My gr-great grandfather was George Franklin Light. He moved to Elizabeth, Union Co. NJ around 1900. He died in 1923 and is buried at the Evergreen Cemetary in Hillside. His wife was Henrietta Delcamp. She died in 1922 and is also buried in Hillside Cemetary. Their children included Harvey W. who married Margaret Haines, Rellie (aka Irene), Edith who married Marcus Dussler, Arthur, Claude who married Myrtle Heller, Mae, Minnie Ellen, Meta, John Chester, George W. and Harry. Would appreciate any information on these people, and/or their descendents. Peggy Tyrrell

Dear Peggy - The only Evergreens Cemetery or "Cemetery of the Evergreens" I know is in Kings County, Brooklyn. Is there any chance your ancestors might be buried there? Helaine

Many, many thanks to all of you who took the time to answer my question about the Evergreen Cemetary location. I appreciate the directions, pictures, suggestion of software for cemetaries, and personal experiences in visiting the one in Hillside. I believe that the Hillside one is where my gr-grandparents are buried. There may be other family members buried there. with the information you all provided, I will write the cemetary. Thanks again. Peggy Tyrrell > > >

Peggy- In regards to your query. There is an Evergreen Cemetery located just west of the Newark Airport in an area bounded by these major roads: Frelinghuysen, North Broad and Rt 22. There are two other cemeteries shown to be adjacent to it and may be part of them. One of these is Oneb Sholen and I can't read the name of the other. I suggest buying a copy of "Travel Maps USA" under the Cosmi or Swift name for about $10. It is great for locating cemeteries and other items of genealogical interest across the country. I have found relatively obscure cemeteries in rural Arkansas and Indiana on this software program. Cosmi has two products along this line be sure to get "Travel Maps USA." Good hunting Bill Arlene & Tom Dunkum wrote: > Peggy and List, > > Please don't forget the Evergreen Cemetery in Plainfield, NJ. It is located > on Plainfield > Avenue between 4th & 5th Streets and in quite a state of disrepair. It is > owned by 2 Churches in Plainfield: > > First Park Baptist Church > 315 W. 7th Street > Plainfield, NJ 07060 > > and > > Convent United Methodist church > 631 E. Front Street > Plainfield, NJ 07060 > > First Park Baptist is wonderful about responding to letters but, > unfortunately, the United Methodist Church is not. I have written them > twice in the last 2 years, even sending a donation for the cemetery fund, > and they have never responded. This is most disappointing to me as, not > only am I United Methodist, my mother was a member of this church. > > Good luck, Peggy. If you find a relative in this Evergreen Cemetery, let me > know. I am going there in May and could try to find your relative's grave > and take a picture. > > Arlene Dunkum > > Peggy wrote: > > > Please provide location for Evergreen Cemetary. According to my > > gr-grandparents death certificates this is where they are buried. Unable > > to locate this cemetary in the county list. Does it have another name? > > My ancestors lived in Elizabeth, NJ. > > Peggy Tyrrell

Peggy and List, Please don't forget the Evergreen Cemetery in Plainfield, NJ. It is located on Plainfield Avenue between 4th & 5th Streets and in quite a state of disrepair. It is owned by 2 Churches in Plainfield: First Park Baptist Church 315 W. 7th Street Plainfield, NJ 07060 and Convent United Methodist church 631 E. Front Street Plainfield, NJ 07060 First Park Baptist is wonderful about responding to letters but, unfortunately, the United Methodist Church is not. I have written them twice in the last 2 years, even sending a donation for the cemetery fund, and they have never responded. This is most disappointing to me as, not only am I United Methodist, my mother was a member of this church. Good luck, Peggy. If you find a relative in this Evergreen Cemetery, let me know. I am going there in May and could try to find your relative's grave and take a picture. Arlene Dunkum Peggy wrote: > Please provide location for Evergreen Cemetary. According to my > gr-grandparents death certificates this is where they are buried. Unable > to locate this cemetary in the county list. Does it have another name? > My ancestors lived in Elizabeth, NJ. > Peggy Tyrrell

Peggy and Others: If you are going to the Evergreen Cemetery in Hillside, expect a pleasant experience. I was there just 2-3 weeks ago and although I arrived only 15-20 minutes before closing time of the office, the workers there were most helpful. The grounds seem to be well-kept and all-in-all, it was a good time. Good luck in your researching!! Lois

Thank you, Pat. Well said. Pat is on several of the same lists I am on, and I thank her for all the kindness she has shown me. We could all take a lesson from her. Sydney Cardner -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Sunday, April 02, 2000 8:48 AM Subject: [NJUNION] RE: Cemeteries of Union Co. >Do we have any records online of the Catholic Cemeteries in Plainfield NJ >area? If not, is this something that might be added in the future? Also, >Does each church have one or is there just one main Catholic Cemetery? > >I would also like to add that I think we should be more tolerant of errors >that people make in Spelling. This is probably due to the fact that everyone >is not a typist and also could be elderly or just plain tired from a Hard Day >at the Office. We are not here to point out or embarass them, But to help >each other and I hope being kind to one another. > >

Do we have any records online of the Catholic Cemeteries in Plainfield NJ area? If not, is this something that might be added in the future? Also, Does each church have one or is there just one main Catholic Cemetery? I would also like to add that I think we should be more tolerant of errors that people make in Spelling. This is probably due to the fact that everyone is not a typist and also could be elderly or just plain tired from a Hard Day at the Office. We are not here to point out or embarass them, But to help each other and I hope being kind to one another.

Hey folks -- can we at least use spell check on the subject line? Harman Clark Sheffield, VT 05866

Hi Kim, Thanks for quick reply on the cemetary. That explains why I could not find it listed for Elizabeth. I too am new at this..and messed up my first requests. My gr-grandparents were George Franklin Light and his wife was Henrietta but called Etta or Ettie. Might be other Lights buried there. Thanks again. Peggy Tyrrell > >

Hi Peggy, My name is Kim and actually this is the first time I am writting to this list,I have been reading it alot though,anyways Evergreen Cemetary is Located on North Broad Street in Hillside,NJ.I have a grandfather and uncle burried in there.I just grabbed my phone book,the exact address is 1137 North Broad Street,Hillside,NJ 908-352-7940.It is pratically on the Elizabeth border,good luck on your search :o) At 08:40 PM 04/01/2000 -0500, you wrote: >Please provide location for Evergreen Cemetary. According to my >gr-grandparents death certificates this is where they are buried. Unable >to locate this cemetary in the county list. Does it have another name? >My ancestors lived in Elizabeth, NJ. >Peggy Tyrrell > > > HTTP://home.earthlink.net/~kittell

Please provide location for Evergreen Cemetary. According to my gr-grandparents death certificates this is where they are buried. Unable to locate this cemetary in the county list. Does it have another name? My ancestors lived in Elizabeth, NJ. Peggy Tyrrell

Peggy, I looked for the cemetery..only found one in Hillside, which is not that far from Elizabeth. The other one I found is in Morristown which is a distance. There were not too many cemeteries right in Elizabeth for the size of the town, so it is a good guess to look at the one on North Broad St. in Hillside. My Grandparents had to find a catholic graveyard in Newark(on the border).. I would almost guarantee yours is in Hillside. Grace

----- Original Message ----- From: Harman Clark <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, March 31, 2000 8:09 AM Subject: [NJUNION] Abraham Clark "The Signer" > Abraham Clark b. 15 Feb 1725/26, Elizabethtown, NJ, (the only child of > Thomas Clark and Elizabeth Winans) m. Sarah Hatfield, b. circa 1728, > (daughter of Isaac Hatfield and Sarah Price) d. 02 Jun 1804. Abraham died > 15 Sep 1794, buried: Rahway Cemetery, Rahway, NJ. He was a Signer of the > Declaration of Independence. He was known as Abraham Clark, Jr., to > distinguish him from his uncle Abraham. > He and sarah had ten children -- a respectable number considering > the time he spent helping people and on civic duties -- but ten is quite a > bit less than seem to be attributed to him on modern websites and message > boards. > Researchers interested in his descendants should begin with an > Article by Ann Clark Hart in The Genealogical Magazine of New Jersey, April > 1932, which sets forth the then known descendants of The Signer. That > article has been reprinted in "Genealogies of New Jersey Families" [Geneal. > Pub. Co. Balt. 1996] Vol. 1, page 145. While Ann Hart was not > infallible, the article is relatively well done [NPI] and her sources are > cited, including, for the ten children, the inclusion of a photostat of the > listing by Rev. Edwin F. Hatfield, in his handwriting, from a genealogical > manuscript he had prepared for publication. The list also fits with the > Wills of Abraham Clark, and of Abraham's father. > Children: > i Aaron Clark b. 1750 Wheatsheaf (Rahway), NJ, m. Susan Winans, b. circa > 1758, (daughter of Benjamin Winans) d. 26 Apr 1821, Washington Co., Pa. > Aaron died 1811/12, Washington Co., Pa. See C.C.Gardner, page 151; NYGBR > 63:96. GMNJ 7:89 at 90+ (1932). Susan: C. C. Gardner, page 151; GMNJ 7:90. > ii Thomas Clark b. 1753 m. circa 1775, Elizabeth Dixon. Thomas died 13 > May 1789, buried: Rahway Cemetery, Rahway, NJ. GMNJ 7:93; NYGBR 63:96. > Elizabeth: GMNJ 7:93. "Elizabeth Clark appears in the Census of 1790 for > Washington County, Pennsylvania (p. 248) with three sons under age, whither > she had gone with the family of John Jonas, a veteran of the Revolution. > The latter's wife, Lucy, was a daughter of Jonathan Squire and his second > wife Hannah Dixon, possibly a near relative of Elizabeth (Dixon) Clark. > About 1793-4 these families moved to Selbysport, Allegany Co., Maryland > where Elizabeth died and was buried." > iii Abraham Clark b. 1755, d. 26 Jul 1758. NYGBR 63:96. > iv Hannah Clark b. circa 1755, m. aft 11 Aug 1777, divorced 1801, Capt. > Melyn Miller, (son of Jonathan Miller and Elizabeth Dickinson) d. bef 9 May > 1795. Hannah died 08 Nov 1830. GMNJ 7:95+; NYGBR 63:96. GMNJ 9:136 adds: > "From the Sentinel of Freedom for Nov. 9, 1830: 'Mrs. Hannah Miller, eldest > daughter of Hon. Abraham Clark, died November 8th, 1830, aged 75." Also: > Act of N.J. Legislature, 1801, page 75, grants divorce between Melyne Miller > and the said Hannah -- passed at Trenton, March 3, 1801. Capt.: See Ross > Family No. 99, page 25. N.J. Genesis 9:349 (1961). > v Andrew Clark b. circa 1761, Elizabethtown, NJ. Unmarried; died before > his father. NYGBR 63:96; GMNJ 7:96. > vi Sarah Clark b. circa 1761 Elizabethtown, NJ, m. Clarkson Edgar, b. 21 > Jun 1756, (son of William Edgar and Experience Clarkson) Occ. General., d. > 21 Jul 1816, buried: Woodbridge Presbyterian Church. Sarah died 02 Oct > 1817, buried: Woodbridge Presbyterian Church. NYGBR 63:96 says she had one > child, Harrietta, who died childless. GMNJ 7:97, lists two children by Gen. > Clarkson Edgar. Clarkson: Sarah Clark was his second wife. He served in > Revolutionary War as Captain and Major, and is buried at Woodbridge. After > the war he became a General. First wife was Mary Fitz Randolph, Louise Aymar > Christian genealogy of Fitz Randolph Family, No. 105, page 32. See also > supplement page 7. > vii Cavalier Clark b. 1763, d. 04 Nov 1764. NYGBR 63:96. > viii Elizabeth Clark. Died in her 14th year. NYGBR 63:96. > ix Abraham Clark, M.D. b. 02 Oct 1767 Elizabethtown, NJ, Occ. Physician, m. > (1) in New Jersey, Hannah Perkins, (daughter of Jabez Perkins and Hannah > Lathrop) m. (2) 29 Dec 1791, in Newark, NJ, Lydia Griffith, b. Mar 1770, > (daughter of John Griffith and Elizabeth Camp) d. 19 Aug 1861. Abraham died > 28 Jul 1854, Kinderhook, N.Y. "Practiced at Rahway, later at Newark, > finally N.Y. State." C.C.Gardner, page 151; NYGBR 63:69; GMNJ 7:97. Hannah: > Her second husband, by whom she had no children, was the son of Abraham > Clark, a Signer of the Declaration of Independence. See notes as to her > children by Huntington, in Lathrop Genealogy, by Huntington, page 57. AA & C > Princess of Wales, Roberts, page 58. NEHGR 14:115 (April 1860). Lydia: "Of > Rahway"; C.C. Gardner, pg. 151. > x Abigail Clark b. 1773 Elizabethtown, NJ, m. 28 Oct 1802, Thomas Salter, > b. 04 Nov 1764, d. 06 Apr 1853. Abigail died 25 Oct 1811. NYGBR 63:96; > GMNJ 7:97-98. Thomas: GMNJ 7:97-98. He was son of Manassah and Catharine > (Wright) Salter. He had nine children by first wife, Charlotte, daughter of > Jonathan Dayton; two by Abigail Clark; and six children by his third wife, > Susan, daughter of Matthias Williamson. > > > There are a number of obituaries published in Union County in the mid > 1900s which identify the deceased as a decendant of The Signer, and I > haven't seen one yet which was correct. I am posting this, also, because > there have been recent forum list postings showing other "sons" [one with a > birth date the same year as Cavalier, above]. I don't like to burst > people's bubbles, but assume we are also seeking for accuracy, and I would > be happy to exchange data or try to answer questions. [Of course I will > probably refer most of the questions to David Kane! <G> ] > > Harman Clark [a distant cousin but not a descendant]. > > [email protected] > >

----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, March 31, 2000 9:41 AM Subject: Re: [NJUNION] John Marsh Potter (Rahway NJ) > In a message dated 3/30/00 7:52:11 PM Pacific Standard Time, > [email protected] writes: > > << You mentioned that most of the Potters were up in New > Provedence. I have a David Bird of Woodbridge > marrying Phebe Potter, dau. of Benjamin Potter. They > married in Westfield, but lived in Woodbridge. >> > > Judy, > I'll get back to you about this once I check my data. I think the John Potter > that I mentioned was from Woodbridge, and perhaps they are all related. > > Thanks, > Dave > >

Looking for information on Abram FRAZEE and wife Sarah ? I have the name of only one child, Phebe D. Frazee b. Sept. 13, 1814 in NYC, d. Oct. 21, 1894 Plainfield, NJ. Phebe FRAZEE m. Dr. Henry MARTIN of Metuchen, and Plainfield, NJ, s/o Dr. William MARTIN and Sarah ELSTON of Metuchen, NJ. That is all the info I have on Abram and Sarah Frazee. Alice Martin LaRue

The following report was just called to my attention. This is the first I have heard of a Clark-Bonnel connection. Does anyone happen to know whether the Nancy Bonnel below is connected in any way to Jonathan Crane Bonnel, of Chatham, N.J., the 19th century "founder" of Summit, N.J., or anyone in his extended family? Nathaniel Bonnel, Jonathan C.'s great-grandfather came from Long Island to Elizabethtown, N.J. New York Marriages Previous to 1784 Names of Persons for Whom Marriage Licenses Were Issued By the Secretary of the Province of New York, Previous to 1784 B page 37 1761. Feb. 25. Bonnel, Mary, and William Clark, M.B., iv. 83 Dave McMane

Abraham Clark b. 15 Feb 1725/26, Elizabethtown, NJ, (the only child of Thomas Clark and Elizabeth Winans) m. Sarah Hatfield, b. circa 1728, (daughter of Isaac Hatfield and Sarah Price) d. 02 Jun 1804. Abraham died 15 Sep 1794, buried: Rahway Cemetery, Rahway, NJ. He was a Signer of the Declaration of Independence. He was known as Abraham Clark, Jr., to distinguish him from his uncle Abraham. He and sarah had ten children -- a respectable number considering the time he spent helping people and on civic duties -- but ten is quite a bit less than seem to be attributed to him on modern websites and message boards. Researchers interested in his descendants should begin with an Article by Ann Clark Hart in The Genealogical Magazine of New Jersey, April 1932, which sets forth the then known descendants of The Signer. That article has been reprinted in "Genealogies of New Jersey Families" [Geneal. Pub. Co. Balt. 1996] Vol. 1, page 145. While Ann Hart was not infallible, the article is relatively well done [NPI] and her sources are cited, including, for the ten children, the inclusion of a photostat of the listing by Rev. Edwin F. Hatfield, in his handwriting, from a genealogical manuscript he had prepared for publication. The list also fits with the Wills of Abraham Clark, and of Abraham's father. Children: i Aaron Clark b. 1750 Wheatsheaf (Rahway), NJ, m. Susan Winans, b. circa 1758, (daughter of Benjamin Winans) d. 26 Apr 1821, Washington Co., Pa. Aaron died 1811/12, Washington Co., Pa. See C.C.Gardner, page 151; NYGBR 63:96. GMNJ 7:89 at 90+ (1932). Susan: C. C. Gardner, page 151; GMNJ 7:90. ii Thomas Clark b. 1753 m. circa 1775, Elizabeth Dixon. Thomas died 13 May 1789, buried: Rahway Cemetery, Rahway, NJ. GMNJ 7:93; NYGBR 63:96. Elizabeth: GMNJ 7:93. "Elizabeth Clark appears in the Census of 1790 for Washington County, Pennsylvania (p. 248) with three sons under age, whither she had gone with the family of John Jonas, a veteran of the Revolution. The latter's wife, Lucy, was a daughter of Jonathan Squire and his second wife Hannah Dixon, possibly a near relative of Elizabeth (Dixon) Clark. About 1793-4 these families moved to Selbysport, Allegany Co., Maryland where Elizabeth died and was buried." iii Abraham Clark b. 1755, d. 26 Jul 1758. NYGBR 63:96. iv Hannah Clark b. circa 1755, m. aft 11 Aug 1777, divorced 1801, Capt. Melyn Miller, (son of Jonathan Miller and Elizabeth Dickinson) d. bef 9 May 1795. Hannah died 08 Nov 1830. GMNJ 7:95+; NYGBR 63:96. GMNJ 9:136 adds: "From the Sentinel of Freedom for Nov. 9, 1830: 'Mrs. Hannah Miller, eldest daughter of Hon. Abraham Clark, died November 8th, 1830, aged 75." Also: Act of N.J. Legislature, 1801, page 75, grants divorce between Melyne Miller and the said Hannah -- passed at Trenton, March 3, 1801. Capt.: See Ross Family No. 99, page 25. N.J. Genesis 9:349 (1961). v Andrew Clark b. circa 1761, Elizabethtown, NJ. Unmarried; died before his father. NYGBR 63:96; GMNJ 7:96. vi Sarah Clark b. circa 1761 Elizabethtown, NJ, m. Clarkson Edgar, b. 21 Jun 1756, (son of William Edgar and Experience Clarkson) Occ. General., d. 21 Jul 1816, buried: Woodbridge Presbyterian Church. Sarah died 02 Oct 1817, buried: Woodbridge Presbyterian Church. NYGBR 63:96 says she had one child, Harrietta, who died childless. GMNJ 7:97, lists two children by Gen. Clarkson Edgar. Clarkson: Sarah Clark was his second wife. He served in Revolutionary War as Captain and Major, and is buried at Woodbridge. After the war he became a General. First wife was Mary Fitz Randolph, Louise Aymar Christian genealogy of Fitz Randolph Family, No. 105, page 32. See also supplement page 7. vii Cavalier Clark b. 1763, d. 04 Nov 1764. NYGBR 63:96. viii Elizabeth Clark. Died in her 14th year. NYGBR 63:96. ix Abraham Clark, M.D. b. 02 Oct 1767 Elizabethtown, NJ, Occ. Physician, m. (1) in New Jersey, Hannah Perkins, (daughter of Jabez Perkins and Hannah Lathrop) m. (2) 29 Dec 1791, in Newark, NJ, Lydia Griffith, b. Mar 1770, (daughter of John Griffith and Elizabeth Camp) d. 19 Aug 1861. Abraham died 28 Jul 1854, Kinderhook, N.Y. "Practiced at Rahway, later at Newark, finally N.Y. State." C.C.Gardner, page 151; NYGBR 63:69; GMNJ 7:97. Hannah: Her second husband, by whom she had no children, was the son of Abraham Clark, a Signer of the Declaration of Independence. See notes as to her children by Huntington, in Lathrop Genealogy, by Huntington, page 57. AA & C Princess of Wales, Roberts, page 58. NEHGR 14:115 (April 1860). Lydia: "Of Rahway"; C.C. Gardner, pg. 151. x Abigail Clark b. 1773 Elizabethtown, NJ, m. 28 Oct 1802, Thomas Salter, b. 04 Nov 1764, d. 06 Apr 1853. Abigail died 25 Oct 1811. NYGBR 63:96; GMNJ 7:97-98. Thomas: GMNJ 7:97-98. He was son of Manassah and Catharine (Wright) Salter. He had nine children by first wife, Charlotte, daughter of Jonathan Dayton; two by Abigail Clark; and six children by his third wife, Susan, daughter of Matthias Williamson. There are a number of obituaries published in Union County in the mid 1900s which identify the deceased as a decendant of The Signer, and I haven't seen one yet which was correct. I am posting this, also, because there have been recent forum list postings showing other "sons" [one with a birth date the same year as Cavalier, above]. I don't like to burst people's bubbles, but assume we are also seeking for accuracy, and I would be happy to exchange data or try to answer questions. [Of course I will probably refer most of the questions to David Kane! <G> ] Harman Clark [a distant cousin but not a descendant]. [email protected]

On Fri, 31 Mar 2000 05:19:24 -0800 (PST) Harman Clark writes: > The other were daughters of William Potter who was hanged in New Haven >in 1662 for beastility with sundrie creatures. I am descended through >William's daughter, Hope Potter, who married Daniel Robinds/Robbins. I guess I'd better not ask about the identity (or species) of Hope's mother . . . ;-o g ________________________________________________________________ YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.

In a message dated 3/30/00 7:52:11 PM Pacific Standard Time, [email protected] writes: << You mentioned that most of the Potters were up in New Provedence. I have a David Bird of Woodbridge marrying Phebe Potter, dau. of Benjamin Potter. They married in Westfield, but lived in Woodbridge. >> Judy, I'll get back to you about this once I check my data. I think the John Potter that I mentioned was from Woodbridge, and perhaps they are all related. Thanks, Dave