Gravestone of the Day: William Coddington

William Coddington, 1688, North Baptist Burial Ground, Newport, RI

HERE LYETH BVRYED

Ye BODY OF WILLIAM

CODDINGTON IVN AGED

37 YEARS DEPARTED

THIS LIFE Ye 4 DAY

OF FEBRVARY

1688

Here is an early Boston-area stone in Newport.