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From GSNJ 5:87
Transcribed from original stone
Cemetery was called Somers Cemetery, Somers Point
Located on the Public School Grounds
"Col. Richard, d. Oct 22, 1794, in 57th year."∼Son of Richard Somers (1693-1760) and Judith Letart. He was the 6th of 10 children born to the couple. He married Sophia Stillwell in 1761. He was left a great deal of land around Somers Point, New Jersey by his father, including: "all the land and marsh that lies adjoining to James Steelman's land" which was over 400 acres and one half of his father's ownership of Peck's Beach (later known as Ocean City, New Jersey). (One of his children, the Master Commandant Richard Somers USN (1778-1804) died heroically at Tripoli in 1804 (See Find A Grave Memorial 73309051)
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From GSNJ 5:87
Transcribed from original stone
Cemetery was called Somers Cemetery, Somers Point
Located on the Public School Grounds
"Col. Richard, d. Oct 22, 1794, in 57th year."∼Son of Richard Somers (1693-1760) and Judith Letart. He was the 6th of 10 children born to the couple. He married Sophia Stillwell in 1761. He was left a great deal of land around Somers Point, New Jersey by his father, including: "all the land and marsh that lies adjoining to James Steelman's land" which was over 400 acres and one half of his father's ownership of Peck's Beach (later known as Ocean City, New Jersey). (One of his children, the Master Commandant Richard Somers USN (1778-1804) died heroically at Tripoli in 1804 (See Find A Grave Memorial 73309051)
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