Rebecca THOMPSON

Rebecca THOMPSON
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Front Row, Right Side [Grave #6] Photo # 3015

Rebecca THOMPSON, first wife of Capt. Benjamin BURROWS, Sr. was born in Westerly, Rhode Island and died in Groton, CT

Transcription:
Rebecca THOMPSON, / wife of / Capt. Benjamin BURROWS / BORN / June 14, 1787 / DIED / Nov. 23, 1842.

"Therefore be ye also ready for in such an hour as you think not the Son of man cometh"

Benjamin and Rebecca were married 17 Mar 1808 and had thirteen children.

There is no vital record for Westerly, RI which matches this person with this birth date.

Thompson Monument

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Sometimes when you are out gravestone hunting, you are stopped DEAD in your tracks by an unusual monument. I am quite purposeful when I am searching for a particular grave. My husband says I am on a mission. [This is at River Bend Cemetery in Westerly, RI]

Well, why is this monument so odd? It has only one word on it. It looked "unfinished". What is the purpose of the circular flat top?

Well, that's Tombstone Tuesday for you, isn't it?

Henry Mallory Clift

Henry Mallory Clift
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Henry Mallory Clift and his wife Annetta Thompson and one of their children, Frances B. Clift, and their birth and death dates are listed on this memorial gravestone at Elm Grove Cemetery in Mystic, CT.

Henry Mallory Clift was a son of Horace Hatch Clift and his wife Frances Eleanor Burrows, who are buried nearby. Henry, Annetta and their young daughter also have small headstones in front of this large Clift Monument.

Linda Woody, a fellow genealogist, asked me to find this gravestone for her and has helped me with the research. The first and most interesting fact about this family is that they SHOULD be buried in Iowa. I was convinced that I would not find them here in CT. Henry was born in Groton but moved to Iowa by the time he was 33 and married Annetta there. Their little girl Frances died there and all three of them were sent back East to be buried with the Clift family here. Think what this might cost today!

Henry and Annetta had a son Chester who lived in Iowa, South Dakota, Idaho and California. Who says New England families never go anywhere?

Bathsheba ELDREDGE

Bathsheba ELDREDGE
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Bathsheba ELDREDGE, daughter of Daniel ELDREDGE and Abigail FISH was baptized 19 May 1728 in Groton, New London, CT. She married James THOMPSON on 17 April 1754 in Stonington, New London, CT. Bathseba died in her 24th year on 15 or 16 May 1756.

She is buried in the Old Packer/Burrows Cemetery in Groton, CT

This stone is so worn that it is nearly impossible to read clearly.

Hale Records for this cemetery read:
Thompson, Barsheba, wife of James, died May 15, 1752 age 24.