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*** Be sure to check out our CEMETERY CLEAN-UPS and ADOPT-A-CEMETERY pages for more details!
West Greenwich Cemeteries are catalogued through the Rhode Island Historical Preservation and Heritage Commission's Rhode Island Historical Cemeteries Database found along with many related resources at https://rihistoriccemeteries.org/webdatabase.aspx
Upcoming Events: Please share photos of your participation on social media #WGPHC
Cemetery Cleanups beginning March 2026
Rhode Island Cemetery Preservation and Awareness Weeks - April/May 2026
Memorial Day flagging of veteran's stones - May 23, 2026 - meet at WG Town Hall at 9 am.
Thanks so much to Bob and Charlene Butler for all of their commitment and hard work documenting and preserving West Greenwich's historic cemetery heritage over the last 25+ years. They laid a strong foundation for the work that is to come by the WG Preservation and Heritage Commission and we are so grateful for all that they have done!
West Greenwich Cemetery Notables: Pasco Whitford
Recently, the West Greenwich Preservation and Heritage Committee helped preserve the oldest marked gravestone in the town, which was at risk of being overtaken by a tree.
The stone belongs to Pasco Whitford, who was born in 1640 in Truro, Cornwall, England. His parents were Peleg and Russela Whitford, both around 40 years old at the time of his birth.
Pasco later moved to Rhode Island and married Mary Hardnell Stanton in 1668 in Kingston, Rhode Island. Together, they had two children: Nicholas and Pasco
Pasco Whitford died in 1690 in Greenwich, Rhode Island, at the age of 50, and was buried in West Greenwich, where his historic gravestone remains today.
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