Miscellaneous Early Burials
Baptist Cemetery
Pemberton Township, Burlington County, New Jersey
Extracted from: HISTORY OF BURLINGTON AND MERCER COUNTIES, NEW JERSEY WITH BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF MANY OF THEIR PIONEERS AND PROMINENT MEN by Major E.M. Woodward & John F. Hageman EVERTS & PECK 1883 PRESS OF J.B. LIPPINCOTT & CO., PHILADELPHIA ====================================================== The principal burial-places for the township of Pemberton are within the borough limits, one owned by the Baptist and the other by the Methodist Church. From the Baptist grounds we have extracted the following partial inscriptions, sufficient for the date of death and age of some of the interments: James B. Uncle, died Oct. 28, 1855, aged 55 Samuel Jones, born Dec. 11, 1801, died Oct. 23, 1863 James McGirk, Company I, Fourth New Jersey Volunteers, born Aug. 23, 1839, died Feb. 17, 1874 Sarah Jones, died March 2, 1863, aged 62 Charles B. Jones, born Feb. 18, 1829, died Oct. 24, 1868 Mary Ann Colkitt, born July 7, 1832, died Feb. 1, 1870 Burr Early, died May 30, 1875, aged 50 Richard Carpenter, died June 14, 1866, aged 65 Abel Watkinson, born March 7, 1781, died Sept. 4, 1828 Debora Watkinson, born Aug. 3, 1782, died Jan. 12, 1835 Mary Timmons, born Oct. 29, 1800, died Feb. 8, 1876 Mary J. Early, born Oct. 20, 1850, died Jan. 11, 1875 Lydia Naylor, born Jan. 2, 1844, died April 24, 1876 Eli Mathis, died March 17, 1874, aged 81 Samuel Woolston, died June 26, 1873, aged 66 Elizabeth A. Gibbs, born Sept. 30, 1837, died Jan. 31, 1876 Mary King, born Sept. 5, 1807, died Jan. 25, 1879 Capt. Howard King, Company C, Fourth New Jersey Volunteers, died Aug. 12, 1870, aged 35 Sallie Garthwaite, died Jan. 30, 1880, aged 29 Josephus Sooy, born Jan. 31, 1786, died April 7, 1865 Sarah Sooy, born June 18, 1802, died Sept. 7, 1876 Jonathan L. Sooy, born Dec. 6, 1820, died May 22, 1879 Stacy Lippincott, died Sept. 1, 1879, aged 67 Jane D. Lippincott, born Oct. 29, 1806, died May 5, 1873 Jane T. Lippincott, died Sept. 14, 1849, aged 59 Stacy B. Lippincott, born Jan. 2, 1789, died May 18, 1845 Alice P. Lippincott, born April 28, 1787, died Sept. 18, 1844 Catharine Martin, died Dec. 30, 1848, aged 74 Joseph H. Shemelia, died March 14, 1874, aged 65 Howard Budden, born April 3, 1849, died May 29, 1879 Kenneth Britton, died Sept 2, 1874, aged 90 Elizabeth Scroggy, aged 75 Joseph Sweet, born Oct. 2, 1774, died July 20, 1855 Hannah Sweet, died Aug. 4, 1856, aged 78 Thirza Jones, died Sept. 8, 1872, aged 65 Nancy Cathcart, died May 3, 1855, aged 72 J.B ., 1837 Elizabeth Norcross, died Feb. 13, 1877, aged 77 Jonathan Sutts, died May 13, 1839, aged 55 Mary Sutts, died Aug. 15, 1854, aged 81 Elizabeth Alcott, died Jan. 21, 1846, aged 74 Zacheus Alcott, died June 19, 1833, aged 66 Francis Briggs, died June 1, 1765, aged 50 Amelia Briggs, died July, 1752 Sarah Briggs, died Feb. 4, 1765, aged 22 Mary Briggs, died Feb. 7, 1765, aged 24 Marmaduke Fort, died March 23, 1795, aged 85 Mary Fort, died April 25, 1786, aged 66 Vincent Leeds, died Dec. 5, 1767, aged 54 Richard Watkinson, died Jan. 1, 1816, aged 72 Martha Watkinson, died Nov. 20, 1830, aged 80 Joshua Woolston, died Aug. 20, 1860, aged 64 Thomas F. Budd, died March 5, 1849, aged 60 Ann Budd, died Aug. 20, 1839, aged. 47 Beriah Ewan, died Nov. 23, 1847, aged 62 Rebecca Ewan, died Dec. 7, 1848, aged 69 Isaac Lee, died Dec. 11, 1860, aged 89 Hannah Lee, died Jan. 28, 1854, aged 61 Job Rogers, died Feb. 7, 1799, aged 59 Margery Rogers, died April 8, 1792, aged 44 Daniel Estill, died Aug. 11, 1815, aged 75 Rhoda Estill, died Jan. 16, 1852, aged 76 Henry Chambers, died July 17, 1822, aged 68 Elizabeth Chambers, died Aug. 27, 1804, aged 49 Ann Chambers, died Sept. 21, 1826, aged 65 John Chambers, born March 30, 1797, died Oct. 11, 1880 Eliza Chambers, born Sept. 15, 1795, died Jan. 16, 1848 Susan Wright, died Sept. 16, 1858 John Goldy, died Oct. 8, 1833, aged 56 Amelia Goldy, died Nov. 26, 1845, aged 65 Joseph S. Warren, died Sept. 3, 1818, aged 70 John Dubell, died May 9, 1852, aged 80 John Bull, died Oct. 29, 1857, aged 82 (Mr. Bull was a fine classical scholar, and for many years taught the public school in Pemberton) Catharine Dubell, died Feb. 1, 1847, aged 75 Harriet A. Swaim, born April 10, 1815, died Sept. 1, 1865 Judge Thomas Swaim, died Sept. 15, 1861, aged 78 Mary Swaim, died Jan. 3, 1859, aged 81 Joseph Willetts, born March 20, 1773, died Oct. 31, 1854 Charlotte Willetts, born Oct. 6, 1777, died June 19, 1855 Thomas Edman, died Feb. 19, 1870, aged 78 Amy Heisler, died Nov. 1, 1866, aged 69 David Colson, died Feb. 24, 1848, aged 65 Joseph Collins, died July 29, 1811, aged 49 E.R., 1778 John Chumard, died Dec. 8, 1772, aged 34 (there is a large pine-tree growing over Chumard's grave) William Hooper, died Aug. 30, 1839, aged 71 William Pippitt, died May 15, 1853, aged 73 Benjamin Taylor, died Oct. 8, 1822, aged 45 Mary Taylor, died May 28, 1862, aged 88 John Early, died Aug. 24, 1836, aged 49 Mary Early, died July 1, 1879, aged 88 Nathaniel Nunnely, died June 1, 1872, aged 64 William Powell, died Dec. 31, 1866, aged 70 Rachael Powell, died Nov. 1, 1869, aged 70 Mary Goldy, died March 24, 1846, aged 44 Hannah Alcott, born May 1, 1795, died Sept. 17, 1866, from injuries received during the passage of a tornado over the township. The house in which she lived was entirely demolished, and she was carried some distance and lodged in the branches of a large tree, from which perilous position, she was rescued toward the latter part of the day, and died the next day, September 17th. The farm over which the tornado passed is now owned by S. Bodine. Jacob Gaskill, died Feb. 13, 1838, aged 63 Esta Gaskill, died April 14, 1859, aged 78. |
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