Newport County Cemeteries

Cemetery Name

Latitude

Longitude

GNIS Map Designation or Actual Town (when known)

Description
(These all come from the Rhode Island Cemeteries Database. Visit
their site for more info!)

Abner Simmons Lot   Tiverton15 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.

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.

Source: #4 History of Newport County Rhode Island, 1888, Transcribed by Shauna Williams

 



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