Hello Mike and others --- I have the GMNJ vol`s with the cemetery records of the Scotch Plains Baptist Church Yard and would photo copy them if you need a copy or part there of ---- regards ---- Leslie Kathleen Pantano wrote: > Hi Mike, > > I don't have a list of the members, but the information I do have will > help you get one. The gravestones for the Scotch Plains Baptist Church > Yard were published in the GMNJ vol. 35, no. 2 pp 62-69, Vol. 35, no. > 3, pp. 130-137; Vol. 36, no. 1, pp. 29-38; Vol. 36, no. 2, pp. 86-96. > The introductory paragraph reads: > > "The Scotch Plains Baptist Church was organized August 5, 1747, by > fifteen members from Piscataway Baptist Church at Edison (Stelton), > Middlesex County. A building had been erected in 1742, which was > enlarged in 1759. The first pastor was the Rev. Benjamin Miller, who > served from February 13, 1748, until his death on November 14, 1781. > He was suceeded in 1785 by the Rev. William Van Horne. The church, > whith it's adjoining burial ground, is located on the southeast corner > of Mountin and Park avenues in Scotch Plains. > These inscriptions were first copied in 1922 by members of the > Genealogical Society of New Jersey, and subsequently supplemented by > them on November 4, 1952. The early brownstones in the graveyard are > in poor condition. Many in brackets were either missing or illegible > in 1952. An unusual number of later stones omit the age, and some > have no dates whatsoever. > Family researchers are also referred to "Scotch Plains Baptist Church > Members, 1747-1814," published in the January 1932 issue of this > magazine (Vol. 7, no. 3), and to "Scothc Plains Baptist Church > Marriage Records, 1758-1761," printed in the New Jersey Archives > (First Seried, Vol. 22). The original church records have been > microfilmed by Rutgers University Library." > > I'm sure you can get a copy of the articles referenced through > Inter-library loan. Audrey Shields Hancock has lots of information > from this cemetery, along with additional sources of information, on > her website at: > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~grannyapple/NJCh-Cem/UnionCoNJSctchPlns/ScotchPlainsBptHOME.html > . While I haven't gone through it line by line, there appear to be > more people listed on the GMNJ list than on the website (the purposes > are different). > > happy hunting - > > Kathleen Pantano > > > > >> From: Mike Miller <mmiller@pcsia.net> >> To: NJUNION-L@rootsweb.com >> Subject: [NJUnion] Reference for Quote? >> Date: Sun, 16 Mar 2003 21:49:52 -0600 >> >> Does anyone know about the membership list mentioned below? Is there a >> history published of these forty new members (besides the present one >> below) >> or an online source? Church Minutes book somewhere? >> >> Mike Miller >> >> From: >> >> http://www.geocities.com/baptist_documents/1871hist_spbc.html >> >> referring to Rev. Benjamin Miller of the Scotch Plains Baptist Church: >> >> "The character of the licentiate manifested itself in the work of the >> pastor. >> The new interest at Scotch Plains rapidly expanded. The list of members >> contains the names of forty persons under the same date with the >> constituent >> membership. Some of these may have united, by letters, from other >> places; but >> the most were undoubtedly baptized by the young pastor. Under date of >> June >> 11, 1748, four more names are recorded; October, 1748, sixty others. >> >> When the Philadelphia Association published its first statistical >> table, in >> 1761, Scotch Plains reported a total membership of one hundred and >> thirty-four; more than three times the numerical strength of the >> parent body >> at the same period. " >> >> >> ==== NJUNION Mailing List ==== >> www.rootsweb.com/~njunion >> >> ============================== >> 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 >> > > > _________________________________________________________________ > MSN 8 with e-mail virus protection service: 2 months FREE* > http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus > > > ==== NJUNION Mailing List ==== > www.rootsweb.com/~njunion > > ============================== > 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 > > > >