Captain Rufus Jenckes Lot
Also known as Rhode Island Historical Cemetery Lincoln #40
Lincoln, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA
Rhode Island Historical Cemetery, Lincoln #40
Location: 1000 ft south of Jencks Hill Rd. at telephone pole #18. Lot could best be entered by driving to the extreme end on the Davies Vocational School drive and walking toward the radio antennae located at the extreme southwest corner of a field. a path leading to the lot is on your right about 200 feet.
21 burials with 7 inscriptions from 1795 to 1875
40ft x 40ft enclosed with granite posts and iron rails
Surveyed by:
[1] James N Arnold [Vol 15 pp 8-9]: "On farm now owned by Charles Bradley formerly known as Rufus Jenckes Farm, quite a distance from the house, granite posts and iron rails."
[2] Emma B Shaw [1926 Arnold Vol. 15 pg 135]: "On Bradley farm, in field, south of mansion house."*
[3] Frank T Calef [#19 pp. 50-54. He has made the mistake of merging LN040 and LN051 in this transcript]"Back of the Bradley place in the pasture"
[4] Roger Beaudry [Feb 26, 1995]
*Note: "this yard south of the Mansion House, contains many other graves, marked by rough fieldstones, the enclosure is fenced in by a fence of iron rods held up by granite posts, but everything is in bad shape. Outside of this yard is a single grave, unmarked, but fenced in by iron rails. I was told that this was the grave of a female member of the family who made "a mistake" in morals."
This cemetery has been recorded but not checked.
Rhode Island Historical Cemetery, Lincoln #40
Location: 1000 ft south of Jencks Hill Rd. at telephone pole #18. Lot could best be entered by driving to the extreme end on the Davies Vocational School drive and walking toward the radio antennae located at the extreme southwest corner of a field. a path leading to the lot is on your right about 200 feet.
21 burials with 7 inscriptions from 1795 to 1875
40ft x 40ft enclosed with granite posts and iron rails
Surveyed by:
[1] James N Arnold [Vol 15 pp 8-9]: "On farm now owned by Charles Bradley formerly known as Rufus Jenckes Farm, quite a distance from the house, granite posts and iron rails."
[2] Emma B Shaw [1926 Arnold Vol. 15 pg 135]: "On Bradley farm, in field, south of mansion house."*
[3] Frank T Calef [#19 pp. 50-54. He has made the mistake of merging LN040 and LN051 in this transcript]"Back of the Bradley place in the pasture"
[4] Roger Beaudry [Feb 26, 1995]
*Note: "this yard south of the Mansion House, contains many other graves, marked by rough fieldstones, the enclosure is fenced in by a fence of iron rods held up by granite posts, but everything is in bad shape. Outside of this yard is a single grave, unmarked, but fenced in by iron rails. I was told that this was the grave of a female member of the family who made "a mistake" in morals."
This cemetery has been recorded but not checked.
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Lincoln, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA
- Total memorials19
- Percent photographed100%
- Percent with GPS0%
Lincoln, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA
- Total memorials11
- Percent photographed73%
- Percent with GPS0%
Lincoln, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA
- Total memorials13
- Percent photographed100%
- Percent with GPS15%
Lincoln, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA
- Total memorials4
- Percent photographed75%
- Percent with GPS75%
- Added: 4 Apr 2007
- Find a Grave Cemetery ID: 2212340
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