Extracted From
Cemetery Inscriptions
Old Part of the
Baptist Church Cemetery
Scotch Plains, N.J.
Copied 1933 by Josephine Marsh Hollingsworth
Edited & Transcribed 1972 by Virginia W. Barden
Typescript, no Copyright statement

[Transcribed by Jane Devlin]

ALLEN Zachariah S., d. 18 Sep 1831, ae 78 yrs, 9 mos, 26 dys Nancy, wife of Zachariaih (sic), d. 7 Sep 1822, ae 63 yrs, 9 mos, 4 dys Joseph S., d. 23 May 1825, ae 37 yrs, 8 mos Squier, d. 29 Sep 1829, ae 36 yrs, 8 mos Charles, son of Z. & N., d. 14 Jun 1813, in 23rd yr Charlotte, dau. of Gideon ALLEN, Jr., & Mary, d. 16 Mar 1814, ae 5 yrs, 5 mos, 19 dys Amos, son of G. & M., d. 12 Aug 1820, ae 8 mos Daniel C., d. 10 Sep 1838, ae 50 yrs Hetty, widow of Daniel, d. 20 May 1881, ae 89 yrs, 8 mos, 18 dys (left children) Noah, d. 1 Jan 1857, ae 66 yrs, 5 mos Phebe, d. 27 May 1870, ae 73 yrs, 22 dys Mary Elizabeth, dau. of Noah & Phebe, d. 2 Apr 1851, ae 22 yrs, 2 mos, 6 dys Noah, d. 12 Jun 1884, ae 46 yrs, 3 mos, 5 dys BADGLEY Lewis, d. 6 Nov 1821, ae 38 yrs Elizabeth B., wife of Lewsi, d. 13 Mar 1862, ae 72 yrs, 6 mos, 27 dys Sarah A., wife of David CONDIT, d. 14 Oct 1886, b. 22 Jan 1807 Jane, dau. of Lewis & Eliz., d. 22 Nov 1830, ae 15 yrs, 9 mos BELL Margaret __?__, dau. of Jeremiah & Catherine BELL, d. 18 Sep 1835/55?, ae 45 yrs BISHOP Mary, wife of James, d. 9 Sep 1805, ae 34 yrs (left husband & children) BLACKFORD Sarah, wife of John, d. 18 Jun 1788, ae 24 yrs Mary, wife of David, d. 23 Apr 1793, ae 24 yrs BRADBERY Rachel, 2nd wife of James, d. 29 May 1781, ae 37 yrs (left husband & ch.) BREASTED Eph__?__, son of Edward & Rachel, d. 17 Jul 1779, ae 2 yrs BROOKS Deacon Samuel, d. 24 Mar 1788, in 71st yr Hannah, 2nd wife of Dea. Samuel, d. 10 Oct 1799, ae 75 yrs, 29 dys (Inscription cut by J.H. OSBORN) BROWN George, d. 11 Sep 1832, ae 89 yrs Jahanna, wife of George, d. 10 Feb 1832, ae 68 yrs, (left children) Thompson, d. 12 Nov 1842 at Bueyrus, Cranford Co., Ohio, ae 59 yrs, 9 mos, 8 dys Martha WADE, wife of Thompson, d. 7 Feb 1842, ae 61 yrs, 11 mos, 27 dys Noah, son of George & Jahanna, d. 27 Aug 1826, ae 27 yrs, 1 mo, 5 dys Levyce, dau. of Thompson & Martha, d. 28 Oct 1809, ae 3 yrs, 10 mos, 10 dys James, Deacon, Scotch Plains Baptist Church, d. 5 Jun 1811, ae 63 yrs, 8 mos, 24 dys Elizabeth D., wife of Andrew W., d. 19 Feb 1846, ae 34 yrs, 5 mos, 9 dys BOUNEL Sarah, widow of James, d. 14 Mar 1791, ae 76 yrs Abraham, d. 5 Feb 1820, ae 83 yrs, 5 mos, 8 dys Jane, wife of Abraham, d. 15 Jul 1819, ae 74 yrs Nathaniel, son of Abraham & Jane, d. 3 Nov 1776, ae 10 yrs Sarah, dau. of Abraham & Jane, d. 3 Nov 1776, ae 10 yrs William D., son of William & Peggy, d. 24 Apr 1809, ae 2 yrs, 10 mos, 9 dys BUTLER Martha, d. 28 Nov 1790, ae 75 yrs CLARK Deacon Noah, d. 2 Apr 1801, ae 53 yrs Patience, wife of Noah, & infant William, d. 2 Nov 1789, ae 37 yrs Job, son of Noah & Patience, d. 18 Jul 1794, ae 10 yrs Sarah, relict of Noah, d. 3 Jan 1827, ae 82 yrs Susannah, wife of Samuel & dau. of Jeremiah & Elizabeth MILLS, d. 27 Jul 1808, ae 22 yrs, 7 mos CONDIT Jennie, d. 14 Jul 1862, ae 1 yr, 4 mos, 17 dys CORY Samuel, d. 1 Mar 1810, ae 52 ys DARBY William (Deacon), d. 26 Feb 1775, in 82nd yr Mary, wife of William, d. 13 Apr 1761, in 62nd yr DAVIS John, d. 30 Jan 1819, ae 65 yrs John, son of John & Sarah, d. 21 Feb 1798, ae 26 dys John, son of John & Sarah, d. 5 Oct 1799, ae 3 mos Abraham, d. 29 Sep 1810, in 20th yr DAY Elizabeth, dau. of Samuel BROOKS, mother of Noah, Eli, & Samuel B. MILLER, d. 3 Jan 1831, ae 88 yrs DORCY Capt. James of New York, d. 29 Oct 1805, in 38th yr DEAN Susan F., wife of William H., d. 10 Nov 1861, ae 24 yrs, 3 mos, 12 dys DRAKE Nathaniel, (Deacon & Patroit), d. 2 Oct 1801, ae 76 yrs Dorothy, wife of Nathaniel, d. 10 Feb 1781, ae 55 yrs Elizabeth, 2nd wife of Nathaniel, d. 20 Apr 1811, ae 61 yrs Caesar, an African, for more than half a century a member of this church (slave in the DRAKE family), d. 7 Feb 1806, ae 104 yrs David Allen DRAKE, born a slave, died a free man, 6 Sep 1872, no age given Sarah, dau. of Nathaniel & Hulda, d. 11 Nov 1826, ae 17 yrs Warren, son of Nathaniel & Hulda, d. 12 Nov 1827, ae 4 mos, 4 dys Cornelia, dau. of Nathaniel & Hulda, d. 16 Oct 1835, ae 19 yrs, 4 dys Phoebe, dau. of Isaac & Elizabeth, d. 20 Jan 1783, ae 8 mos Sarah, wife of Humphrey M., d. 20 Sep 1829, ae 21 yrs, 3 mos, 13 dys FATOUT Esther, wife of Aaron & dau. of Abraham & Jane BONNEL, d. 22 Dec 1804, ae 19 yrs FOSTER Sarah, wife of Charles, d. 26 Dec 1844, ae 41 yrs FRAZEE Henry, d. 1 Jan 1795, ae 49 yrs (inscription cut by A. TUCKER) Sarah, relict of Henry, d. 28 Jun 1835, ae 81 yrs ----- (stone broken), d. 18 May 1793, ae 84 yrs Sarah, 3 Mar 1754 (?) Moses, d. 12 Sep 1818, ae 38 yrs, 8 mos, 27 dys Gershom, d. 24 Apr 1819, ae 63 yrs, 11 mos, 27 dys [the previous 3 entries are connected by a handwritten bracket and large exclamation mark in the right margin.] Eunice, widow of Gershom, d. 1 Jan 1842, in 85th yr Polly, dau. of Gershom & Eunice Frazee Jr., d. 9 May 1789, in 3rd yr Anson, d. 12 Feb 1871, b. 27 Aug 1828 Margaret Davis, dau. of Randopph & Sarah Frazee, d. 11 Feb 1825, ae 5 mos, 27 dys Maxwell, d. 14 Oct 1863, ae 89 yrs (inscription cut by Manning) Nancy, wife of Maxwell, d. 2 Dec 1850, ae 54 yrs, 4 mos Henry, son of Moses & Susannah, d. 6 Apr 1808, ae 3 mos, 7 dys Henry, son of Maxwell & Anne, d. 3 Jul 1807, ae 11 yrs Samuel, son of William & Abigail Maxwell, d. 22 Sep 1788, ae 22 yrs, 2 mos Noah, d. 18 Mar 1864, ae 64 yrs, 6 mos, 18 dys Betsy SQUIRE, d. 13 Dec 1856, ae 65 yrs, b. 13 Dec 1791 (cut by A. Frazee) Catherine M., wife of Squire FRAZEE, d. 27 Aug 1852, ae 40 yrs, 5 mos, 4 dys John, d. 14 Oct 1851, ae 19 yrs, 10 mos, 19 dys Susan, wife of Enock RYNO, d. 31 Jul 1837, ae 20 yrs, 7 dys Mary, wife of Noah & Betsey, d. 29 Dec 1834, ae 11 yrs, 8 mos, 26 dys Hannah A., dau. of Henry & Mary, d. 2 Dec 1848, ae 2 yrs, 9 mos Noah D., son of Henry & Mary, d. 17 Dec 1858, ae 1 yr, 3 mos, 26 dys FRENCH Sarah, wife of David, d. 18 Oct 1807, ae 52 yrs GRAY Benjamin, d. 15 May 1785, ae 51 yrs Hannah, wife of Benjamin, d. 1 Oct 1784, ae 53 yrs HALSEY Abigal, wife of Joseph Jr., d. 16 Mar 1777, ae 21 yrs, 1 mo, 4 dys HAMLIN Isabella M., dau. of George F. & Arrietta K. HAMILTON, d. 25 Apr 1904 no age given HAMPTON Abraham, d. 19 May 1786, ae 73 yrs Abigail, wife of Abraham, d. 23 May 1777, in 67th yr HAND Rachel, wife of Nemiah, d. 25 Dec 1794, ae 52 yrs Jonathan, d. 7 Nov 1835, ae 66 yrs, 1 mo Phebe, wife of Jonathan, d. 7 Nov 1835, ae 66 yrs, 1 mon Oliver, d. 1 Apr 1872, ae 81 yrs, 8 mos, 15 dys Hannah, wife of Oliver, d. 22 Dec 1866, ae 71 yrs' HUTCHINGS Abraham, son of Jonathan & Hannah, d. 8 May 1789, ae 11 mos JINKINS Mary, widow of Thomas, d. 17 Sep 1788, ae 69 yrs LAGRANGE Theodore, d. 3 Sep 1826, ae 12 dys LAMBERT Benjamin M., d. 23 Apr 1761, in 24th yr John, d. 26 Jun 1779, in 79th yr Mary, wife of John, d. 17 May 1785, in 80th yr LINE Capt. William, d. 10 Mar 1779, ae 65 yrs Isaiah, d. 3 Feb 1808, ae 44 yrs Sarah, wife of Isaiah, d. 10 Mar 1812, ae 42 yrs Aaron, son of Isaih & Sarah, d. 5 Apr 1807, ae 5 yrs William E., son of Isaac & Mary, d. 15 Nov 1804, ae 4 yrs, 13 dys LITTELL Anthony, d. 8 Apr 1783, ae 63 yrs Dr. Anthony, d. 16 May 1798, ae 30 yrs Fanna M., dau. of Dr. Anthony & Anna, d. 28 Apr 1798, ae 8 mos, 18 dys Amos, son of Dr. Anthony & Anna, grandson of Caleb MAXWELL, d. 11 Aug 1823, ae 28 yrs LUDLOW Elizabeth, d. 1 Apr 1812, in 92nd yr MARSH Samuel, son of Jeremiah & Elizabeth MILLS, d. 7 Spe 1793, ae 19 yrs Martha, wife of Ephraim & dau. of Benjamin & Martha MILLER, d. 27 Sep 1823, ae 28 yrs, 10 mos Nathan, d. 7 Dec 1875, ae 81 yrs, 9 mos Hannah RADLEY, wife of Nathan, d. 15 Jan 1850, ae 53 yrs, 7 mos, 2 dys' MEEKER Jotham, d. 31 Jan 1849, in 85th yr Sarah, widow of Jotham, d. 5 Sep 1852, in 83rd yr Phebe C., dau. of Jotham & Sarah, d. 8 Dec 1821, in 25th yr MERICK Mary, d. 14 May 1777, ae 76 yrs MILLER Rev. Benjamin, 1st minister of Scotch Plains Baptist Church, d. 14 Nov 1781, ae 66 yrs Benjamin, d. 25 Jane 1825, in 86th yr (inscription cut by Henry Osborn) Martha, wife of Benjamin, d. 17 Sep 1826, in 75th yr Isaac, d. 27 Sep 1825, ae 52 yrs Amos, son of James & Jemima, d. 25 Apr 1773, in 3rd yr Samuel B., d. 17 Oct 1849, ae 78 yrs, 7 mos, 13 dys Margaret, wife of Samuel B., d. 17 Feb 1852, ae 71 yrs, 7 mos, 14 dys Jedidiah, son of Samuel B. & Margaret, d. 1 Nov 1825, ae 25 yrs, 1 mo, 11 dys S. Brooks, son of Samuel B. & Margaret, d. 23 Aug 1851, ae 32 yrs, 4 mos, 2 dys MILLS William, d. 16 Mar 1793, ae 75 yrs Nancy, dau. of William & Rebekah, d. 24 Jun 1792, ae 16 yrs NIELOR Stone broken & illegible PARKER Patience, "former wife of Jude PARKER, late wife of David FRENCH", d. 10 Feb 1821, ae 75 yrs, 2 mos PARKS James H., Pastor of Baptist Church, 1829-1905 Sarah G. Powelson, wife of James H., 1840-1921 PEIRSON David, d. 26 Jun 1790, ae 52 yrs (flag on grave) Esther, wife of David, d. 25 Mar 1788 no age given Gideon, son of Joseph & Nancy, d. 22 Dec 1790, ae 1 yr, 7 mos Daniel, d. 9 Apr 1902, ae 82 yrs PHYFE Margaret, dau. of William & Ann, d. 28 Apr 1837, no age given OSBORN Jonathan, d. 28 Apr 1799, in 77th yr Abigail, wife of Jonathan, d. 13 Apr 1807, ae 72 yrs Abigal, dau. of Jonathan & Abigal, (stone sunken) Henry, son of Jonathan & Abigail, d. 24 Sep 1768, in 2nd yr Esther, dau. of Jonathan & Abigail, d. 23 Sep 1770,, in 8th yr Martha, dau. of Jonathan & Abigail, d. 7 Jan 1799, in 43rd y6r Jonathand (sic) Hand, d. 13 Mar 1846, ae 86 yrs, 24 dys Martha, wife of Jonathan H., d. 3 May 1846, ae 79 yrs, 6 mos, 24 dys Leteshy, dau. of J. Hand & Martha, d. 12 May 1785, ae 15 dys Corra, son of Jonathan Hand & Martha, d. 5 Sep 1792, ae 6 yrs, 1 mo, 6 dys Amos, son of Jonathan Hand & Martha, d. 4 Sep 1792, ae 1 yr, 2 mos Nellie, d. 13 Aug 1860, ae 72 yrs John W., d. 6 Dec 1847, ae 59 yrs, 8 mos Maria, wife of John W. & dau. of Jonathan & Sarah MEEKER, d. 6 Dec 1808, in 20th yr Jonathan M., son of Jonathan M. & Maria, d. 20 May 1809, ae 5 mos, 5 dys Dr. Corra, d. 7 Jun 1858, b. 12 May 1796 Mary, wife of Dr. Corra & dau. of William & Sarah HAND, d. 26 Oct 1826, ae 30 yrs, 5 mos, 9 dys William H., son of Dr. Corra & Mary, d. 30 Oct 1823, ae 10 yrs, 4 mos, 28 dys Corra, son of Dr. Corra & Mary, d. 2 Aug 1820, ae 2 yrs, 1 mo RALL Elizabeth, wife of Jacob, d. 18 Nov 1806, ae 43 yrs RANDOLPH Maria, wife of Jacob, d. 7 Sep 1866, ae 63 yrs ROCKWELL George S., d. 7 Apr 1898, ae 68 yrs ROESE Frede, d. Apr 1832, geborn 1837 (sic) RUE Rev. Jushua E., d. 12 Oct 1887, ae 70 yrs, 7 dys Emily, wife of Joshua, d. 8 Nov 1853, ae 30 yrs, 8 mos, 23 dys Alexander Carson, son of Joshua & Emily, d. 19 Nov 1853, ae 1 yr, 2 mos, 11 dys Mary Rue SCHENK, d. 1895, b. 1848 RYNO Peter, d. 17 May 1813, ae 73 yrs John, d. 14 Aug 1819, ae 70 yrs Prudence, wife of John, d. 28 Jun 1813, ae 57 yrs SCHUYLER Andrew Jackson, son of Andrew & Susan Maria, ae 10 mos (no date given) Phebe Ann, dau. of Andrew & Susan M., d. 20 Apr 1853 (?), ae 7 yrs, 5 mos, 10 dys SCHUDDER Richard, d. 24 Dec 1785, ae 42 yrs Rebecca, widow of Richard, d. 3 Feb 1828, ae 84 yrs SEARING Joseph, d. 7 Jun 1790, in 77th yr Joanna, dau. of Anna, d. 9 Apr 1874, in 31st yr SQUIRE Rebekah, wife of David, d. 28 Aug 1776, ae 51 yrrs Jehannah, d. 25 Sep 1775, ae 28 yrs STITES Elijah, d. 14 Nov 1765, ae 44 yrs, 4 mos, 12 dys Mary, wife of Elijah, d. 5 Jan 1772, ae 43 yrs Elizabeth, wife of Benjamin, d. 11 Sep 1821, in 81st yr TERREL Elizabeth, d. 31 Aug 1854, ae 59 yrs TUCKER Wornor, d. 11 feb 1773, in 54th yr Elizabeth, widow of Wornor, d. 15 Feb 1785, in 67th yr VANHORNE William, son of Rev. William & Lavinia, d. 4 Aug 1789, ae 1 yr, 1 mo, 4 dys WILLCOCK (WILCOCKS, WILCOX) Peter, Jr., 27 Feb 1764, in 46th yr Josiah, d. 4 Oct 1803, in 42nd yr Noah, d. 31 Jan 1863, ae 65 yrs, 4 mos, 22 dys John, son of Noah & Rachel, d. 7 Apr 1833, ae 4 yrs, 5 mos, 29 dys WILSON John, d. 12 Mar 1840, b. 31 Mar 1776 Mercy, wife of John & dau. of Joel & Rachel DUNN, d. 12 Oct 1858, b. 30 May 1783 William, son of John & Mercy, d. at Philadelphia, 21 Jun 1835, in 22nd yr Mary, dau. of John & Mercy, d. 26 Sep 1840, b. 26 Dec 1822 Allen, M.D., d. 26 May 1842, b. 7 oct 1806 Mary C., widow of Dr. Allen, d. 26 Aug 1855, b. 5 Nov 1808 Emily N., dau. of Allen & Mary C., d. 15 Sep 1856, b. 7 Jul 1840 WOOD Jehanna, d. 20 May 1706, ae 78 yrs broken stone, 17--