 
 1733 In y e 26th 
 
 year of his age. 
 
 Nathaniel and John Mott were freemen in 1678, the for- 
 mer being Town Recorder or Clerk in 1695, and holding the 
 office for many years. He was Representative to the General 
 Court, also, in 17 10. 
 
 Edward Mott w;is Constable in 1 700. 
 
12 BLOCK-ISLAND EPITAPHS. 
 
 [Slate-stone.'] 
 
 Here lieth y e Body 
 
 of Capt n Thomas 
 
 Rathbun died Decern 1 " 
 
 y e 26 th 1733 Aged 
 
 76 Years. 
 
 Thomas Rathbone, a freeman of 1678, was probably a son 
 of John. He was Representative in 1700, and for several years 
 afterwards. 
 
BLOCK-ISLAND EPITAPHS. 13 
 
 \_Slatc-stonc.~] 
 
 In Memory of 
 
 Nathaniel Dunn 
 
 died Febr y y e 2 8 r 
 
 1735 Aged 
 
 64 Years. 
 
 The name does not occur in the early lists of settlers or 
 freemen. 
 
14 BLOCK-ISLAND EPITAPHS. 
 
 [Slate-stone.] 
 
 Here 
 
 lieth 
 
 James y e 
 
 Son of 
 
 Jeremiah 
 
 & Mary 
 
 Sheffield 
 
 died 
 
 Sept r y e 
 
 8 th 1736 
 
 Aged 2 
 
 Years 
 
 & 6 
 
 M? 
 
BLOCK-ISLAND EPITAPHS. 
 
 \Slate-stone^\ 
 
 Here 
 
 Lies y e Body 
 
 of Darkis y e widow of 
 
 Truftrum Dodge who 
 
 Died Feb^ y e 18 
 
 1737 in y e 74 th 
 
 year of her Age 
 
16 BLOCK-ISLAND EPITAPHS. 
 
 \_Horizofital slate-stone slab.'] 
 
 THIS MONUMENT 
 
 Is erected to the Memory 
 
 of SIMON RAY Efquire 
 
 One of the original Proprietors 
 
 of this Ifland 
 
 He was largely concerned 
 
 In setling the Townfhip 
 
 And was one of the chief Magiflrates 
 
 and such was his Benevolence 
 
 That besides the care which he took 
 
 Of their civil Interefts 
 
 He frequently inftructed them 
 
 In the more important Concerns 
 
 Of our Holy Religion 
 
 He was deprived of his Eyefight many Years 
 
 Cheerfully fubmitting to the will of God 
 
 His Life being in this trying Inftance 
 
 As in all others 
 A Lovely Example of Chriflian Virtue 
 He died on the 17 th of March 1737 
 In the 102 nd Year of his Age. 
 
 Simon Ray, Senior, was the son of Simon of Braintree, Mass., who died 
 there 30 Sept., 1641. He was one of the original proprietors of Block Island, 
 and was in the Taunton company that arrived there in 1661. In 1676 he was 
 Deputy Warden and afterward Warden of the Island, was a freeman in 1664, 
 and for many years represented the colony in the General Assembly. 
 
 He married Mary, daughter of Nathaniel Thomas of Marshfield, Mass., and 
 had issue: Mary, b. May 19, 1667; Dorothy, b. Oct. 16, 1669; Simon, b. 
 April 9, 1672 ; Sibel, b. March 19, 1675. 
 
BLOCK-ISLAND EPITAPHS. 17 
 
 \Slate-stone^\ 
 
 In Memory of 
 
 Sarah f Wife 
 
 of Henry Willis 
 
 died Sep 1 y e 8 
 
 1738 Aged 
 
 49 Years. 
 
18 BLOCK-ISLAND EPITAPHS. 
 
 \_S late-stone.'] 
 
 Here lieth y e Body 
 
 of William y e Son 
 
 of Ebenezer & 
 
 Ann Dodge died 
 
 Jan? y e 26 1739 
 
 Aged 3 Yrs. 3 
 
 M° & 16 Days. 
 
 Trnstam or Trustarum Dodge (sometimes spelled Daudg 
 or Daug in the old records) was one of the first company from 
 Taunton in 1661, was a town officer in 1676, had been ad- 
 mitted freeman in 1664, was living in 1684, and is thought to 
 have been the ancestor of the after generations of Dodges 
 on the Island. John and William Dodge, and a Trustarum, 
 perhaps sons of the first settler, were freemen in 1678. 
 
BLOCK-ISLAND EPITAPHS. 
 
 '9 
 
 [Horizontal slab of slate-stone] 
 
 IN MEMORY OF 
 
 Rebecca y Wife of 
 
 Ml" Ackrus Tofh died 
 
 April y 15 th 1739 In y 
 
 44 th year of her age. 
 
2o BLOCK-ISLAND EPITAPHS. 
 
 \_Horizontal slab of slate-stone. ~\ 
 
 IN MEMORY OF 
 M! Ackurs Tofh died 
 
 t e ft t e 
 
 June y 21 1739 * n f 
 54 th year of his age. 
 
 William Tosh was a passenger in the ship that carried 
 the first company of settlers from Taunton in 1661. He was 
 made freeman in 1664, constable in 1676, and died in 1685 ; 
 probably the father of Ackurs. 
 
 Daniel Tosh, probably a brother of William, was freeman 
 in 1684. Both seem to have escaped the notice of Savage. 
 
BLOCK-ISLAND EPITAPHS. 21 
 
 \Slate-stone^\ 
 
 In Memory of 
 
 Cap! Thomas 
 
 Mitchel Jun! died 
 
 March y 29 th 174.1 
 
 in y e 59 th year of 
 
 of his age. 
 
 Capt. Thomas Mitchell, Jr., was probably the son of the 
 Thomas whose name was enrolled among the Freemen in 1678, 
 and who is named in Niles's account of the Indian and French 
 Wars in 1689, Mass. Hist. Coll., 3d Series, Vol. VI. 
 
22 BLOCK-ISLAND EPITAPHS. 
 
 [Slate-stone. ~] 
 
 In Memory of 
 
 Elizabeth y e Wife 
 
 of Nathaniel Dunn 
 
 died May y e 19 th 
 
 1 74 1 Aged 
 
 69 Years. 
 
BLOCK-ISLAND EPITAPHS. 
 
 23 
 
 \_Slate-stone.~\ 
 
 In Memory of 
 
 Patience y e 
 Wife of Samuel 
 
 Rathbun died 
 Aug ft y e 3 d 1747 
 
24 BLOCK-ISLAND EPITAPHS. 
 
 [Slate-stone.] 
 
 Sarah Daughter 
 of Edward & 
 
 Mary Ball 
 died Decern 1 " 
 
 y e 23 rd 174.7 
 
 Aged 1 Year 
 & 1 Month 
 
 An Edward Ball was enrolled in the Freeman list as early 
 as 1678. John and Peter Ball were freemen in 1709. 
 
BLOCK-ISLAND EPITAPHS. 25 
 
 [Slate-stone.] 
 
 In Memory of 
 Jofliua y e Son of 
 
 Mark & Lydia 
 
 Dodge died Jan>" 
 
 y e 1 174-7/8 Aged 
 
 1 Year & 2 Months 
 
26 BLOCK-ISLAND EPITAPHS. 
 
 [Slate-stone.] 
 
 Dorothy y e 
 
 Daughter 
 
 of Nathanael 
 
 & Ann Lock 
 
 died Nov r 3 d 
 
 1749 A g ec * 8 M° 
 
BLOCK-ISLAND EPITAPHS. 27 
 
 [Slate-stone.] 
 
 In Memory of 
 
 Amous y Son 
 
 of Samuel & Pru 
 
 dence Champlin 
 
 died Febi-y y e n th 
 
 174.9/50 in y e 11 th 
 
 year of his age 
 
28 BLOCK-ISLAND EPITAPHS. 
 
 \Slate-stone^\ 
 
 Dorothy y e 
 
 2 d Daughter 
 
 of Nathanael 
 
 & Ann Lock 
 
 died Nov r 16 th 
 
 1750 Aged 
 
 1 Year 1 M° & 
 
 6 Days 
 
BLOCK-ISLAND EPITAPHS. 29 
 
 In Memory of 
 
 Prudence y e Wife 
 
 of Samuel Champlin 
 
 died Jam*? y e 
 
 28 th 1 750/1 in y e 
 34. th year of her age 
 
3° 
 
 BLOCK-ISLAND EPITAPHS. 
 
 [Slate-stone."] 
 
 Abraham Son 
 
 of Jofeph & 
 
 Neomy Mitchell 
 
 died Nov r 9 th 
 
 1 75 1 Aged i Year 
 
 i M° & 27 Days 
 
BLOCK-ISLAND EPITAPHS. 31 
 
 [Slate-stone.'] 
 
 Elizabeth y e 
 
 Daughter of 
 
 Thomas & Judi 
 
 th Hubbart 
 
 died Nov r y e 
 
 13 l 7S l A g ed 
 3 Years 8 M° 
 
 & 1 7 Days 
 
 Thomas Hubbard was of Boston, and his wife Judith was 
 the eldest daughter of Capt. Simon Ray. 
 
BLOCK-ISLAND EPITAPHS. 
 
 [Slate-stone.] 
 
 In Memory 
 of John Mott 
 who died Aug ft 25 th 
 1753 in y e 53 d 
 Year of his Age 
 
 John Mott was admitted freeman in 1721. 
 
BLOCK-ISLAND EPITAPHS. 33 
 
 [Horizontal slate-stone slao.] 
 
 Beneath THIS STONE 
 Are depofited the Remains 
 of SIMON RAY Efquire 
 Who for many Years 
 Was one of the chief Magistrates of this Town 
 He filled the mod important Offices 
 With honor to Himfelf 
 And Advantage to his Country. 
 To fupprefs Vice and promote Virtue 
 was the fixed Aim of his private Life 
 And public Authority 
 He was a Lover of Learning 
 Justice and Benevolence 
 A Friend to his Country and ever attentive 
 to the Interefts of this Ifland 
 He was a fincere Believer in our Saviour 
 And by a faithful Obedience to his Precepts 
 Truly adorned the Chriftian profefsion 
 He died on the 9 th March 1755 
 In the 85 th Year of his Age. 
 
 Simon Ray was born 9 April, 1672, on the Island, the only son of Simon 
 the first settler, by wife Mary. He had issue: Judith, b. Oct. 4, V*, 
 married Thomas Hubbard; Anna, b. Sept. .7, 1728, married Samuel Jtfard, 
 afterward Governor of Rhode Island; Catharine, b. July 10, 1731, married 
 William Greene, also a Governor of Rhode Island ; Phebe, b. Sept. 10, 1733. 
 married John Littlefield. 
 
 
34 BLOCK-ISLAND EPITAPHS. 
 
 [Slate-stone.] 
 
 In Memory of 
 Ann y e Wife of 
 Nathanael Lock 
 who died May 
 y e n th A.D. 1755 
 
BLOCK-ISLAND EPITAPHS. 
 
 35 
 
 [Slate-stone.'] 
 
 In Memory of 
 
 Ann Daughter of 
 
 Nehemiah & Mary 
 
 Dodge who died 
 
 July y e 29 1755 
 
 Aged 39 Years 
 
3 6 BLOCK-ISLAND EPITAPHS. 
 
 [Sandstone. ~\ 
 
 Here Lyth The Body of 
 
 Will" 1 Greffeth Borne Sep! 
 
 j 2 17 15 Drowned at Block 
 
 Island October 19 1755 
 
 Aged 40 Years 
 
BLOCK-ISLAND EPITAPHS. 
 
 37 
 
 \_Slatc-stone^\ 
 
 Matthia Son 
 
 of William & 
 
 Katharine Rock 
 
 died Nov! y e 4- th 
 
 1755 Aged 
 
 1 6 Years. 
 
3 8 BLOCK-ISLAND EPITAPHS. 
 
 \_Slate-sto?ie.~] 
 
 In Memory of 
 
 Samuel Rathbun 
 
 who died Janr? 24 th 
 
 1757 in y e 85 th 
 
 Year of his Age. 
 
 John Rathbone was one of the first company from Taunton 
 in 1661, and one of the first landholders. The list of freemen 
 of 1678 includes the names of John, Senior and Junior, Thomas, 
 and William. The Samuel above was probably a grandson 
 of the elder John, and was born 3 Aug., 1672. His wife, 
 Patience, died 3 Aug., 1747. 
 
BLOCK-ISLAND EPITAPHS. 39 
 
 [Slate-stone.'] 
 
 In Memory of 
 
 Abigail y e Wife of 
 
 Jonathan Mitchell 
 
 who died April 9 th 
 
 A.D. 1757 in y e 
 
 60 th Year of 
 
 her Age. 
 
 Jonathan Mitchell was admitted freeman in 1728. 
 
 James Mitchell is said by Livermore to have been freeman 
 in 1683. Thomas Mitchell was admitted in 1678, and was 
 probably the father of the Lieutenant and Captain of the same 
 name but of later date, and the ancestor of the Block Island 
 families. 
 
4 o BLOCK-ISLAND EPITAPHS. 
 
 [Slate-stone."] 
 
 Samuel George 
 
 Son of Jofeph & 
 
 Neomy Mitchell 
 
 died Nov r 10 th 
 
 1759 A S ed 3 
 Years 1 1 M° 5 
 
 Days 
 
BLOCK-ISLAND EPITAPHS. 41 
 
 [Slate-stotie.~\ 
 
 IN MEMORY of 
 
 Alice the Wife of 
 
 Ml Carder Hazard 
 
 who died Jan^ y e i st 
 
 1760 in y e 21 st Year 
 
 of Her Age. 
 
 She was a Kind Wife 
 
 A Tender Parent 
 And a worthy Friend. 
 
42 
 
 BLOCK-ISLAND EPITAPHS. 
 
 [Slate-stone^ 
 
 IN MEMORY OF 
 Hannah y e Wife of 
 
 Edward Sands Efq* 
 who died Janr? 18^ 
 
 A.D. 1760 in the 
 52 d Year of her Age. 
 
BLOCK-ISLAND EPITAPHS. 
 
 43 
 
 [Slate-stone.] 
 
 IN MEMORY of 
 
 MERCY wife of M[ 
 
 CALEB LITTLEFIELD 
 
 who died April y e 3 d A.D. 
 1 76 1 in y e 66 th Year of 
 her Age. 
 
 Caleb Littlcfiekl was made freeman in 1721. The name, 
 although common on the Island in later years, did not occur 
 until that date. 
 
44 BLOCK-ISLAND EPITAPHS. 
 
 ^Slate-stone.'] 
 
 IN MEMORY of 
 
 PHEBE y e youngeft Daughter 
 
 of SIMON RAY Efq! & Wife 
 
 of JOHN LITTLEFIELD 
 
 Efq! was born 27* Sep! 
 
 1733 & died April y e 30 th 
 
 1 76 1. 
 
BLOCK-ISLAND EPITAPHS. 
 
 45 
 
 [Slate-stone.] 
 
 IN MEMORY of 
 
 Elizabeth the Wife 
 
 of Ml John Sands 
 
 who died Aug" 3 1 ft 
 
 A.D. 1765 in y e 19 th • 
 
 Year of her Age 
 
 Stop Reader spend a mournful tear 
 Upon the Dull that slumbers Here 
 And while you Read the state of me 
 Think on the Glafs that runs for thee. 
 
4 6 BLOCK-ISLAND EPITAPHS. 
 
 [Slate-sto?ie.~] 
 
 In Memory 
 
 of Abigail 
 
 Wife of 
 
 Samuel Dunn 
 
 who died 
 
 July 17 th 177 1 
 
 in the 29 th 
 
 Year of 
 
 her Age. 
 
BLOCK-ISLAND EPITAPHS. 
 
 47 
 
 [Slate-stone."] 
 
 Sacred 
 
 to the Memory of 
 
 EDWARD SANDS Efq! 
 
 who died October 21 1 * 1778 
 
 Aged 66 Years 
 
 Having sustained several 
 
 Offices of public Trust 
 
 and discharged the 
 
 relative Duties of Life 
 
 with Credit to his Country 
 
 and Honour to himself 
 
4 8 BLOCK-ISLAND EPITAPHS. 
 
 [Slate-stone^ 
 
 In Memory 
 
 of 
 
 SIMON RAY LITTLEFIELD 
 
 Ef q y 
 
 who departed this Life 
 
 March 3 i ft 1780 
 
 in the 29 th Year of his 
 Age. 
 
BLOCK-ISLAND EPITAPHS. 49 
 
 [Sandstone.] 
 
 This Stone is Erected 
 
 by the Affectionate 
 
 and Afflicted parents 
 
 of Samuel Grumait 2 
 
 of Norwalk in Connec 
 
 ticut who was drowned 
 
 June 14 1 79 1 near 
 
 Crab-Meadow Long 
 
 Ifland in the 27 th year 
 
 of his age 
 
5 o BLOCK-ISLAND EPITAPHS. 
 
 \_Slate-stone.'] 
 
 In Memory of 
 
 Hannah wife of Ml 
 
 JAMES ROSE 
 
 who departed this Life 
 
 december i st 1791 in the 
 
 60 th year of her Age 
 
 She was a kind wife, a tender 
 Parent and beloved by all her 
 A c quaintance. 
 
BLOCK-ISLAND EPITAPHS. 51 
 
 [Slate-stone.] 
 
 In Memory of 
 
 Samuel Beckwith Mitchell 
 
 Son of Dickens & Sarah 
 
 Mitchell, died June 2i ft 1794 
 
 in the 8 th year of his Age. 
 
 This lovely youth to death bowed 
 
 down 
 While friend and parents round him 
 
 mourn. 
 
52 BLOCK-ISLAND EPITAPHS. 
 
 [I>row7i-stone.~] 
 
 In MEMORY of 
 Mrs. MARY BRIGGS 
 
 the Virtuous Confort of 
 Mr. NATHANIEL BRIGGS 
 
 fhe died March 7 th 1795 
 aged 25 years 
 
 A Lady highly refpected for 
 
 her domeftic virtues and for 
 
 her exemplary piety — but ! 
 
 How lov'd how valued once avails thee not 
 
 To whom related or by whom begot. 
 
BLOCK-ISLAND EPITAPHS. 
 
 53 
 
 [Slate-stone, "\ 
 
 In Memory of 
 
 JOHN LITTLEFIELD 
 
 Efq! 
 who died June 13 th 1796 
 
 aged 79 years 3 M° & 13 days. 
 
 John Littlefield was a son of Caleb and Mercy of Block 
 Island. He was admitted freeman in 1738, was Representa- 
 tive in 1747, and for many following years. 
 
54 BLOCK-ISLAND EPITAPHS. 
 
 [Brown-stone.] 
 
 In Memory of 
 
 Mr. Edward Ball 
 
 who died June 17 th 1796 
 
 in the 70* year of his age 
 
 A kind hufband tender Father 
 
 affectionate friend and well 
 beloved by all his acquaintance 
 
 As you pafs by pray cafl an eye 
 As you are now fo once was I 
 As I am now fo mufi you be 
 Prepare for death and follow me. 
 
 One Edward Ball was on the freeman list of 1684, but he 
 Was probably a resident as early as 1678. He is supposed to 
 have been the ancestor of all the later individuals of the name 
 On the island. 
 
BLOCK-ISLAND EPITAPHS. 55 
 
 [Brow?i-stone!\ 
 
 In memory of 
 Mr. Daniel Mott 
 
 who departed 
 this life June 14 th 
 1798 in the 57 th 
 
 year of his age 
 
 He was a kind and loving 
 husband and tender 
 parent. 
 
 Lore 
 
56 BLOCK-ISLAND EPITAPHS. 
 
 [Slate-stone.'] 
 
 In memory of 
 M r . TORMETT ROSE, 
 
 who died June i st 
 
 1803, 
 
 in the 73 d year 
 
 of his age. 
 
 The original settler spelled his name Thormut or Tormot. 
 He was one of the first company from Taunton in 1661, and 
 was assigned land there in the first division. He was early 
 a Town Officer, was made freeman in 1664, and was living 
 certainly as late as 1684. The same Christian name has been 
 perpetuated in the family under various spellings, until, accord- 
 ing to Livermore, it has assumed the form of Tho?nas. 
 
 William Rose was the captain of the vessel that brought 
 the first company to the island, but it does not appear that 
 he remained. 
 
BLOCK-ISLAND EPITAPHS. 57 
 
 \Slatestone.~\ 
 
 In 
 
 Memory of 
 
 Janette Sherry 
 
 Daughter of 
 
 Burton & Huldey Briggs 
 
 who died May 2 nd 1804. 
 
 aged 2 month & 9 days 
 
5 8 BLOCK-ISLAND EPITAPHS. 
 
 \_Slate-sto?ie.~\ 
 
 SACRED 
 
 to 
 
 the Memory 
 
 of 
 
 PHEBE 
 
 amiable confort of 
 
 Mr. TREADWELL SANDS 
 
 who died 
 
 March 27 th A.D. 1805 
 
 in the 39 th year of 
 
 her age. 
 
INDEXES. 
 
INDEX OF EPITAPHS. 
 
 Year Page 
 
 BALL, EDWARD 1796 54 
 
 SARAH 1747 24 
 
 BRIGGS, JANETTE-SHERRY .... 1804 57 
 
 MARY 1795 52 
 
 CHAMPLIN, AMOUS 1750 27 
 
 PRUDENCE 1751 29 
 
 DICKENS, SARAH I733 Q 
 
 THOMAS i 7I s 7 
 
 DODGE, ANN I?55 35 
 
 DARKIS I737 I5 
 
 JOSHUA I?4 3 2S 
 
 TRUSTRUM I733 I0 
 
 WILLIAM I739 l8 
 
 DUN, WILLIAM iy2 i s 
 
 DUNN, ABIGAIL I7?I 4 g 
 
 ELIZABETH i 74I 22 
 
 NATHANIEL i 73S I3 
 
 GREFFETH, WILL" i 7S5 3 6 
 
 GRUMAN, SAMUEL i 79I 49 
 
 GUTRY, MARGRET 1687 4 
 
62 INDEX OF EPITAPHS. 
 
 Year Pagb 
 
 HAZARD, ALICE 1760 41 
 
 HUBBART, ELIZABETH 1751 31 
 
 LITTLEFIELD, JOHN 1796 53 
 
 MERCY 1761 43 
 
 PHEBE 1761 44 
 
 SIMON-RAY .... 1780 48 
 
 LOCK, ANN 1755 34 
 
 DOROTHY 1749 26 
 
 DOROTHY 1750 28 
 
 MITCHEL, THOMAS 1741 21 
 
 MITCHELL, ABIGAIL 1757 39 
 
 ABRAHAM 1751 30 
 
 SAMUEL-BECKWITH . . 1794 S 1 
 
 SAMUEL-GEORGE . . . 1759 40 
 
 MOTT, DANIEL 179S 55 
 
 JOHN 1753 32 
 
 NATHANIEL 1733 " 
 
 RATHBUN, PATIENCE 1747 2 3 
 
 SAMUEL 1757 38 
 
 THOMAS 1733 I2 
 
 RAY, SIMON 1737 16 
 
 SIMON 1755 33 
 
 ROCK, MATTHIA 1755 37 
 
 ROSE, HANNAH 1791 5° 
 
 TORMETT 1803 56 
 
INDEX OF EPITAPHS. 63 
 
 Year Pace 
 
 SANDS, EDWARD 1708 6 
 
 EDWARD 1778 47 
 
 ELIZABETH 1765 45 
 
 HANNAH 1760 42 
 
 JAMES 1695 5 
 
 PHEBE 1S05 58 
 
 SHEFFIELD, JAMES 1736 14 
 
 TOSH, ACKURS 1739 20 
 
 REBECCA 1739 i 9 
 
 WILLIS, SARAH i 73 8 17 
 
general index. 
 
 Ball, Edward 
 
 
 
 Page 
 . 24, 54 
 
 John . . 
 Mary . 
 Peter . 
 
 
 
 
 . 24 
 . 24 
 . 24 
 
 Sarah . 
 Briggs, Burton 
 Huldah 
 
 
 
 
 . 24 
 
 • 57 
 
 • 57 
 
 Janette-S. . 
 Mary . . . 
 
 
 • 57 
 5 2 
 
 Nathaniel. 
 Champlin, Amos 
 
 
 
 52 
 
 27 
 
 Prudence 
 Samuel . 
 Dickens, Nathaniel 
 Sarah . . 
 
 
 2 
 2 
 
 7, 29 
 
 7.29 
 
 7 
 
 7,9 
 
 Thomas . 
 
 Dodge, Ann . . . 
 
 Dorcas . . 
 
 Ebenezer . 
 
 
 1 
 
 7,9 
 
 8,35 
 
 15 
 
 18 
 
 John . . . . 
 Joshua . . . 
 Lydia . . . 
 
 
 
 18 
 
 25 
 25 
 
 Mark . . . . 
 
 
 
 25 
 
 Mary . . . . 
 
 Xl IIKMIAH . . 
 
 Trustrum . . 
 
 ic 
 
 » I 
 
 35 
 
 35 
 
 5,i8 
 
 William 
 
 
 . 
 
 
 18 
 
 
 
 
 Page 
 
 Dunn, Abigail . . 
 
 
 . . 46 
 
 Elizabeth . 
 
 
 . 8, 22 
 
 Nathaniel . 
 
 
 5, 13, 22 
 
 Samuel . . 
 
 
 . 46 
 
 William . . 
 
 
 
 . 8 
 
 Goodrich .... 
 
 
 
 • 4 
 
 Greene, Catharine 
 
 
 
 • 33 
 
 William . 
 
 
 
 33 
 
 Greffeth, William 
 
 
 
 ■ 36 
 
 Gruman, Samuel . 
 
 
 
 49 
 
 Guthrig, Robert . 
 
 
 
 4 
 
 Gutry, Margaret . 
 
 
 
 4 
 
 Hazard, Alice . . 
 
 
 
 41 
 
 Carder 
 
 
 
 4i 
 
 Hubbard, Elizabeth 
 
 
 
 31 
 
 Judith . 
 
 
 3i,33 
 
 Thomas . 
 
 
 3*>33 
 
 Littlefield, Caleb 
 
 
 43,53 
 
 John . 
 
 3: 
 
 , 44, 53 
 
 Mercy 
 
 
 43,53 
 
 Phebe . 
 
 
 33,44 
 
 Simon-R/ 
 
 LY. 
 
 . 48 
 
 Livermore, (S. T.) . . 
 
 6 
 
 , 39, 56 
 
 Lock, Ann 
 
 26 
 
 , 28, 34 
 
 Dorothy . . . 
 
 
 26, 28 
 
 Nathaniel . . 
 
 26 
 
 *, 
 
 >, 34 
 
66 
 
 GENERAL INDEX. 
 
 Page 
 
 Pagb 
 
 Mitchell, Abigail .... 39 
 
 Rock, Matthia 37 
 
 Abraham 
 
 
 . . 30 
 
 Katharine 
 
 
 
 
 • 37 
 
 Dickens 
 
 
 • • 5i 
 
 William . 
 
 
 
 
 • 37 
 
 James 
 
 
 • • 39 
 
 Rose, Hannah . 
 
 
 
 
 • 50 
 
 • 50 
 . 56 
 . 56 
 
 Jonathan 
 Joseph . 
 
 
 • • 39 
 . 30.40 
 
 James . . 
 Tormett . 
 
 
 
 
 Naomi . 
 
 
 . 30,40 
 
 William . 
 
 
 
 
 Samuel-George . 40 
 
 
 
 
 
 Samuel-Beckwith « 
 
 Sands, Edward . 
 
 
 5»< 
 
 M 
 
 2,47 
 
 Sarah 
 Thomas 
 
 
 
 • • 5i 
 2i,39 
 
 Elizabeth 
 Hannah . 
 James . . 
 Job . . . 
 John . . 
 
 
 
 
 • 45 
 . 42 
 
 5.6 
 
 5 
 
 5.45 
 
 Mott, Daniel. . 
 
 
 
 ■ • 55 
 
 
 
 
 Edward . 
 
 
 
 . . 11 
 
 
 
 
 John . . 
 
 
 
 . 11,32 
 
 Mercy 
 
 
 
 
 5 
 
 58 
 
 Nathaniel 
 
 
 
 . 11 
 
 Phebe 
 
 
 
 
 Niles, Nathaniel 
 
 
 
 • 5 
 
 Samuel . 
 
 
 
 
 5 
 
 Sarah . . 
 
 
 
 • 5 
 
 Sarah . . 
 
 
 
 
 5.6 
 
 Rathbun, John . 
 
 
 
 12, 38 
 
 Treadwell 
 
 
 
 
 58 
 
 Patience 
 
 
 
 23.38 
 
 Sheffield, James 
 
 
 
 
 14 
 
 Samuel 
 
 
 
 23.38 
 
 Jeremia 
 
 El 
 
 
 
 14 
 
 Thomas 
 
 
 
 12,38 
 
 Mary 
 
 
 
 
 H 
 
 William 
 
 
 
 • 38 
 
 Thomas, Mary . . 
 
 
 
 
 16 
 
 Ray, Anna .... 
 
 
 
 • 33 
 
 Nathaniel 
 
 
 
 
 16 
 
 Catharine . 
 
 
 
 • 33 
 . 16 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Dorothy 
 
 
 
 Tosh, Ackurs. . . 
 
 
 
 1 
 
 9, 20 
 
 
 
 
 
 Daniel . . . 
 
 
 
 
 20 
 
 Judith . . 
 
 
 
 31.33 
 
 Rebecca . . 
 
 
 
 
 19 
 
 Mary .... 
 
 
 
 16,33 
 
 William . . 
 
 
 
 
 20 
 
 Phebe . . . 
 
 
 
 33. 44 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Simon . . 16, 
 
 3 1 
 
 3: 
 
 . 34, 44 
 
 Ward, Anna . . 
 
 
 
 
 33 
 
 Sybil . . . 
 
 
 
 . 16 
 
 Samuel . . 
 
 
 
 
 33 
 
 Raymond, Joshua 
 
 
 
 • 5 
 
 Willis, Henry . . 
 
 
 
 
 17 
 
 Mercy 
 
 
 
 • 5 
 
 Sarah . . 
 
 
 
 
 17 
 
SEP 8 1900