Burial Markers
 

 In Colonial Newport, enslaved Africans were almost always referred to as “servants” rather than slaves. In either case, they were treated as chattel property to be bought or sold at the discretion of their Master or Mistress.

Click here to learn about the "Last Colored Undertaker" of Newport and how he presided over 18th and 19th century burials in the Common Burial Ground.

Learn about a father and son's African name and indentity in the Flagg/Tikey family.

Below you will learn about just a sample of the burial markers and their namesakes. For more information regarding Newport' s African American history visit www.eyesofglory.com

 

  



Pompey Brenton
  Click on thumbnails to learn more about African and African American markers.

"A. B."

Thomas (Aubrey)

Cato (Almy/Cook)

Amy/Cudjo


Prince Amy

Frankey & Judey (Banner)


Moll Barker


Mary Ann & Margaret Benson

Adam (Bowler)

Jenny Brenton

Ann Brinley

Cato Brinley


Asher Brown


Hercules Brown

Quamino Brown


Cambridge Bull


Millie & Katherine Bull

Peg (Bull)

Hector (Butcher)

Fortin Cahoone


Cuffe Carr

Ellik Carr

Nancy Carr

Tom Carr

Edward Collins


C

Cato Cranston

Jack Cranston

Margaret Cranston

Quash Dunber

Juda (Juba) Ellery

Judah Ellery

Nancy Flagg

Charles & Abraham Gardner

Silva Gardner

Cuffe Gibbs

Primus Gibbs

Newport Greene



Violet Hammond


Rosannah Hicks


Jem Howard


Sarah Jacob

Cudjo Lopez

Pompey Lyndon

Mingo Malbone


Bristol Marsh


Adam Miller

Dinah, wife of Neptune

Ann (Oliver)


Pero Overing


Duchess Quamino

Violet Quamino

Lucy (Read)


Diana Redwood

Newport Redwood


Bell (RI)

Margaret Rivera

Judith (Rivera)


Phillis Rivera

Phyllis (Rivera)

Curbay Rodman


Sarah Rodman

Pompey Rogers

Neptune Sisson


Elizabeth Stevens

Phillis Stevens


Violet Stevens


Pheobe, Amber, & Betsy Taylor

Mintus Thurston

Violet Thurston

Solomon Nuba Tikey

Juber Tillinghast

Dinah Tweedy

Prince Updike

Prince (Wainwood)

Dinah Wigneron

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