Newman & Pawtucket Avenue
East Providence 02914
One of the oldest in the state, the Newman Cemetery was established in 1643, when the area was part of Rehoboth, Massachusetts. It is located at the southwest corner of Newman and Pawtucket Avenues, adjacent to the Newman Congregational Church. Its first recorded burial is in 1658, and it remained in use well into the 19th century. [Wikipedia]
The burial ground is mostly intact after nearly three and a half centuries. Since the burial of William Carpenter in 1658– the first recorded interment here- -it has been continuously used by the community and serves as the resting place for many locally prominent citizens. Here are -the graves of the Reverend Samuel Newman, founder of Rehoboth and first pastor of Newman Congregational Church, and of other early Rehoboth settlers, the only extant sites associated with these individuals and their lives. A remarkable number of grave markers from the ,l6OOs survive at Newman Cemetery.