Located
100 ft south of coaster's harbor island - Hopkins Avenue 15 ft x
15 ft in fair condition with no enclosure; sign 50 burials
with 21 inscribed stones Information on missing stones is from G.H.
Richardson transcript of 1870. Coaster's Harbor is where the Naval War
College is located. Transcribed and entered by John Sterling, who found
four stones in 1995. Three stones found in 2006.
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| Rhoda, wife of Ephraim Drake, daughter of Jonathan died 1757 | Footstone for Rhoda Drake. Stone carved by Stevens | MRJLLINE? died 1769 |
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| Jonathan Nichols died 1764, son of Benjamin & Elizabeth | Footstone of Jonathan Nichols. Carved by Stevens | Footstone of Edward Smith, died 1786 (no headstone) |
Images provided by Barbara Austin and Letty Champion 2006
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