Thanks to contributor Carol Tilson: "Dates from Rhode Island Historical Cemeteries Transcription Project Index which shows
David, two wives and a son among those first buried in David Blackmar Lot, Scituate, but removed to Rockland [in early 1920s when Scituate Reservoir built].
BLACKMAR, DAVID 1730c - 27 SEP 1787 SC167
BLACKMAR, JAMES 1765c - 8 MAR 1817 SC167
BLACKMAR, LYDIA 1743c - 11 JUN 1769 SC167
BLACKMAR, SARAH 1729c - 21 JUN 1820 SC167
SC167 = DAVID BLACKMAR LOT, SCITUATE [REMOVED TO ROCKLAND CEMETERY]"
In actual Blackmar/Yeaw cemetery lot: Lydia's stone is in center. Her husband David Yeaw is stone directly behind hers. Her father David Blackmar is to her right, her mother Sarah is to her left, and her son Robert is to the left of Sarah. Stones are deteriorating and almost impossible to read in 1990.
Thanks to contributor Carol Tilson: "Dates from Rhode Island Historical Cemeteries Transcription Project Index which shows
David, two wives and a son among those first buried in David Blackmar Lot, Scituate, but removed to Rockland [in early 1920s when Scituate Reservoir built].
BLACKMAR, DAVID 1730c - 27 SEP 1787 SC167
BLACKMAR, JAMES 1765c - 8 MAR 1817 SC167
BLACKMAR, LYDIA 1743c - 11 JUN 1769 SC167
BLACKMAR, SARAH 1729c - 21 JUN 1820 SC167
SC167 = DAVID BLACKMAR LOT, SCITUATE [REMOVED TO ROCKLAND CEMETERY]"
In actual Blackmar/Yeaw cemetery lot: Lydia's stone is in center. Her husband David Yeaw is stone directly behind hers. Her father David Blackmar is to her right, her mother Sarah is to her left, and her son Robert is to the left of Sarah. Stones are deteriorating and almost impossible to read in 1990.
Inscription
Burial was originally in Scituate Cemetery, but moved to Rockland when the Providence Reservoir was built.
Gravesite Details
Lydia and husband David Yeaw are buried directly behind Lydia's parents the Blackmars
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