Bull Block House Lot
Also known as Rhode Island Historical Cemetery South Kingstown #104
South Kingstown, Washington County, Rhode Island, USA
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South Kingstown, Rhode Island 02879 United StatesCoordinates: 41.45925, -71.45817 - rihistoriccemeteries.org/newsearchcemeterydetail.aspx?ceme_no=SK104
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Owner: RI Historical Society
This cemetery is located 1175 west of Middlebridge Road just west of the bridge. Enter the driveway to house #164 Middlebridge Road and proceed west to the house of Anthony Colletta. the Jireh Bull site abuts Colletta's land. The site was heavily excavated in 1917. In 2003, it was boggy and heavily overgrown with thick brush, briars, and vines. The 7 fieldstone-marked graves are located northeast of the site of the Bull Block House on a knoll. The cemetery is thirty feet square, on a slight knoll, in good condition, with no enclosure and no historical cemetery sign. This property is owned by the Rhode Island Historical Society. In 1663, Jireh Bull purchased a twenty-acre house lot stretching up the hill from the Pettaquamscutt River which formed the eastern boundary. In 1668, he purchased five hundred acres from the Pettaquamscutt purchasers. Captain Waite Winthrop writing to his father, Governor John Winthrop of Connecticut, on July 9, 1675 describes the property as "... Large stone house with a good stone wall yard before it which is a kind of small fortyfycation to it." During King Phillip's War (1675-1676), the Native Americans attacked and burned the house and killed 15 of the 17 inhabitants. Jireh Bull was not killed in the massacre, but came back to live on the property after the war. It is not clear whether the cemetery contains the remains of these 15 people or if it is simply the family burial ground for the Bull family. Found, registered, and recorded by John Sterling & James Wheaton for a 2004 book on South Kingstown cemeteries.
SK104
Owner: RI Historical Society
This cemetery is located 1175 west of Middlebridge Road just west of the bridge. Enter the driveway to house #164 Middlebridge Road and proceed west to the house of Anthony Colletta. the Jireh Bull site abuts Colletta's land. The site was heavily excavated in 1917. In 2003, it was boggy and heavily overgrown with thick brush, briars, and vines. The 7 fieldstone-marked graves are located northeast of the site of the Bull Block House on a knoll. The cemetery is thirty feet square, on a slight knoll, in good condition, with no enclosure and no historical cemetery sign. This property is owned by the Rhode Island Historical Society. In 1663, Jireh Bull purchased a twenty-acre house lot stretching up the hill from the Pettaquamscutt River which formed the eastern boundary. In 1668, he purchased five hundred acres from the Pettaquamscutt purchasers. Captain Waite Winthrop writing to his father, Governor John Winthrop of Connecticut, on July 9, 1675 describes the property as "... Large stone house with a good stone wall yard before it which is a kind of small fortyfycation to it." During King Phillip's War (1675-1676), the Native Americans attacked and burned the house and killed 15 of the 17 inhabitants. Jireh Bull was not killed in the massacre, but came back to live on the property after the war. It is not clear whether the cemetery contains the remains of these 15 people or if it is simply the family burial ground for the Bull family. Found, registered, and recorded by John Sterling & James Wheaton for a 2004 book on South Kingstown cemeteries.
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- Added: 13 Apr 2019
- Find a Grave Cemetery ID: 2683330
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