Capt. Benoni Pearce

Burial of Benoni Pearce. Burial - Silver Lake Cemetery, near Silver Lake on a hill between Grand Trunk R.R. and

Plainfield Street, opposite Neutakonicut Hill, just as you turn to go south. (Note: This cemetery is listed as the Brown-Pierce Lot, Historical Cemetery No. PVo34, in Rhode Island. There are 50 burials with 32 inscriptions. (Note: This cemetery was in the city of Johnston until 1898, now it is the city of Providence.

Persons named in Benoni"s will, dated April 13, 1807, and proved proved Jan 31, 1820:

Cyrus Pearce Tillinghast grandson; Cyrus Stark, grandson;

Henry Stark, legacy intended for him given to his brother, William Pearce Stark; Ruth (Tweedy) Pearce - wife; John Hancock Pearce - son; Mehitable Walker Pearce granddaughter; Cornelia Pearce - Granddaughter, daughter of Daniel Pearce; Benjamin Dyer, Jr - Grandson; Benoni Pearce - Grandson, son of Daniel Pearce; Paris Pearce - Grandson, son of Daniel Pearce; Paris Jenckes Tillinghast - Son-in-law; and Lydia Mann Pearce - Daughter

Grave of Benoni Pearce:

A person made the following record of Benoni's grave on Oct 26, 1890:

"In lot at head of Pocasset Pond on knoll which no doubt will be in a few more years removed, we find a burial lot utterly unprotected and badly neglected. dark stone urn earthed In Memory of Benoni Pearce, Esq Who departed this life Oct 31, 1819 In the 89th Year of his Age".

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Military Service • 1812-1815 United States

• Military_service: New York, United States - 13 Sep 1776
• Military_service: United States - 1812-1815
• Residence: Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States - 1730
• Residence: Pawling, Dutchess, New York, United States - 1790
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