The Common Burying Ground and Island Cemetery are a pair of separate cemeteries on Farewell and Warner Street in Newport, Rhode Island. Together they contain over 5,000 graves, including a colonial-er
Common Burying Ground Newport
God's Little Acre
Original grave slab for Governor John Cranston on left, and newer slab for both him and his son, Governor Samuel Cranston, on right
Table marker for Governor Samuel Ward on left; brick vault for his father, Governor Richard Ward, on right
William Ellery
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William Ellery was a Founding Father of the United States, one of the 56 signers of the United States Declaration of Independence, and a signer of the Articles of Confederation as a representative of
Common Burying Ground and Island Cemetery
…William Ellery Sr. - Colonial Deputy Governor of Rhode Island. William Ellery – Signer of the Declaration of Independence. James Franklin – Printer and brother of Benjamin Franklin…
Engraving of Ellery by Henry Bryan Hall
Ellery's tomb at Common Burying Ground and Island Cemetery in Newport
William Ellery's grave inscription
Site of Ellery's house in Newport on Thames Street near his burial site