Extracted from
Tombstone Inscriptions,
Presbyterian Church,
Cumberland Co., NJ
Typescript, Anonymous

[Transcribed by Jane Devlin]

[Transcriber's note: Because the original is a typescript rather than a printed book, there are inheriant problems familiar to anyone who has ever used a manual typewriter. Some letters are illegible because of ink filling in the character so that it is only a blob. Other letters, especially the capital letters at the beginnings of names are "raised" because the shift key wasn't held far enough down to register the entire letter, and some pages even look like carbon copies rather than originals. Where the uneven type made it impossible to decipher the letters, I've used underscores ( __ ) rather than guess. I have extracted the pertainent data (names, dates, ages, relationships) rather than transcribe the epitaphs exactly in order to save room.] OLD COHANSEY CEMETERY Copied 3 Nov 1814, by Mary R. C. Clayton Rev. William RAMSAY, M. A., d. 5 Nov 1771, in 39th yr, pastor for 16 yrs. Sarah SMITH, wife of first Rev. Wm. RAMSAY & second Rev. Dr. Robert SMITH of Pequea, d. 9 Aug 1801, ae 63 yrs Ephraim, son of Rev. William & Sarah RAMSAY, d. 28 Jan 1765, 9 mos Richard POWEL, d. 9 Sep 1764, ae abt. 36 yrs Israel PETTY, Jr., d. 11 Oct 1763, in 34th yr Jeremiah HARRIS, d. 22 Feb 1755 in 31st yr Thomas HARRIS, Jr., d. 6 Feb 1759, ae 29 yrs David FITHIAN, d. 23 Feb 1854, in 45th yr Daniel POWEL, d. 24 Apr 1772, in 38th yr Thomas WALLING, d. 10 May 1761, ae 29 yrs Willima MEEK, d. 23 Dec 1773, ae 40 yrs John CLARK, d. (no dates), in 26th yr Benjamin PARVIN d. 28 Mar 1755, ae 31 yrs Ezekiel WESCOTE d. 20 Mar 1763, in 19th yr Rohada, wife of Henry SPARKS, d. 28 Dec 1760, ae 25 yrs Elizabeth, wife of Joseph WESCOT, d. 14 Oct 1770, ae 57 yrs Parvi(n) (chipped), d. 28 Aug 1743, ae 80 yrs, 3 mos, 3 dys (name broken off), d. 2 Oct 1760, ae 7 yrs Preston STRATTEN, d. 18 Nov 1759, ae 8 yrs Benjamin STRATTON, d. 20 Jul 1750, in 50th yr Infant dau of David & Ann DATEN, d. 3 Apr 1760 W. M., d. 27 Aug 1770, ae near 2 yrs W. M., d. 30 Aug 1769, ae 9 mos Ruth, wife of Capt. David PAGE, d. 30 Mar 1777, in 29th yr Judith, wife of Ephraim BUCK, d. 9 Mar 1769, ae 33 yrs Abigal NIXON, wife of Reubin NIXON, d. 25 Dec 1770, in 21st yr Reuben NIXON, d. 29 Oct 1775, ae 27 yrs Jeremiah NIXON, d. 2 Aug 1776, ae 50 yrs, 6 mos Rachel WESCOTE, d. 3 May 1757, ae 38 yrs David WESCOTE, d. 16 Jul 1772, in 57th yr Col. Isaac PRESTON, 1st Batt'n Cumb. Co., N. J., Revolutionary War, b. 20 Nov 1735, d. in Camp Forks of Raritan River, Mar 1777 Ephraim SEELEY, Esq., d. 22 Jun 1774, ae 62 yrs Mary BOYD, widow of James BOYD, d. 19 Sep 1812, in 80th yr Mr. James BOYD, Merchant, d. 23 Dec 1773, ae 40 yrs James BOYD, of Philadelphia, Merchant, d. 14 May 1795, ae 28 yrs Joesh OGDEN, Esq., d. 27 Jul 1772, ae 48 yrs Mrs. ELMER, wife of Mr. J. L. ----, d. 10 Aug 1775, in 48th yr Jonathan LORANCE, d. 19 Feb 1764, in 41st yr Eli DATEN, d. 9 May 1775, ae 23 yrs Abigail DATEN, d. 20 Oct 1774, in 2nd yr Mr. Joseph DAYTEN, d. 28 Nov 1770, ae 56 yrs Prudence DATON, widow of Joseph DATON, d. 21 Jul 1779, in 50th yr Lois DIAMENT, d. 21 Dec 1770, in 67th yr Nathaniel DIAMENT, Sen., d. 4 Apr 1767, in 72d yr David SAYRE, Esq., d. 11 Apr 1767, in 47th yr Capt. Thomas HARRIS, d. 27 Apr 1783, ae 72 yrs, 5 mos Mrs. Sarah HARRIS, wife of Capt. Thomas HARRIS, d. 2 Apr 1774, in 62nd yr Abdon OGDEN d. 3 Mar 1773, ae 23 yrs Thomas OGDEN, Jr., d. 10 Jan 1768, ae 25 yrs Broken stone Sarah, wife of Thomas OGDEN, d. 23 Mar 1760, ae 38 yrs Hannah, wife of David OGDEN, d. 29 Apr 1742, in 36th yr David OGDEN, Esq., d. 1 Dec 1760, ae 53 yrs David OGDEN, d. 4 Apr 1767, ae 36 yrs Zephaniah OGDEN, d. 24 Mar 1771, in 30th yr John OGDEN, Jr., Esq., d. 10 may 1759, ae 52 yrs John OGDEN, Esq., d. 22 Dec 1745, in 75th yr Daniel ELMER, Esq., d. 30 Jun 1775, in 33d yr Daniel ELMER, Esq., d. 2 May 1761, in 46th yr Abigail ELMER, widow of Daniel ELMER, Esq., d. "with a lingering consumption" 2 Jul 1770, ae 54 yrs William Ramsey ELMER, son of Hon. J. & Mary ELMER, d. 6 Nov 1784, ae 4 yrs, 7 mos. Also four more of their children who died in early infancy. Susanna HARRIS, d. 14 Nov 1784, ae 64 yrs, 8 mos Rev. Mr. Daniel ELMER, pastor of the Church of Christ in this place, d. 14 Jan 1755, ae 65 yrs Theodotio, wife of Theophi ELMER, d. 18 Feb 1765, in 34th yr Mrs. Hannah ELMER, widow of Theophilus ELMER, d. 27 Sep 1783, ae 53 yrs Hon. Theophilus ELMER, ae 54 (no date) Leui PRESTON, d. 17 Jan 1752, ae 91 yrs Elizabeth, wife of Joseph WESCOT, d. 14 Oct 1770, ae 57 yrs Mariah, dau of Charles & Rachel CLUN, d. 20 Oct 1778, ae 1 yr Sarah, wife of James BURCH, d. 2 Nov 1787, ae 22 yrs Thoephilus, infant son of James & Sarah BURCH, d. 11 Jan 1788, ae 2 mos, 11 dys BURYING GROUND OF THE METHODIST EPISCOPAL OF FARTON, adjoining & in front of Old Cohansey Rev. James B. PARVIN, d. 28 Oct 1834, in 55th yr, 33 yrs a member of the M. E. Church, a trustee, class leader & Deacon Lovisa PARVIN, widow of Dr. James B. PARVIN, d. 11 Dec 1856, in 74th yr, "Our Mother" E. I. P. (child), 1840 Mary WILSON, d. 16 Aug 1850, ae 6 yrs, 4 dys Ephraim W. SWING, d. 5 Jun 1838, ae 7 wks, 1 day Benjamin, son of Rev. Michael & Susanna SWING, d. 8 Apr 1824, ae 6 yrs, 7 mos, 12 dys Rev. Michael SWING, d. 17 Jan 1834, ae 65 yrs, 10 mos, 9 dys. "In 1790, he joined the Methodist E. Church and soon after received Dicese to Preach, (serving as) a local Preacher; filled the offices of Class Leader, Deacon, Elder & Stewart." Susannah SWING, wife of Rev. Michael SWING, d. 1 May 1867, ae 81 yrs, 6 mos, 13 dys. Member of the M. E. Church for 63 yrs, suffered the loss of her sight." Joseph MILLER, d. 15 Sep 1844, in 46th yr Catherine, wife of Joseph MILLER, d. 23 Apr 1885, in 83rd yr Caroline MILLER (child) (no dates or age given) Lydia, wife of John F. OGDEN, d. 26 Mar 1863, ae 56 yrs, 3 mos, 17 dys Priscilla, wife of Robert LEVICK, d. 6 Feb 1857, in 79th yr Robert LEVICK, d. 18 Apr 1846, in 84th yr, "At the age of 18 he entered the army in defence of his country and served 4 years & 3 mos, was in several engagements." Joseph SUTTON, d. 25 Jun 1859, in 59th yr Rebecca PICKEN, d. 16 Aug 1847, in 44th yr E. J. L. (child), (no dates or age given) M. C. L. (child), (no dates or age given) John LAWRENCE, d. 6 Dec 1854, in 43rd yr Mary, wife of John LAWRENCE, d. 1 Jul 1848, in 37th yr Abijah EVERINGHAM, (no dates or age given), "looks old" Old footstone at head of another grave: "A. E." Capt. E. T. GARRISON, Co. D. 25th N.J. Inf. (no dates or age given) M. H., 25 Feb 1759, 3 yrs Gilbert WESTCOTT, d. 28 Dec 1874, in 84th yr Hannah B., wife of Gilbert WESTCOTT, d. 9 Oct 1865, in 70th yr Abigal, wife of Bower S. JERRELL, d. 19 Nov 1853, in 36th yr Capt. Bower S. JARREL, d. 25 Nov 1864, in 46th yr Hannah H., wife of Bower S. JERRELL, d. 22 Feb 1845, in 24th yr Zachariah FITZJARREL, husband successively of Judith CORSON (d. 1813) & Judith SHAW (1780-1847), & father of Isaac (1801-1858, John (1804-1873) & Bower JERREL (1818-1864), b. abt. 1700, d. 5 May 1837. Erected by his great-grandson, Herbert Parvil GERALD, 1901 Judith SHAW, b. 22 Aug 1780, d. 7 May 1847, wife successively of Andrew JONES & Zachariah FITZGERALD, d. 1837. Mother of Bower Stone JARRELL, erected by her step Great-grandson, H. P. GERALD, 1913 Martha BARRACLIFF, wife of Thomas BARRACLIFF, d. 23 Jul 1830, ae 18 yrs, 6 mos, 3 dys M. D. EVERINGHAM, d. 15 Mar 1839, ae 4 mos, 14 dys Hannah W. Davis, wife of James EVERINGHAM, b. 8 Apr 1792, d. 7 Feb 1868 James EVERINGHAM, d. 22 Apr 1838, ae 50 yrs, 8 mos, 28 dys Martha, (child), dau of James & Hannah EVERINGHAM (no dates or age given) Mary, wife of Joshua C. DAVIS, d. 20 May 1844, ae 28 yrs William H. DAVIS, d. 7 Jul 1844, ae 3 mos, son of Joshua C. & Mary DAVIS Benjamin F. TAYLOR, d. 22 Mar 1850, ae 26 yrs, 11 dys Harriet L. TAYLOR, d. 1 Jan 1849, ae 1 yr, 8 mos, 8 dys Jane Ogden, d. 12 Oct 1840, ae 1 mo, 20 dys & Lydia Barrett, d. 19 Oct 1840, ae 1 mo, 27 dys, twin daughters of Jeremiah O. & E. R. CAMPBELL Sophia BAMFORD, d. 19 Jun 1853, in 77th yr Horace PERVIN, d. 3 Sep 1847, ae 29 yrs, 7 mos, 27 dys Ann E. PARVIN, d. 15 Jan 1894, ae 78 yrs Amy PARVIN, d. 8 Dec 1854, in 78th yr Jonathan PARVIN, d. 6 Jan 1846, in 82nd yr Daniel RILEY, b. 6 Dec 1798, d. 19 Jul 1843 Rebecca, wife of Daniel RILEY, b. 9 May 1802, d. 9 Jul 1865 John L. OGDEN, b. 24 Jan 1788, d. 3 Dec 1875 Isaac JERRELL, b. 5 Sep 1801, d. 23 Dec 1858, ae 57 yrs, 3 mos, 18 dys Pamelia LAWRENCE, b. 14 Nov 1790, d. 8 Sep 1869 William LAWRENCE, d. 4 Jul 1832, ae 43 yrs PRESBYTERIAN BURYING GROUND, DEERFIELD, CUMBERLAND CO. BIGGS, William, 4 Jan 1794, 63 y BRAINERD, Rev. John, b. 28 Feb 1720, d. 18 Mar 1781 CLARK, Charles, d. 16 Nov 1761, 41 y DAVIS, James, d. 16 May 1798, 44 y, 12 d DEACON, Arthur, d. 15 Nov 1789, 76 y Hannah, wife of Daniel (no surname), d. 29 May 1798, 54th yr DAVE, Ruth, wife of David, d. 27 Apr 1795, 42nd y FOSTER, Ephraim, d. 2 Feb 1794, 56th y FILER, Sarah, d. 15 Oct 1784, 88 y, 8 m, 12 d FILER, John, d. 23 Oct 1776, 45 y GARRISON, William, d. 9 Oct 1785, 43 y GARRISON, William, Jr., son of Wm. & Elizabeth GARRISON, d. 8 Mar 1799, 20 y Sarah, wife of Daniel D. (no surname), dau of John & Martha JONES, of Pittsgrove, d. 17 Sep 1728, 21st yr GARRISON, Ruth, d. 14 Dec 1797, 47 y GARRISON, Phebe, d. 12 May 1799, 36 y, 7 m, 25 d GREEN, Rev. Enoch, Pastor of the Church at Deerfield, d. 2 Dec 1776, 42nd y HYDE, Rev. Simeon, late a minister of the Gospel in this place, d. 10 Aug 1783, son of James & Sarah HYDE, of Norwich, Conn. HOSHELL, Michael, d. 16 Feb 1795, 56th y JAMES, Lewis, d. 28 Apr 1793, 38th y Rachel, dau of James & Tamzon (no surname), d. 8 Dec 1797, 17 y LEAKE, Nathan, Esq., d. 24 Dec 1790, 61 y LUMMIS, Susannah, wife of Ebenezer, d. 27 Dec 1790, 37 y, 10 m, 1 d LOPER, Lodeme, d. 17 Aug 1783, 17 y LOPER, James, d. 18 Aug 1775, 40 y LAURENCE, John, d. 9 Nov 1796, 37th y LAWRENCE, Jonathan, d. 12 Nov 1788, 38th y MORE, Rachel, wife of John, Esq., d. 20 Apr 1798, 38th y OGDEN, Jonathan, d. 7 Jun 1746, 31 yr PIERSON, Azel, 57 y, b. 19 Jan 1739, d. 16 Oct 1798 P. G. 1785 PECK, Joseph, Esq., d. 7 Feb 1769, 62 y SEELEY, Ephraim & Leonard, twin children of Josiah & Rachel, d. 11 Sep & 30 Sep, 1794, abt. 12 wks S. E., 1785 THOMPSON, Ruth, wife of Samuel, d. 17 Nov 1799, 27th y WHITE, Elizabeth, wife of Robert, d. 28 Jun 1769, 39 y W. E. 1789 W. H. 1780 WORTON, Benjamin, d. 16 Nov 1754, 61 y OLD PRESBYTERIAN BURYING GROUND, PITTSGROVE [Transcriber's note: Where no surname is given, it would seem that those individuals share the name of the previous epitaph.] EDWELL, Stanford, d. 10 May 1772, 3 y, 2 m EVANS, Rev. Mr. David, d. 4 Feb 1751, near 69 y FOSTER, Rev. Isaac, A. M., for 3 yrs pastor of this church, b. at Wallingford, Conn., 2 Apr 1755; d. in this place 17 Jun 1794 GREENMAN, Rev. Nehemiah, Pastor of the Presbyterian Church at Pittsgrove, b. at Stratford, Conn, 4 Jul 1721; d. 2 Jul 1779, 59th y Apphia, d. 20 Feb 177-, 59th yr Anna, d. Feb 1770, 4 y, 3 m Rebeckah, d. 15 Oct 1768, near 7th yr Sarah, d. 2 Nov 1758, 7 wks HARRIS, Margaret, wife of Dr. Isaac HARRIS, dau of Rev. John PIERSON, d. 12 Jan 1772, 34 y, 6 m LE BEGER, Adam, d. 28 Sep 1758, 60 y, 14 d MOORE, Mary, d. 14 Jan 1754, 70 yrs MILLER, Abraham, d. 7 Sep 1748, 1 y, 5 m MAYHEW, Sanford, d. 2 Oct 1771, 41st yr McCLONG, James, d. 28 Feb 1788, 87th yr McCLONG, Agnes, d. 5 Dec 1759, 56 y MENKIRK (NEWKIRK written in), Garret, b. 23 Mar 1726, d. 9 Sep 1786 MENKIRK (NEWKIRK written in), Elizabeth, b. 10 Apr 1730, d. 6 Jan 1786 MENKIRK (NEWKIRK written in), Cornelius, d. 17 Aug 1744, 48 y MENKIRK (NEWKIRK written in), Rachel (TENEYCK), wife of Cornelius, d. 15 Aug 1771, 71 y, 10 m, 2 w MENKIRK (NEWKIRK written in), Col. Cornelius, d. 8 Nov 1795, 61st yr NEWKIRK, Mathew, Sr., d. 7 Apr 1797, 72 y, 7 m NEALY, John, d. 7 Mar 1795, abt 50 y NEALEY, Joseph, d. 22 Mar 1789, abt 72 y PETTERSON, Robart, d. 27 Mar 1763, 38 y PURVIANCE, Samuel, formerly of Phila., Merchant, d. 10 Sep 1781, 66 y PURVIANCE, Mary, widow of Samuel, d. 27 Jan 1789, 76 y PURVIANCE, Andrew, son of Samuel & Mary, late of Phila., merchant, d. 27 Jan 1783, 33rd yr PURVIANCE, John, David & Margaret, d. between the years of 1752 & 1770 RICHMAN, Jacob, d. 30 Nov 1772, 59 y RICHMAN, Mary Elizabeth, d. 2 Dec 1767, 82 y RICHMAN, Benjamin, son of John & Sarah, d. 17 Jun 1759, 6 y SHUTE, William, Esq., d. 5 Apr 1784, 58 y STRATTON, Mrs. Anna, d. 19 Feb 1783, 29 y STRATTON, Benjamin, d. 26 Mar 1759, 28 y SPARKS, Rebecca, d. 13 Nov 1772, 19th yr THOMPSON, Francis, d. 15 May 1775, 49 y THOMPSON, Ann, wife of Francis, d. 15 Apr 1797 (no age given) ULRICK, Eve, d. 5 Aug 1769, 73rd y ULRICK, Barbara, wife of Phillip ULLRICK, d. 3 Jun 1781, 73d yr