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| Ebenezer Knight Dexter, born in Providence April 26, 1773,
died August 10, 1824.
By his last will he bequeathed a large and valuable estate to his native town in perpetual trust for the benefit of the unfortunate poor. Of this munificence the Dexter Asylum and the Dexter donation fund are the enduring memorials. In grateful commemoration of this most useful benefaction the city of Providence has erected this monument on the spot to which his remains have been removed. |
Waitstill Dexter, wife of Ebenezer Knight Dexter
born June 27, 1776, died May 13, 1819 their only daughter Mary Dexter, died March 10, 1901, aged 5 months and 10 days |
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| children of Knight and Phebe Dexter
Anne, born 1761, died 1788 Susannah, born and died 1763 Phebe, born and died 1765 Stephen, born 1768, died 1769 Mehitabel, born 1771, died 1795 Eenezer Knight Dexter, born 1773, died 1824 Abigail, wife of Nathaniel Rossiter, born 1795, died 1826?? |
Stephen Dexter, born in 1703, died in 1741
Col. Knight Dexter, son of Stephen and Mehitabel Dexter, born July 10, 1734, died Feb. 8, 1814 Anne, wife of Col. Knight Dexter, born July 18, 1734, died Feb. 4, 1759 Phebe, 2d wife of Col. Knight Dexter, born Nov. 4, 1735, died June 25, 1813?? (or 1818) |
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