If you don't find what you want at Salem County Historical Society, check with Gloucester. Neither the church nor Salem Co. had the burial record for Pittsgrove Presbyterian Cemetery, but I found it at Gloucester. ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, March 15, 2003 8:45 AM Subject: Quaker Buring Ground > The Friends Ground cemetery is located at the Salem Oak in Salem, NJ. From > other research, I know that there are hand written books at the Salem Co. > Historical Society on nearly every cemetery in the county. If I remember > correctly, this was a project conducted around 1902 to list every headstone > or grave. > Also, I was just researching the FIRTH name for someone and reviewed > "The Genealogy of the FIRTH Family of Salem Co., NJ" by Arnold Harris HORD, > 1931, Vickery Family. Also reviewed a file the H.S. has on the FIRTH's, > ViCKERY's & HORD'S. The FIRTH's had a connection with John Fenwick who > arrived at the place he called Salem--"peace," in June 1975. He came on the > ship "Griffin," bringing with him his children, relatives, settlers and > sevants. > > The FIRTH lineage was as follows: > > Edward FIRTH, of England. He had a son John. > > John FIRTH, of Salam, NJ married Sarah Boyer in 1709 and > had a son Edward b: 1710. > John's second marriage in 1715 was to Sarah Thompson > STUBBINS (b: 1687) and they had a son John (married Margaret > Tabor SPARKS). In 1722 Sarah STUBBINS FIRTH married Edward > VICKERY. > > John FIRTH (b: 1718) married Judith VICKERY. Their children > were: Ezra b: 1745; Sarah b: 1747; Elizabeth b: 1751; John b: > 1754; Henry b: 1756; John b: 1757. > > Ezra FIRTH (1745-1779) married in 1768 to Elizabeth > CARPENTER (1751-1779). Their children were: Preston > Carpenter b: 1769; John b: 1771; Samuel b: 1775 & Thomas > b: 1776. > > Hope this helps someone. > > Ken Estes, Pittsgrove, NJ > RAOGK Volunteer > > Jeff Palmer wrote: > > "Friend's Ground, Salem, NJ" is probably referring to the cemetery at Salem > Friends Meeting which is still there. I expect a burial record exists, but > I would not know where to look off-hand - I'd first try contacting the > meeting or the Friends Historical Library at Swarthmore College. > > Firths and Vickerys *do* appear in the minutes of Salem Meeting. Meeting > minute extracts published in "Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy," > Volume II, by William Wade Hinshaw include: > > VICKARY [Note spelling] > Edward & Sarah > Ch: Hannah b. 5- 6-1723 > Rebeckah b. 12-13-1725 > > FIRTH > John, son of John & Sarah, b. 7- 3-1718 > John & Judith > Ch: Ezra b. 1-24-1744 > Sarah b. 9-13-1747 > Elizabeth b. 5- 2-1751 > John b. 8-26-1754 > John b. 9- 5-1757 > > I'd recommend first checking Hinshaw for additional Firth records and then > tracking down the original minutes (probably at Swarthmore) for any > additional information not included in the Hinshaw extracts. > > Jeff Palmer - [email protected] > > * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * > > Linda McDowell wrote: > > My 4Xgreatgrandmother Judith FIRTH, nee Vickery, was buried in 1780 in > Friend's Ground, Salem, NJ. > > Does this cemetery still exist? or perhaps a list of those buried there? > > Linda McDowell in CA > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >