We have an historical cemetery in the back yard. It is incredibly overgrown with thorns and weeds to the point that you couldn’t even see one bit of it. There is a revolutionary war veteran buried there. Every year before Memorial Day a volunteer comes to put a flag on his grave. The town doesn’t take care of it. I figured I better clean it up so he could get in there. I mentioned it to my sister, and she and her 4 kids came to help clean it up. They brought my Grandfather who is a WWII vet. I still have a lot more cleanup to do, but you can finally get in there now. Here are some pics.

In Memory of DEACON EZEKIEL GAVIT who died Sept. 12, 1825. Aged 85 years.

In Memory of PHEBE, wife of Dea. Ezekiel Gavit, who died June 7 1836 in her 88th year.

In Memory of HANNAH GAVIT. Daughter of Ezekiel and Phebe Gavit, who died Feb 7 1826, age 57.

There are supposedly a total of 16 graves in the cemetery, but most aren’t marked. The Ezekiel Gavit with the flag on his grave is probably the 3rd . His grandfather owned an inn somewhere on this property that used to be used for town meetings in Westerly RI before they built an official town hall. I’m not sure if he is buried here or not. There are 2 other stones visibile that don’t seem to have any markings on them anymore:

My sister did some reasearch on the names, and is pretty sure that her husband’s family is related to the people in this cemetery!