This is a complete tour of the Waterman and Winsor family cemeteries which date back to at least the late 1600s. There are a few aerial maps first, then a photo gallery displaying headstones I photographed of George Ide’s mother’s illustrious ancestors who hailed from Roger Williams, the Founder of Rhode Island and originator of the ideas in the 1st Amendment to the US Constitution.
First, and for perspective, below is map of Rhode Island showing where the early American Ide’s lived (Seekonk, re-named to E. Providence in 1862); and George Ide’s mother’s family, the Winsor’s and Waterman’s (Smithfield, current day Greenville, to the west of Providence). (Note: Click on any of these photos to enlarge).
Below is an aerial map showing the Winsor and Waterman cemeteries around present day Greenville, RI to the west of Providence. These cemeteries are in very nondescript locations, and are labeled with small Rhode Island Historical Cemetery Markers (31 for Winsor and 42 for Waterman). I stumbled on these cemeteries searching the surnames on the internet, but their locations were described as: “Peach Blossom Lane, 10 ft. N. of tel pole #7″ (Winsor), and “Church Street, 200 ft. W. of tel pole #6″ (Waterman).
Below is the close-in aerial map of the Winsor cemetery (historical marker 31). It is surrounded by a waist-high stone wall, and occupies about one acre in a residential area on the corner of MacIntosh Dr. and Peachblossom Ln. My GPS coordinates N41 53.225 W71 33.520 (elev 291 ft.):
Below is the close-in aerial map of the Waterman cemetery (historical marker 42). This cemetery occupies about one acre in downtown Greenville off Church St., behind the Greenville Manor nursing home and adjacent to a warehouse. My GPS coordinates N41 52.261 W71 33.520 (elev 246 ft.):
Below is a slide show of photos I took on a brief visit to the cemeteries. The Winsor family cemetery appears in slides 1-10, and the Waterman cemetery appears in slides 11-23. All of the pictured headstones are of direct ancestors, except the two infant graves (son/daughter of ancestors). Note: these individuals all appear in the family tree of George A. Ide’s ancestors which I published a year prior to this cemetery visit (see page 37 of the 2004 Ide family reunion book).
Below is the family tree containing the individuals whose headstones were photographed. 
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