The Friends Meeting House in Salem next door to the cemetery has a burial list; but for quite a few first years, they did not put names on the headstones. I think I also saw one at the Salem Historical Society. Ask for Alice Boggs. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeff Palmer" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2003 11:42 AM Subject: RE: ? about Quaker Burying Ground > "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] > * * * > Quote of the Week: "We've now found another real good reason to use duct > tape." -- George Bush, Sr., on antiwar protesters who interrupted his speech > > -----Original Message----- > From: Linda McDowell [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2003 1:45 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: ? about Quaker Burying Ground > > 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 >