Little Neck Cemetery - East Providence, RI

Tucked away in a quiet, residential section of East Providence, Little Neck Cemetery appears to be just another one of this old semi-neglected, overgrown cemeteries we see dotted everywhere in New England, full of people long gone and mostly long forgotten.



But even though finding your way to Little Neck requires jigging and jogging and avoiding one dead end street after another, it's worth the effort. Located on a pretty slip of land rising up and overlooking the head of Bullock Cove, Little Neck is also on the National Register of Historic Places.





Founded in 1655 the cemetery is the final resting place of Elizabeth Howland, passenger on the Mayflower and one of the original settlers of Plymouth Colony. Early settlers of New England abound: Vialls, Bullocks and Browns are buried there as is Thomas Willett, the first English mayor of New York City. The graves are well tended and the cemetery is nicely maintained.







There's a wonderful web site that provides a wealth of information on the burials at Little Neck: http://freepages.history.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~timbaloo/LittleNeck/pages/p1.htm