Miscellaneous Early Burials
Methodist Cemetery
Randolph 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 ====================================================== A burial-ground is located adjacent to the old Methodist Episcopal Church at Lower Bank, which is supposed to represent an antiquity exceeding a hundred years. It is not known when the first burial occurred, or which of the families of the neighborhood were first called upon to dedicate the spot to sacred use. The families of Cavileers, Johnsons, Vansants, and Hall have for years made interments in this ground. There are many bodies interred here with nothing to mark their last resting-place except a rudely-shaped field-stone, or a pine slab, upon which the inscriptions, if any existed, are now defaced by the elements. Among the legends the following are copied: "In memory of Elizabeth, wife of Ezekiel Weeks, who departed this life April 6th. 1811, aged 79 years, 10 months, and 15 days." "In memory of Ezekiel Weeks, who departed this life December 27th, 1817, aged 67 years, 10 months." "In memory of Anna Maria, daughter of John and Elizabeth Cavileer, who died May 20th, 1817." "Charles A., son of Nathaniel and Sarah Vansant, died July 7th, 1819." "Erected in memory of John Cavileer, who departed this life March 29th, 1839, aged 59 years, 12 days." "In memory of Isaiah Hall, who died January 24th, 1840, aged 52 years, 9 months, and 7 days." |
Pennsylvania Marriage Announcements Collection
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