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By G.W.Bartlett, July 26, 2026
Colonel Benjamin Church Marker
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1 ► Rhode Island, Newport County, Little Compton — Colonel Benjamin Church —
On West Main Road (Rhode Island Route 77) south of Londonderry Lane, on the right when traveling south.
One hundred twenty-two rods west by north from this stone lived the famous Indian fighter Colonel Benjamin Church — — Map (db m307063) HM WM
2 ► Rhode Island, Bristol County, Bristol — In the Miery Swamp — King Philip Fell —
Near Tower Street (at milepost 0.7), 0.2 miles south of Tower Street.
In the 'Miery Swamp,' 100 feet W.S.W. from this spring, according to tradition, King Philip fell, August 12, 1676, O.S. — — Map (db m307142) HM
3 ► Massachusetts, Suffolk County, Boston, Roxbury — John Eliot Square — Roxbury, Massachusetts —
On Roxbury Street at John Eliot Square, on the right when traveling east on Roxbury Street.
On this hill the Puritans in Roxbury built their first meetinghouse in 1632. The hill was named in 1848 for Reverend John Eliot (1604-1690), the second minister of the First Church in Roxbury. Eliot, known as the ‘Apostle to the Indians’, with the . . . — — Map (db m295839) HM
4 ► Massachusetts, Bristol County, New Bedford — Preserving Whaling's Legacy — The New Bedford Whaling Museum —
On Johnny Cake Hill south of Williams Street, on the left when traveling south.
In 1915, in the waning light of whaling's final decade, Emily Howland Bourne financed the construction of a museum building to honor her whaling merchant father, Jonathan Bourne, Jr. This marked the first steadfast effort to preserve New . . . — — Map (db m86657) HM
5 ► Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Lakeville — In Memory of Ben Simon —
Near Rhode Island Road (Massachusetts Route 79) south of Lebanon Blvd., on the right when traveling south.
In memory of Ben Simon the last male of the Native Indians of Middleboro. He was a Revolutionary Soldier and died in May 1831 aged 80 years. — — Map (db m303327) HM WM
 
 
 
 
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Nov. 11, 2026