Newport
County Cemeteries
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Cemetery Name |
Latitude |
Longitude |
GNIS Map Designation or Actual Town (when known) |
Description
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| Abner Simmons Lot | Tiverton | 15 ft CRANDALL RD at TEL pole # 1780 - 12 burials | ||
| Almy Lot | Tiverton | 200 ft PUNKCATEST ROAD at TEL pole # 1469. 1/2 mile in on Punkcatest Road 200 feet in back of house. 14 burials | ||
| Arnold Burying Ground | 412909N | 0711843W | Newport | |
| Benjamin Hambly Lot | Tiverton | north of SOUZA ROAD at TEL pole # 7 - 56 burials | ||
| Benjamin Manchester Lot | Tiverton | 40 ft south of KING ROAD at TEL pole # 2859 - 10 burials | ||
| Benjamin Peckham Cemetery | Tiverton | 50 ft west of STONE CHURCH ROAD at TEL pole # 57. 4 burials | ||
| Borden Lot | Tiverton | 50 ft north of MATHEW ROAD at TEL pole # 2 - 14 burials | ||
| Braman Cemetery | 412947N | 0711900W | Newport | |
| Capt. Benjamin Cook Lot | Tiverton | 300 ft west of PUNCATEST RD at TEL pole # 1486 - 8 burials | ||
| Capt. Isaac Cook Lot | Tiverton | 500 ft east of SAKONNET POINT ROAD at TEL pole # 465 - 24 burials | ||
| Capt. Joseph Church Lot | Tiverton | 500 ft east of HIGHLAND ROAD at TEL pole # 6 - 42 burials | ||
| Capt. Nathaniel Briggs Lot | Tiverton | 300 ft west of NANNAQUAKEET ROAD at TEL pole # 302 - 35 burials | ||
| Capt. Thomas Osborn Lot | Tiverton | 750 ft east of MAIN RD at TEL pole # 128 - 47 burials | ||
| Cedar Cemetery | 413138N | 0712255W | Wickford | |
| Charles Durfee Lot | Tiverton | 20 ft south of BULGARMARSH ROAD at TEL pole # 21 - 9 burials | ||
| Christopher Manchester Lot | Tiverton | 1300 ft west of LAKE ROAD at TEL pole # 2432 - 5 burials | ||
| Clark Shaw Lot | Tiverton | 15 ft STAFFORD RD opposite TEL pole # 484 - 10 burials | ||
| Common Ground Cemetery | 412945N | 0711858W | Newport | |
| COL PARDON GRAY LOT | Tiverton | 15 ft east of SAKONNET POINT RD at TEL pole # 373. 17 burials | ||
| Col. Thomas Gray Lot | Tiverton | 1000 ft BRIDGEPORT RD at TEL pole # 4 - 10 burials | ||
| CONGREGATIONAL CEMETERY | Tiverton |
15
ft east of LAKE ROAD at TEL pole # 2126
Aka Lake Cemetery. 500 burials | ||
| Connell Lot | Tiverton | 200 ft west of CONNELL ROAD at TEL pole # 8. The cemetery is 250 feet north of the farmhouse at the second stone wall. 8 Burials | ||
| Constant Hart Lot | Tiverton | 15 ft east of CRANDALL ROAD at TEL pole # 1827 55 burials | ||
| Crawford Snell Cemetery | Tiverton | 100 ft east of LAKE ROAD at TEL pole # 2810 - 2 burials | ||
| Daniel Dwelly Lot | Tiverton | WINWOOD DRIVE at TEL pole # 5 - 28 burials | ||
| David Durfee Lot | Tiverton | 240 ft east of SAKONNET POINT RD at TEL pole # 295. 26 Burials | ||
| Edward Bailey Lot | Tiverton | 100 ft west of FISH ROAD at TEL pole # 3131 - 21 burials | ||
| Friends Cemetery | Tiverton | 15 ft west of MAIN ROAD at TEL pole # 1123 - 138 burials | ||
| Gabriel Hicks Lot | Tiverton | SAKONNET POINT RD at TEL pole # 432 - 15 burials | ||
| Gardners Grove Cemetery | Tiverton | 600 ft BRAYTON ROAD at TEL pole # 47. 10 burials | ||
| George Durfee | Tiverton | 1200 ft west of STAFFORD RD at TEL pole # 480 - 40 burials | ||
| George Seabury Lot | Tiverton | 400 ft east of SAKONNET ROAD at TEL pole # 4. 10 burials | ||
| Gideon Grinnell Lot | Tiverton | 400 ft north of BULGARMARSH at TEL pole # 57 - 76 burials | ||
| Governors Graveyard | 412934N | 0711852W | Newport | |
| Gray Lot | Tiverton | 300 ft east of SAKONNET POINT RD at TEL pole # 338. 8 burials | ||
| Hillside Cemetery | Tiverton | 15 ft west of SAKONNET POINT RD at TEL pole # 390 . opposite Amicable Congregational Church. 2000 burials | ||
| Howland Lot | Tiverton | 400 ft east of SAKONNET POINT RD at TEL pole # 227 - 3 burials | ||
| Ichabod Simmons Lot | Tiverton | 300 ft east of CRANDALL ROAD at TEL pole # 1793 - 6 burials (stones removed) | ||
| Isaac Sherman Lot | Tiverton | 50 ft east of FISH ROAD at TEL pole # 37 - 11 burials | ||
| Island Cemetery | 412950N | 0711853W | Newport | |
| Jamestown Town Cemetery | 412947N | 0712227W | Newport | |
| John Almy Lot | Tiverton | 15 ft south of FOGLAND ROAD at TEL pole # 1955. 17 burials | ||
| John Brown Lot | Tiverton | 250 ft south of LAFAYETTE ROAD at TEL pole # 330 - 6 burials | ||
| John Carr Lot | Tiverton | 15 ft east of CRANDALL ROAD at TEL pole # 1862 - 14 burials | ||
| John Grinnell Lot | Tiverton | 15 ft west of STONE CHURCH ROAD at TEL pole # 45 8 burials | ||
| Joseph Rounds Lot | Tiverton | 2600 ft north of KING ROAD at TEL pole # 2855. enter field at Wilkey Dairy Farm opposite 330 King Road and walk 1/2 mile north on line with tele pole #2855. - 40 burials | ||
| King Cemetery | Tiverton | 1000 ft south of KING ROAD at TEL pole # 2845. 81 burials | ||
| Lake Cemetery | Tiverton | 150 ft west of LAKE ROAD at TEL pole # 2770 - 14 burials | ||
| Lyman Lot | Tiverton | 5800
ft east of STAFFORD RD - 2 burials aka "Slave's Lot" | ||
| Middletown Cemetery | 413122N | 0711628W | Prudence Island | |
| Moses Hunt Lot | Tiverton | 200 ft west of FISH RD - 12 burials | ||
| Mosher Manchester Lot | Tiverton | west of STAFFORD ROAD at TEL pole # 498 - 11 burials | ||
| Nathaniel Shaw Lot | Tiverton | 25 ft east of CRANDALL ROAD AT NARROW AVE. at TEL pole # 1765 - 9 Burials | ||
| Newport Memorial Park | 413025N | 0711443W | Tiverton | |
| Old Burying Ground | 413033N | 0711019W | Tiverton | |
| Old Friends Burial Ground | 413133N | 0712301W | Wickford | |
| Old Lake Cemetery | Tiverton | 15 ft FUREY AVE. at TEL pole # 1.5 - 47 Burials | ||
| Our Lady of Fatima Cemetery | ||||
| Phillip Cory Lot | Tiverton | 200 ft west of SAKONNET POINT RD at TEL pole # 432 - 19 burials | ||
| Philip Gray Lot | Tiverton | east of SAKONNET POINT RD | ||
| Pindar Seabury Lot | Tiverton | 400 ft east of OLD RD at TEL pole # 3 - 6 burials | ||
| Pleasant View Cemetery | Tiverton | west of OLD STONE CHURCH ROAD - 2500 burials | ||
| Pocasset Hill Cemetery | 413919N | 0711132W | Tiverton | 25 ft east of MAIN ST - ROUTE #138 at TEL pole # 72. opposite Pleasant Ave |
| Portsmouth Friends Cemetery | 413526N | 0711515W | Prudence Island | |
| Saint Columbas Cemetery | 413246N | 0711820W | Prudence Island | |
| Saint Marys Cemetery | 412950N | 0711845W | Newport | |
| Samuel Almy Lot | Tiverton | 225
ft west of SAPOWET RD at TEL pole # 2987 - 9 burials No gravestones | ||
| Samuel Negus Lot | Tiverton | 15 ft south of BULGARMARSH ROAD at TEL pole # 27 - 10 Burials | ||
| Sherman Arnold Lot | Tiverton | NORTH RD - 24 burials | ||
| Sherman Lot | Tiverton | 200 ft east of FISH ROAD at TEL pole # 33 - 8 burials | ||
| Simmons Lot | Tiverton | 15 ft CRANDALL RD at TEL pole # 1757 14 burials | ||
| Soule Lot | Tiverton | east of SAKONNET POINT ROAD-TIVERTON FOUR CORNERS - 4 Burials (stones removed) | ||
| Stephen Stafford Lot | Tiverton | 100 ft EAGLEVILLE RD at TEL pole # 39 - 7 burials | ||
| Stone Church Cemetery | Tiverton | 15
ft west of STONE CHURCH ROAD at TEL pole # 1 aside the First Baptist Church - 15 Burials | ||
| The Jewish Cemetery | 412918N | 0711834W | Newport | |
| Thomas Durfee Lot | Tiverton | 250 ft east of HIGHLAND ROAD at TEL pole # 36 - 20 burials | ||
| Town Cemetery | Tiverton | west of HIGHLAND ST AT CORNER LAWTON AVE at TEL pole # 388 - 35 burials | ||
| Trinity Churchyard | 412915N | 0711847W | Newport | |
| Union Cemetery | 413031N | 0711021W | Tiverton | |
| Unknown Cemetery | Tiverton | 50 ft south of KING ST - 10 burials | ||
| Unknown Cemetery | Tiverton | 500 ft north of SEAPOWET ROAD - 3 burials | ||
| Unknown Cemetery | Tiverton | 200 ft east of LAKE ROAD at TEL pole # 2766 - 38 burials | ||
| Unknown Cemetery | Tiverton | 600 ft south of CORY LANE at TEL pole # 3374 - 9 burials | ||
| Unknown Cemetery | Tiverton | south of CORY LANE | ||
| Unknown Cemetery | Tiverton | 15 ft CRANDALL RD at TEL pole # 1769 - 15 burials | ||
| Wilcox Lot | Tiverton | 300 ft west of NECK ROAD-TIVERTON FOUR CORNERS at TEL pole # 124 - 14 Burials | ||
| William Almy Lot | Tiverton | 700 ft west of PUNKCATEST ROAD at TEL pole # 1507. enter the driveway at pole, drive 500 ft., walk through the field to the wooded area, enter at a pond 50 feet west of a pine grove 150 feet in - 27 Burials. | ||
| William Cook Lot | Tiverton | 500 ft east of SAKONNET POINT ROAD at TEL pole # 465 - 5 Burials | ||
| William Durfee Lot | Tiverton | east of STAFFORD RD at TEL pole # 480 - 8 burials | ||
| William Gray Lot | Tiverton | 300 ft south of SAKONNET POINT ROAD at TEL pole # 366 - 22 Burials | ||
| William Humphrey Lot | Tiverton | 15 ft west of NANNAQUAKET ROAD at TEL pole # 260. 29 Burials | ||
| Sources #1 - "Sons Utah Pioneers" - Card Index, 1847-50. Many them were followers Brigham Young. Submitted by Nancy Washell #2 - page 199-200 The records are copied from the STEWART family bible in possession the Misses Handy, Newport, R-I, and republished in "The Rhode Island Historical Magazine" edited by Henry Edward Turner, and Published by The Newport Historical Publishing Co., 1882. "It is understood that Matthew Stewart occupied the house corner Mary and Clarke sts , Newport, RI., known as the " Vernon house", in which the eldest child above mentioned was born" Transcribed here by K. Torp #3 - page 199-211 - "The Rhode Island Historical Magazine" edited by Henry Edward Turner, and Published by The Newport Historical Publishing Co., 1882. Transcribed here by K. Torp | ||||
 Located in different parts of the city
are several small family cemeteries. | ||||
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On Pelham street, now property of ex-Governor Vanzandt, is the family burial place of Governor Benedict Arnold, who died in 1678. Here are also buried member of the Pelham and Bannister families. | ||||
| On Frank street, on the estate of the late William A. Clarke, the tomb-stones erected to the memory of Governor Caleb Carr and his family are in good order and the inscriptions still legible. The governor died in 1695. | ||||
| On West Broadway is a little cemetery containing the graves of Doctor John Clarke, one of the founders of Newport and the first pastor of the First Baptist Church. H died in 1676. Here also rest the remains of Reverend John Callender and other pastors of this church. Callender died in 1748. | ||||
| On Coggeshall avenue is a little burial ground of about one acre, inclosed by a handsome stone wall, with an iron gate in the central front, over which is chiseled "Coggeshall, 1854." The interior is kept in perfect order, the stones free from stain. In the center is a granite obelisk bearing the following inscription: "To the memory of John Coggeshall, First President of the Colony, died Nov. 27, 1647, ?t. 57." The original stone bearing the same inscription is still preserved at the head of the grave. | ||||
| On Farewell street, near the First Baptist church, is the Coddington ground. Here are the graves of Governors Henry Bull, who died in 1693; Nicholas Easton, 1675; John Easton, 1705; and William Coddington, 1678-four of the original settlers of Newport. In this ground are buried many of the first inhabitants. | ||||
| The Easton cemetery on Anandale road, the Bliss ground on Everett street, and the Wilbor burial place on Bliss road, are in good order. | ||||
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Source: #4 History of Newport County Rhode Island, 1888, Transcribed by Shauna Williams | ||||
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