Since there's been an overwhelming response to my original posting, I'd like to offer the following information from the forward written by Donald A. Sinclair. Note: The First Baptist Church of Piscataway is the oldest religious society withing the limits of the original Township of Piscataway, and the second oldest of that denomination in the state. Although the congregation was organized in 1689, it was not until nearly sixty years later that a church building was erected. Meetings were held during this time, it is said, in the town meeting house, about a mile southeast of the present church and cemetery. The early Baptist burials -- even after the congregation had its own cemetery -- were made largely in the town byring ground at Piscatawaytown where St. James Episcopal Church now stands. The land now occupied by the church and burying ground at Stelton was purchased in April, 1731, and a house of worship erected there in 1748. This building was taken down and rebuilt in 1825, but was destroyed by fire Jan1, 1851. The building which took its place also burned in 1924, and the present church was erected in 1925. (See also "Marterials towards a History of the Baptists in New Jersey" by Morgan Edward, 1792, p20; "Minutes of the East Jersey Baptist Association", 1870; Dally's "Woodbridge and Vicinity", 1873, p368; Clayton's "History of Union and Middlesex Counties", 1882. p843; "History of the First Baptist Church of Piscataway", 1889; Griffith's "History of Baptists in New Jersey", 1904, p252. In 1870 the incorporation of parts of Piscataway and Woodbridge Townships to form Raritan Township, placed the church in the latter municipality. The name Stelton, applied to the neighborhood in which the church is located, derives from the Stelle family, prominent in that vicinity since the early days of the church. The copy presented here was commenced on July 25, 1937, and final check completed June 19, 1938. It has been carefully compared with the following known copies, and differences checked back with the stones: 1. "Woodbridge and Vicinity" (1873), p. 371. Dally. Five inscriptions, of which two are from stones now missing; the third and fourth are incompleted, and the fifth has a misspelled name. 2. "History of Union and Middlesex Counties" (1882), p. 847. Clayton. Five inscriptions, probably taken directly from Dally, and duplicating his omissions and errors. 3. Manuscript copy. (ca1893) Oliver B. Leonard. New Jersey Historical Society library. Probably made about 1893, covering about 31 percent of the inscriptions then available; includes most of the oldest inscriptions, of which 10 are now missing. Extremely unreliable. (Comparison with this copy made in collaboration with the editor.) 4. Manuscript copy. (ca1896) Dr. John Edward Marsh. New Jersey Historical Society library. Probably copied about 1896, and about 84 percent complete to that date. It includes 19 inscriptions from stones now missing. The proportion of errors and serious omissions to the number of inscriptions copied is about 28 percent. (Comparison with this copy made in collaboration with the editor.) 5. "Nicholas Mundy and Descendants" (1907), pp 7 and 142. Ten inscriptions, including one full inscription now missing and parts of three others. Remaining six are correct. 6. Manuscript copy. (1928) DAR. New Brunswick Public Library. Copied about 1928. Incomplete and surprisingly unreliable. 7. "Early Settlers of ye Plantations of Piscataway and Woodbridge" part 6, (1935) p. 1052. Orra Eugene Monnette. Contains 86 inscriptions, 27 of which are substantially correct -- but in the remaining 59 inscriptions there are 92 erros and serious ommissions. There are 341 stones standing with inscriptions more or less intact. The present copy contains records of 408 persons, including 21 for whom no inscriptions were found in 1937-38, the dates of the latter being taken from earlier copies and included here in brackets [ ]. The earliest date of death is that of Elizabeth, wife of John SUTTON, who died May 10, 1731, on month after the ground was purchased by the church. Signatures of stone-cutters, where found, are set in italics and enclosed in parentheses. There records are arranged, where possible, under the head of the family as indicated by the inscriptions themselves. The asterisk (*) indicates that no stone was found for that individual, his name and relationship appearing without dates on the stone of a member of his family. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ If anyone would like copies (9 pages) from "The Genealogical Magazine of New Jersey", please send a large SASE ($0.77) to me at PO Box 63, Fords, NJ 08863. Hope this helps. Michelle Tucker famhist@home.com