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Lot Title none Location in Cemetery Section: a Lot: -- Grave: --
Date of death 0-0-1856	Date of birth 0-0-0	Age 0 yrs 0 mths 0 dys
Verse (Legibility: F - FAIR) Unspecified
Veteran Information No War Periods Served Veteran: No
Relatives Unspecified
Stone Shape U - IRREGULAR - FIELDSTONE	Stone Decoration N - NONE	Stone Condition G - GOOD
Stone Material F - FIELDSTONE	State of Stone U - OK - STANDING UPRIGHT
Other Information This is possibly the grave of Paul or Perry Wainer. The date 1856 is uncertain since the stone only bears the digits 56 which could also be an age at death. This cemetery is on land that was owned by the Wainers for generations. It is most likely these are the graves of the Wainers. They were Native Americans who were successful in farming, merchant trade, shipbuilding among other endeavors. Michael Wainer and his family were intermarried with the Captain Paul Cuffe family and were close business associates and served key roles in most of Cuffe's successful shipbuilding and merchant trade.

Cemetery

WAINER

Address

1489 Drift
Westport
Massachusetts
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Supplementary Information

5 Marked Stones in this Cemetery
27 Unmarked Stones (Fieldstones) in this Cemetery
? It is Unknown if this Cemetery hosts War Veterans
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There is no G. R. number for this cemetery. Based on Wainer homestead evidence found on an old Westport map, and Wainer family history, we believe that this and a cemetery nearby (WSP 883) were the burial grounds for the Wainer family, including Michael Wainer who lived on this property after 1800 who were people of color - native American and African-American - who are descendants of Cuff Slocum, patriarch of the Cuffe Wainer families. Capt. Michael Wainer bought the property in 1800 from Paul Cuffe who had bought it the year before. and lived there until his death. Michael was brother in law and business partner of Capt. Paul Cuffe.