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BRICK CHURCH CHURCH YARD NEAR MARLBORO, N. J.
Aaron Vanderbilt died, Sept. 5, 1813, aged 78, 5, 13.
Charity, wife of Aaron Vanderbilt, died, Jan. 20, 1831, aged 88.
Jeremiah Vanderbilt died, Feb. 22, 1810, aged 27, 0. 18.
Eleanor, wife of Arthur Wikoff, died, Mch. 17, 1811, aged 35, 4, 5.
Arthur Wikoff, born Aug. 19, 1768; died Oct. 9, 1828.
Euphame, wife of Jacob Tice and daughter of Richard and Sarah Francis, died, Nov. 18, 1784, aged 28-[Balance under ground.]
Sarah, daughter of John and Sarah Hendricks, died, Feb. 28, 1772, in 29th year. Sarah, daughter of John and Sarah Hendricks, died, Mch. 15, 1741, aged 12, 3, 20. John Hendricks, son of John and Sarah Hendricks, died, July 13, 1760, aged 28, 5, 1. Mary, daughter of John and Sarah Hendricks and wife of Thos. Henderson, died, Nov. 5, 1768, aged 24 years-[Balance under ground.]
Elizabeth, wife of John Van Der Belt and daughter of John and Sarah Hendrickson, died, Aug. 13. 1760, aged 26, 1, 13.
Charity, daughter of Wm and Charity Hendricks, died, Dec. 23, 1761. aged 1 yr., 9 mos.
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11ISTORICAL MISCELL.INY
Sarah, wite of John Hendricks, died, Mch. 31, 1782, aged So, 0, 24. John Hendricks died, Mch. 5, 1789, aged about 89 yrs.
Gilbert, son of John and Sarah Hendricks, died, Mch. 25, 1785, aged 44, 1, 20. Mary, wife of Abraham Hendricks and daughter of Wm and Agnes Wikoff, born Oct. 1, 1733; died Feb. 12, 1790.
I'm D. Clayton, born Oct. 6, 1788; died Nov. 10, 1872. Mrs. Grace Holmes died, Aug. 23, 1833, aged 70, 5, 29.
Isabel Willson died. Apr. 7, 1812, aged 74, 0, 10.
Jane Prest, wife of Richard Prest, Jr., died, Nov. 24, 1791, aged 28, 1, 8. Richard Prest, Sr., died, Apr. 29, 1792, aged 51, 0, 1. Ginne, wife of Richard Prest, died, Feb. 21, 1788, aged 52, 0, 6. Garret Conover died, about Nov. 1, 1812, aged 86, 6, o.
Ann Schenck, his wife, died, Apr. 5, 1803, aged 49, 7, 27.
John Zutphin died, May 13, 1795, aged 61, 5, 29.
Tunis Schenck, husband of Altie Schenck, died, Sept. 3, 1806, aged 36, 1, 24.
David Vanderveer, son of David and Catharine Vanderveer, died, Jan. 31, 1806, aged 18, 9, 9.
David Vanderveer died, Mch. 5, 1810, aged 70, 7, 3.
Catharine Vanderveer, wife of David, died, Nov. 21, 1811, in 66th yr.
Garrit Van-der-veer died, Jan. 31, 1803, aged 71, 10, 14.
Col. Elias Conover died, May 5, 1820, aged 63 yrs.
Col. John Covenhoven died, Apr. 23, 1803, in 70th yr.
Anne, wife of Col. Elias Conover, d'ed, Nov. 15, 1821, aged 60 yrs.
Eleanor Covenhoven, wife of Col. John Covenhoven, died, Aug. 26, 1793, aged 61 yrs. Wm Remsen died, Oct. 10, 1789, aged 36, 9, o.
.Agnes Quay, wife of Wm Remsen, died, Mch. 3, 1832, aged 74 yrs.
Ilendrick Smock died, Mch. 25, 1814, aged 64, 5, 0.
Sarah, wife of Hendrick Smock, died, May 25, 1828, aged 70, 0, 4.
Peter, son of Albert and Nelly Cowenhoven, died, Oct. 1, 1771, aged 51, 11, 20.
Agnes, wife of H- Seomla Thomson, died, Jany. - , Anno Domini, 1750-60, aged 51, 6, 3. [Much worn.]
Eleanor, daughter of Oukey and Sarah Lefferson, died, Nov. 20, 1796, aged 18, 10, 11. Oukey Lefferson died, June 22, 1809, aged 62, 7, 14.
Sarah, wife of Oukey Lefferson, died, Nov. 19, 1802, aged 48, 0, 21.
Mary Schenck, wid. of Koert, died, May 17, 1787, "in the eighty"- [Balance under ground.]
Koert Schenck died, June 2, 1771. in 69th yr. Garret, son of Koert and Mary Schenck, died, May 22, 1761, in 36th yr. Mary, daughter of John and Jane Cowenhoven, died, Mch. 31, 1796, aged 8, 8, 12. John, son of John and Jane Cowenhoven, born Sept. 25, 1791 [?]; died Apr. 8, 1807. John Cowenhoven, son of Garret and Eleanor, died, May 11, 1802, aged 41, 11, 18. Tunis Dennise, son of Denise Denise, Esq., died, Aug. 30, 1803, aged 35 yrs. Helen, wife of Tunis Denise, died, June 27, 1796, aged 27 yrs.
Benj. Van Klef died, Oct. 6, 1747, aged 63, 9, 7. Peter Stynest, son of Benj. and Sarah, died, Jan. 24, 1806, aged 66, 1, 24. [There are many modern stones in this yard left uncopied.
311
BURYING GROUNDS OF MONMOUTHI COUNTY, N. J.
THE BAPTIST BURYING GROUND FREEHOLD, N. J.
Thomas Taylor, a Revolutionary soldier, died, Sept. 20, 1824, aged 64, 3, 4. Hannah, his wife, died, Aug. 2, 1852, aged 82, 4. 6.
Rebecca, wife of David Clayton, died, Jau. 27, 1802, aged 76, 6, 15.
Edward Clayton, died, June 17, 1831, aged 88, 6, 26.
Sarah, his wife, died, Feb. 9, 1813, aged 67, 3, 1. John Morford, died, Aug. 5, 1817, aged 66, 9, 25.
Mary, his wife, died, Oct. 21, 1815, aged 62, 5, 9. [There are many other inscriptions of recent date in this yard.
WYKOFF'S HILL BURYING GROUND
EAST FREEHOLD, N. J .*
Garret Wykoff died 2 November 1770 aged 66 years 7 months and 28 days.
Altie wife of Garret Wykoff died 19 February 1740 aged 34 years, 3 months and 6 days.
William Wykoff died 18 September 1782 aged 75 years.
Agnes wife of William Wykoff died 26 July 1777 aged 73 years.
Anna daughter of William & Agnes Wykoff died 8 March - in her 68 year.
DXB 2 May 1828
B 4 January S
Catharine Forman died 2 September 1813 aged 72 years 4 months and 12 days.
Daniel Barkalow died 28 June 1795 aged 74 years 6 months and 2 days.
Derick son of iniel Barkalow & Lydia Stillwell died 28 July 1801 aged 25 years 10 months and 17 days.
Peter Antonides died 6 December 1826 aged 53 years 5 months and 16 days.
Ezekiel Forman consort of Catharine Forman died 15 September 1828 in his Soth year.
Mary Lloyd wife of Peter Antonides died 3 March 1836 aged 56 years 1 month and 26 days.
* Two copies of the headstones in this graveyard are printed, one my own and one supplied me by a careful copyist, yet with so many differences that I am constrained to print both. My copy appears on page 317. J. E. S.
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HISTORICAL MISCELLANY.
Hendrick son of David and Geertruy Williamson died 28 October 1813 aged 64 years 8 months and 12 days.
Sarah daughter of David & Geertruy Williamson died 31 January 1849 aged 91 years 8 months and I day.
Anna daughter of David & Geertruy Williamson died 10 May 1824 aged 69 years 3 months and 8 days.
Anne wife of Cornelius A. Conover died 14 September 1857 aged 27 years and 1 day.
Ann Lloyd wife of John Lloyd died 22 September 1791.
John D. son of David & Esther Antonides died 28 July 1830 aged 1 year 1 month 9 days.
In memory of Captain Jacob Forman who entered the Merchants' service at the Port of New York at the age of 14. He progressed by regular grades to the command of a ship remaining in the service 30 years until a few years of his death which took place 16 June 1841. In his 58th year.
BAPTIST CHURCH YARD HOLMDEL, N. J.
Sarah, wife of Joseph Salter.
"How Lov'd how Valued once avails the not To whom related or by whom begot A heap of Dust alone Remains of thee Tis all thou art and what all shall bee." "She died a few days after the Berth of Her first Child, January ye 14, 1757, in the 23d year of her age." Life Eternity
How how
Short Long.
[Col.] Asher Holmes died, June 20, 1808, aged 68 yrs., 4 mos., 4 days.
Sarah, widow of Asher Holmes, died, Sept. 11, 1830, aged 90 yrs., 5 mos., 20 days. John W. Holmes, born Sept. 13, 1776; died, July 19, 1840, aged 63 yrs., 10 mos., 6 days. Catharine, daughter of Asher and Sarah Holmes, died, July 14, 1848, aged 69 yrs., 9 mos., 18 days. Charles H. P., son of Hendrick P. and Mary Conover, died, Nov. 8, 1863, aged 22 yrs., 4 mos., 15 days.
Mary Holmes, wife of Hendrick P. Conover, born Sept. 15, 1794; died Sept. 29, 1844. Hendrick P. Conover, born Jan. 17, 1800; died Apr. 13, 1869.
James Holmes, Esq., died, Friday, Aug. 13, 1762, aged '60 yrs., 6 mos., 4 days.
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BURYING GROUNDS OF MONMOUTH COUNTY, N. J.
John, son of Obadiah and Allice Holmes, died, Sept. 15, 1758, in 45th yr.
Mary, widow of John Holmes, died, Jan. 2, 1811, aged 90 yrs., 5 mos., 15 days. Obadiah, son of John and Mary Holmes, died, Nov. 10, 1772, aged 17 yrs., 5 mos., 13 days. Ichabod Ogborn died, Dec. 21, 1841, aged 44 yrs. and 5 days.
Ann Ogborn died, Oct. 16, 1847, aged 69 yrs., 6 mos., 23 days.
Samuel Van Brackle died, Apr. 25, 1830, aged 84 yrs., 7 mos., 2 days.
Ann, wife of Samuel Ogborne, died, Dec. 21, 1831, aged 87 yrs., 7 mos., 13 days.
Samuel Ogborne died, Jan. 3, 1816, aged 75 yrs., 11 mos., 25 days.
Catharine, daughter of John and Margaret Rose, of New York, died June 19, 1804, in 25th yr.
William H. Johnston died, Aug. 28, 1863, aged 63 yrs., 5 mos., 18 days.
Catharine A. Cottrell, wife of Wm H. Johnston, died, May 7, 1874, aged 68 yrs., 11 mos., 8 days.
John, their son, has large stone overturned.
Peter, son of John P. and Mary Johnston, died, June 11, 1828, aged 31 yrs., 4 mos., 4 days.
Daniel Holmes, son of John P. and Mary Jolinston, died, Apr. 19, 1831, aged 32 yrs., 9 mos., 12 days.
John P. Johnston died, Apr. 8, 1838, aged 65 yrs., 4 mos., 6 days.
Mary Holmes, relict of John P. Johnston, died, Oct. 23, 1853, aged 77 yrs. and 3 days. Leah, wife of John Lockwood and grand-daughter of the late Daniel and Leah Holmes, died, June 16, 1841, aged 46 yrs., I mo., 11 days.
John Stoutenborough died, May 6, 1839, aged 84 yrs., 9 mos., 5 days.
Catharine, wife of John Stoutenborough and daughter of Daniel and Leah Holmes, died, May 1, 1838, aged 72 yrs., 6 mos., 13 days.
Leah, widow of Daniel Holmes, died, Mch. 15, 1813, in 77th yr.
William Holmes died, Jan. 30, 1807, aged 28 yrs., 11 mos., 6 days.
Maria Ann, wife of William W. Bennet, died, Feb. 21, 1855, in 42nd yr.
Ann Eliza, daughter of Benjamin and Rachel Bennet, died, Nov. 28, 1808, aged 13 yrs., Io mos., 19 days.
Augustus Waters, son of Benj. and Rachel Bennet, died, Aug. 22, 1844, aged 51 yrs., I mo., 13 days. [Stone fallen.]
Rev. Benjamin Bennet, born, Oct. 31, 1764, in Bucks Co., Pa., ordained pastor, of the Ist Baptist Church of Middletown, July, 1793, and died, Oct. 8, 1840, in 76th year of his age.
Rachel, wife of Rev. Benjamin Bennet, died, May 19, 1852, in 87th yr.
Louisia Maria, daughter of Benjamin and Rachel Bennet, died, May 29, 1816, aged 15 yrs., 9 mos., 19 days.
Pamela Whitlock died, Mch. 10, 1844, aged 77 yrs., 4 mos., 28 days. [Stone leaning against a tree.]
Lydia, wife of John Whitlock, born June 27, 1737; died, Mch. 17, 1832, aged 94 yrs., 8 mos., 18 days. [Neé Lydia Bowne.]
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HISTORICAL MISCELLANY.
In Memory of John Whitlock, who fell in the glorious cause of America, in the year of our Lord 1777, aged 43 yrs. & 8 mos.
with weeping eyes and mournfull strain of thy untimely death complain O ware I to dispose thy fate thy life had been of longer date as he a patriarchs sole possest O may he with them ever rest
Samuel, son of John and Elizabeth Beers, died, Jan. 29, 1863, aged 38 yrs., 6 mos., 13 days. [Union soldier?].
John Maston died, Dec. 7, 1855, aged 28 yrs., 6 mos., 2 days.
Sarah Jane, his wife, died, May 5, 1857, aged 21 yrs., 11 mos., 2 days.
[Adjacent, and in front of the above, lies a large marble slab face down.]
Patience, wife of W'm Maines, died, Feb. 16, 1856, in 88th yr.
William Maines died, Dec. 21, 1851, aged 85 yrs., 10 mos., 22 days.
Erected by a sincere & affectionate friend, John Stout, in memory of Jerusha T. Masterton, daughter of David and Mary Sterton, [Sutton?], died, Sept. 27. 1841, aged 20 yrs., 9 mos., 13 days.
Jerusha, wife of John Tice, died, Oct. 24, 1841, in 73rd yr.
John Tice died, Apr. 24, 1845, aged 70 yrs., 9 mos., 4 days.
James Carhart died, Feb. 15, 1844, aged 47 yrs., 11 mos., 20 days.
Margaret, wife of Wm Sutton, died, Jan. 5, 1854, aged 53 yrs., 10 mos., ; days. William Sutton died, June 25, 1845, aged 46 yrs., 5 mos., 10 days.
Elenor Lane, wife of Garret W. Wikoff, born Oct. 30, 1789; died Feb. 9, 1859. Garret W. Wikoff, born Nov. 29, 1784; died Apr. 18, 1864.
John D. Herbert, born Nov. 12, 1833; died Feb. 19, 1856.
John Layton died, June 19, 1875, aged 33 yrs., 10 mos., 28 days.
John R. Layton died, June 16, 1856, aged 79 years.
Mary, wife of Jno. R. Layton, died, Apr. 16, 1877, aged 77 yrs., 5 mos., 6 days.
William I. Sickles, son of James and Anna T., died, Aug. 11, 1879, aged 74 yrs., 9 mos .. 4 days.
Michael McCormick died, May 10, 1847. aged 26 yrs. [Stone fallen.]
Owen McCormick died, May 1, 1847, aged 27 yrs.
Robert, son of Abraham and Mary Johnson, died, Dec. 17, 1834, aged 15 yrs., S mos., 8 days.
Eleanor, wife of Sylvester M. Tilton and daughter of John S. and Elizabeth Beers, died, Jan. 6, 1861, aged 27 yrs., 2 mos., 10 days.
Samuel Sparks died, Aug. 3. 1845, aged 35 yrs. and 4 mos.
lle was a seamen and for many voyages, ist officer, from the port of New York. Was taken sick, in Charleston, S. C., and there suffered the amputation of his right leg. He returned to the home for Seamen in New York and was sent, for his health, to this section of country. accompanied by his affectionate wife and lived but sixteen days. He was a patient sufferer and we have hope that our loss was his eternal gain. He rests from his toils and his bereaved wife has place l this stone as the last act of love to him who was her earthly protector.
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BURYING GROUNDS OF MONMOUTH COUNTY, N. J.
Mary, reliet of John C. Johnson, died, April 25, 1852, aged 37 yrs., 4 mos., 1 day. John C. Johnson died, Oct. 14, 1845, aged 32 yrs., 7 mos., 6 days.
John S. Beers died, Nov. 3, 1840, aged 50 yrs.
Jerusha Matthews, wife of John S. Beers, died, July 14, 1859, aged 54 yrs., 11 mos., 17 day's. John T. Beers died, July 3, 1868, aged 60 yrs. and 4 mos.
Sarah Beers, born Jan. 17, 1758, died March 28, 1816.
Elizabeth Beers, daughter of Nathan and Sarah, died, Nov. 22, 1789, aged 22 yrs., 7 mos., 22 days.
James, son of James and Mary Walling, died, Sept. 21, 1799, aged 22 yrs., 5 mos., 5 days. Mary, wife of James Walling, born Oct. 25, 1750; died May 10, 1805.
James Walling died, July 17, 1822, in 8Ist yr. [Stone broken in half and fallen.]
Ann S., wife of Obadiah Ellison, died, July 8, 1873, aged 76 yrs.
Samuel Beers died, Sept. 29, 1847, aged 84 yrs. and 26 days.
Rebecca, wife of Samuel Beers, died, March 6, 1826, aged 67 yrs., 10 mos., 11 dlay's. Joseph Beers died, Oct. 24, 1846, aged 71 yrs. and 11 days.
Nancy, wife of Joseph Beers, died, Sept. 29, 1831, aged 40 yrs., I mo., 23 days.
Miss Jane Sanford died, Aug. 6, 1827, aged 21 yrs., 10 mos., 25 days.
Maria Sanford died, Feb. 18, 1825, aged 8 yrs., 10 mos., 28 days.
Joseph Sanford died, Sept. 8, 1836, aged 60 yrs. and 18 days.
Lucy, relict of Jos. Sanford, died, Nov. 20, 1869, in 87th yr.
Thomas Sanford died, in San Francisco, Cal., July 1, 1865, aged 37 yrs., 10 mos., 26 days. Abraham Johnson died, Aug. 8, 1845, aged 72 yrs., 6 mos., 8 days.
Samuel Holmes died, Feb. 14, 1814, aged 77 yrs., 5 mos., 30 days.
Sarah, wife of Samuel Holmes, died, April 27, 1857, aged 82 yrs., 2 mos., 20 days.
Sophia Matilda, daughter of John and Hannah Bray, died, Jan. 23, 1852, aged 16 yrs., I mo., 25 days.
John Bray died, Feb. 22, 1845, aged 46 yrs., 11 mos., 17 days. Mercy, wife of Nicholas Morrell, died, Jan. 18, 1861, aged 68 yrs., 6 mos., 19 days. Aaron Conover died, Dec. 26, 1858, aged 64 yrs., 8 mos., 26 days. Susan, wife of Aaron Conover, died, Sept. 28, 1849, aged 56 yrs. William Bray died, March 17, 1861, aged 61 yrs., 3 mos., 15 days. William L. Pierce, born Mch. 6, 1822; died Nov. 11, 1861. Daniel Bray died, July 27, 1841, aged 71 yrs., 6 mos., 10 days. Sarah, wife of Daniel Bray, died, July 21, 1825, aged 58 yrs., 5 mos., 16 days.
Rachel Bray died, Sept. 21, 1806, aged 16 yrs., 8 mos., 8 days. Samuel, son of Samuel Bray, died, July 29, 1796, aged 31 yrs. and 8 days. Samuel Bray died, Aug. 25, 1794, aged 65 yrs., 2 mos., 4 days.
Elizabeth, wife of Wiley C. Thomas, born Feb. 2, 1797; died Aug. 20, 1847, aged 24 yrs., 7 mos., 18 days [?].
Rebecca, wife of Samuel Bray, died, Feb. 10, 1810, aged 79 yrs., 10 mos., 24 days. Rachel, wife of James Bray, died Feb. 20, 1855, aged So yrs., 3 mos., 15 days. James Bray died, Sept. 1, 1810, aged 37 yrs., 11 mos., 29 days.
Catharine Winter, daughter of James Bray, died, July 29, 1837, aged 36 yrs., 7 mos., 3 days.
John Sparling, born Dec. 7, 1815; died Sept. 10, 1868.
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HISTORICAL MISCELLANY.
Samuel Ogborne, son of James and Rachel Bray, died, Nov. 10, 1802, aged 5 yrs. and 14 days.
John Matson, son of do., died, Nov. 26, 1821, aged i yr., ; mos., 15 days.
William Harriss died, Nov. 1, 1832, aged 20 yrs., 6 mos., 15 days.
Cordelia Lucretia, daughter of Wm and Laura Harriss, died, Apr. 27, 1838, aged 5 yrs. and 12 days.
Elizabeth, wife of Samuel O. Bray, died, Apr. 2, 1858, aged 48 yrs. and 20 days. Samuel O. Bray died, Mch. 27, 1872, aged 69 yrs., 4 mos., 20 days. Mary, wife of Stout Holmes, died, Sept. 21, 1831, aged 64 yrs., 11 mos., 18 days.
Stout Holmes died, Jan. 27, 1817, aged 60 yrs. and 8 mos.
Samuel Beers died, March 7, 1866, aged 70 yrs., 5 mos., 26 days.
Sarah, wife of Samuel Beers, died, Mich. 29, 1865, aged 75 yrs., 6 mos., 2 days. Adaline, daughter of Jno. J. and Sarah Ely, born April 8, 1825; died Oct. 5, 1849. John J. Ely died, Jan. 11, 1852, aged 73 yrs., 9 mos., 4 days.
Achsah Mount, consort of John J. Ely, died, Oct. 13, 1848, aged 66 yrs., 8 mos., 11 days. Joshua, son of Jno. and Achsah Ely, died, June 13, 1828, aged 24 yrs., 2 mos., 19 days. Samuel Holmes died, Feb. 23, 1760, aged 55 yrs., 10 mos., o days.
Huldah, widow of Samuel Holmes, died, Sept. 4, 1784, aged 74 yrs., 9 mos., 24 days. William Wiley, late of New York City, died, Mch. 30, 1768, aged 29 yrs.
His time is come next may be thine Prepare for it whilst [you] have time And that thou mayst prepared be Live unto him that dyd for thee. [Large fallen stone.]
SMOCK BURYING GROUND)
NEAR COLT'S NECK, N. J.
Jeremiah Van Devanter, son of Jacob and Sarah, his ist wife, died, Aug. 26, 1803, ageu 24, 0, 15.
- - son of - - nelius and Allis - -, died, Aug. 12, 18-, aged 27 -. [Stone broken and scaled.] Anne, daughter of George Smock and Sarah, his ist wife, died, June 9, 1799, aged 8, 9, o. Sarah, wife of George Smock, died, Mich. 30, 1794, aged 38, 11, 6.
George Smock, Sr., died, June 5, 1836, aged 81, 6, 11.
Margaret, wife of George Smock, died, July 5, 1850, aged So, 1, 1.
Margaret S., daughter of Samuel Jones, died, Oct. 13, 1857, aged o, 4, 17.
John R. Smock died, Oct. 18, 1867, aged 69, 4, 9. Eleanor Smock, his wife, died, Mch. 11, 1864, aged 68, 5, 12.
Ruleff Smock died, Sept. 24, 1835, aged 65, 10, 4. [Stone fallen and broken.] John Smock, Sr., died, Feb. 26, 1808, aged 81, 0, 13.
Elizabeth Conover, his wife, died, May 7, 1812, aged 87, 1, 19.
Rhoda, daughter of John Smock, Sr., and Elizabeth C., his wife, died, Apr. 10, 1825, aged o, 3, 6.
Jane, wife of Henry Smock, died, Dec. 7, 1834, aged 67, 9, 26.
Mary Ann Smock, born Oct. 17, 1813; died Mch. 18, 1874.
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BURYING GROUNDS OF MONMOUTHI COUNTY, N. J.
Barnes B. Smock died, Sept. 26, 1851, aged 80, 3, 13. [Stone broken.] Lydia, wife of Barnes B. Smock, - - -. [Stone badly broken.]
Hendrick Smock died, June 14, 1786, aged 49, 5, 27.
Barnes 11. Smock died, Dec. 4, 1818, aged 58, 11, 28. Elizabeth Smock, wife of Peter S. Smock, died, Sept. 3, 1855, aged 29, 1, 1. Sarah, wife of Rulef P. Smock and daughter of Daniel and Rhoda Holmes, died, Oct. 13, 1860, aged 31, 9, 0.
Peter R. Smock, born Mch. 2, 1801; died Mch. 3, 1870. Wife, Catharine Hendrickson, born Oct. 8, 1801; died Sept. 9, 1890. Cornelia Stillwell, wife of Wm R. Smock, died, May 26, 1853, aged 37, 5, 29. Jane Golden, born Jan. 8, 1803; dicd Oct. 25, 1868.
Thos. T. Vanderveer died, Feb. 8, 1876, aged 50.
Peter H. Vanderveer dicd, Aug. 28, 1881, aged 64, 9, 11.
Elias Vanderveer died, Jan. 12, 1876, aged 80, 6, 6. Sarah, his wife, died, Oct. 8, 1858, aged 61, 6, 27. Deborah Hoffmire died, Mch. 30, 1860, aged 80 yrs.
[A large number of modern stones in this yard are badly broken. Among others uncopied are those of the Vanarsdale and Lane families.]
VAN DORN BURYING GROUND
On the road to Holmdel is a fine old house built, in 1753, by Peter Van Dorn. (Daniel P. Van Dorn, of Freehold, is his grandson.) It has been occupied by Mr. - Carson for seventeen years, (now 1894), and previously by Elisha Holmes. In the extension, flank- ing either side of the stone stairway to the cellar, is a gravestone. One is indecipherable; the other reads :
Issac, son of Jacob and Mary Van Dorn, died, Oct. 5, 1749, aged 10, 3, 11.
WIKOFF BURYING GROUND FREEHOLD, N. J.
This plot is situated on the turnpike about two miles North of Freehold.
Anne, daughter of Wm and Agnefs Wikoff, died, March 8th, 1803, in 68th yr.
William Wikoff died, Sept., 1782, aged 75 yrs .
Agness Wikoff, wife of William Wikoff, died, July 26, 1777, aged 73 yrs.
Catharine Forman died, Sept. 2, 1818, aged 72 yrs., 4 mos., 12 days.
Ezekiel Forman, consort of Catharine Forman, died, Dec. 15, 1828, in Both yr.
"In memory of Capt. Jacob Forman, who entered the Merchants' service, at the age of 14, at the Port of New York. He progressed by regular grades to the command of a ship, remaining in the service 30 years, until a few years of his death, which took place June 16. 1841, in the 58th year of his age."
"Here lies ye Body of Anne, wife of Cornelius Covenhoven, who departed this life the fourteenth of September, Annoq Domini 1757," aged twenty years & one day.
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HISTORICAL MISCELLANY.
Mar. 24, 1748. Gearche Sutphin -[Cut on a field stone.]
Agness Wikoff, daughter of William and Agnefs Wikoff, died, Oct. 29, 1795, aged 52 yrs. Anna, daughter of David and Geartey Williamson, died, May 10, 1824, aged 69 yrs., 3 mos., 18 days.
Sarah Williamson, daughter of David and Geartey Williamson, died, Jan. 31st, 1849, aged 91 yrs., 8 mnos., 1 day.
Peter Antonides died, December 6, 1828, aged 53 yrs., 5 mos., 16 days.
Daniel Barcalow died, June the 28th, 1795, aged 74 yrs., 6 mos., 2 days.
Hendrick, son of David and Geartey Williamson, died, Oct. 28, 1843, aged 64 yrs., 8 mos., 12 days.
Mary Lloyd, wife of Peter Antonides, died, Mch. 3, 1836, aged 56 yrs., 11 mos., 26 days. Ann, wife of John Lloyd, died, Sept. 22, 1791.
Derrick Barcalow, son of Daniel, died, July 28, 1801, aged 25 yrs., 10 mos., 17 days.
Garret Wikoff died, Nov. 2, 1770, aged 66 yrs., 7 mos., 28 days.
Aeltie, wife of Garret Wikoff, died, Feb. 19, 1740, aged 34 yrs., 3 mos., 26 days.
[Infants' inscriptions have generally been omitted.]
KERR BURYING GROUND FREEHOLD, N. J.
On the summit of a hill, about three large fields distant from Tennent church, in a dense woods, is a small graveyard containing three stones.
Margaret, wife of Jo - - - Ker, died, Dec. 20, 1745, aged 33, 6, 22.
Margret, wife of W - - - - Ker, died, Oct. 1, 1734, in 73rd yr.
Walter Ker died, June 10, 1748, in 92nd year; verse follows.
RHEA BURYING GROUND
FREEHOLD, N. J.
This plot is situated in the middle of an apple orchard, without fence, and rapidly going to decay. It is near Frechold, on the Demarest D. Denise farm, (July, 1894), reached by the Manalapan turnpike, and also by the turnpike turning off at the Catholic Cemetery.
David Rhea died, May 15, 1761, aged 64 yrs., 2 mos., o days.
Robert Rhea, died Jan. 18, 1720.
Janet Rhea died, Jan. 15, 1761, aged about 93 yrs. [Broken and fallen.]
Jonathan Rhea died, May 23, 1767, aged 50 [and odd years], 9 mos., I day. [Badly broken into fragments. "May 23, 1770, aged 63," says Ellis, in his History of Monmouth County, but I am sure he is wrong.]
Ann Rhea, daughter of Jonathan and Lydia, died, aged 5 mos. [No date.]
Margaret, daughter of Robert and Mary Rhea, died, Nov. 10, 1747, aged i yr., 3 mos., 17 days.
David, son of Robert and Mary Rhea, died, Aug. 11, 1752, aged 3 yrs., 11 mos .. 25 days. Margaret, daughter of Robert and Mary Rhea, died, Aug. 16, 1752, aged 1 yr .. 6 mos., 7 days.
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BURYING GROUNDS OF MONMOUTH COUNTY, N. J. TENNENT CHURCH YARD
FREEHOLD, N. J.
There are in the vicinity of a thousand tombstones in Tennent Churchyard, from which the following epitaphs have been copied. Of necessity many had to be omitted. Among them, are stones commemorating the families of Gulick, Combs, Robinson, Gordon, Camp- bell, Jewell, Boyd, Appleton, Mount, Ruc, Thompson, Johnson, Van Horn, Du Bois, Schenck, Anderson, Ten Eyck, Woodhull, Clayton, Martin, Lewis, Pittinger, Cook, Baird, Wikoff, Van Schoik, Dey, Ely, Perrine, Boicc, McChesney, McElvaine, Herbert, Scobey, Craig, Stephenson, Preston, Church, Hays, Antonides, Cassler, Snyder, Nevius, Low, Tyson, Hedden, Sccor, Errickson, Suydam, Sutphen, Voorhees, White, Laird, Magee, Van Cleaf, Woolley, Conover, Newell, Reid, Quackenbush and many others.
George Walker died, Jan. 2, 1791, in 67th yr. [On same stone]:
Priscilla, consort of George Walker, dicd, Jan. 26, 1813, in 84th yr.
Miss Lydia Walker died, Feb. 19, 1833, in 69th yr.
Elizabeth, daughter of George and Priscilla Walker, died, June 3, 1767, aged about 9 months.
Thomas Marshall, son of John B. and Hope B. Forman, dicd, Dec. 5, 1816, aged 2 yrs., 8 mos., o days.
Mary Ann, daughter of John B. and Hope B. Forman, born Apr. 23, 1812; dicd Oct. 8, 1884. John B. Forman dicd, Mch. 23, 1853, aged 66, 8, 16.
Hope B. Forman, wife of John B. Forman and daughter of Dr. Thomas and Rachel Hen- derson, died, Apr. 15, 1823, aged 36 yrs.
Dr. Samuel Forman dicd, Dec. 11, 1845, in 82nd yr.
Anne, wife of David Forman, died, Sept. 9, 1798, in 63rd yr.
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