Hi I am searching for my ancestor and family Nathaniel Parkes who may have come from Piscataway and may have been Baptists. Do you have any record of amy Parke/Parkes in your records. Any information would be appreciated Thanks Please e-mail me [email protected],sympatico.ca Thanks again Gertrude Kathleen Pantano wrote: > Hi Pat, > > I neglected to write down which year of the Genealogical Magazine of New > Jersey these came from - sorry. I have a separate list somewhere with the > dates and will post info when I find it. > > "Union County Gravestones > SCOTCH PLAINS BAPTIST CHURCH YARD > The Scotch Plains Baptist Church was organized August 5, 1747, by fifteen > members from the 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 succeeded in 1785 by the > Rev. William Van Horne. The church, with its adjoining burial ground, is > located on the southeast corner of Mountain 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 are > fallen and broken; some have disintegrated completely. Inscriptions enclosed > 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. VII, No. 3), and to "Scotch Plains Baptist Church Marriage Records, > 1758 - 1761," printed in the New Jersey Archives (First Series, Vol. XXII). > The original church records have been microfilmed by the Rutgers University > Library. > > UNION COUNTY GRAVESTONES p. 135 > Hand, Annie, b. 1870, d. 1936. > Hand, Benjamin*; wife Sallie*; dau. Pollie, d. Feb. 19, 1797, aged 8 mo. > Hand, Benjman W., d. Aug. 11, 1859, aged 32.11.25; wife Rhoda Drake, d. > April 21, 1901; aged 69 yrs. 8 mos.; dau. Mary Elizabeth, d. Jan. 23, 1859, > aged 6.11.13; dau. Sarah I., d. May 16, 1856, aged 0.8.12; dau. Laura A., d. > Sept. 10, 1858, aged 1.0.16. > Hand, Ezra, d. Dec. 3, 1864, aged 64.0.12; wife Mary, d. Dec. 13, 1841, aged > 44 yrs. 3 mos. > Hand, Ezra, "eldest son of John M. Hand," d. Nov. 5, 1863, aged 47.7.25. > > p. 136 GENEALOGICAL MAGAZINE OF NEW JERSEY > Hand, Henderson, d. Nov. 15, 1857, aged 25.0.6. > Hand, Henry, b. 1841, d. 1905, "Corp. Co. -B. 11 N.J. Vol." > Hand, Hezekiah*; widow Anna, d.,Dec. 30, 1808, in 58th yr. > Hand, Jacob, d. Oct. 6, 1857, in 92nd yr.; wife Joanna, d. July 22, 1848, > aged 82 yrs. 7 mos.; son Randolph, d. May 30, 1829, aged 24 yrs. > Hand, John, d. Aug. 31, 1861, aged 30 yrs. 7 mo., "killed by a Rebel at > Munson Hill Va." > Hand, John Meeker, d. Jan. 3, 1841, aged 48.11.22; wife Rhoda, d. Nov. 11, > 1864 (1861?), aged 69 yrs. 1 mo. > Hand, Johnathan, d. Nov. 7, 1855, aged 66.1. __ ; wife Phebe, d. Aug. 2, > 1851 (1857?), aged 59 yrs. > Hand, Mary. See Dr. Corra Osborn. > Hand, Mary. See Jeremiah D. Gilliand. > Hand, Nehemiah*; wife Rachel, d. Dec. 25, 1796, aged 52 yrs. > Hand, Oliver, d. April 1, 1872, aged 84.9.15 (81.8.15?); wife Hannah, > d. Dec. 22, 1866, aged 74 yrs. > Hand, Randolph. See Jacob Hand. > Hand, Sarah. See Herman A. Cook. > Hand, Stephen, d. June 15, 1821, aged 87 yrs. (stone missing 1926); > consort Prudence, d. June 16, 1844, aged 79.11.12; son J. Smith, d. Dec. > 2, 1809, aged 13.1.11; dau. Betsey, d. Nov. 2, 1801, in 12th yr.; dau. Pegy, > d. Nov. 2, 1801, in 8th yr; son James, d. Oct. 30, 1801, aged 10 yrs. > Hand, Thomas, b. 1846, d. 1912. > Hand, William, d. Feb. 2, 1861, aged 86.7.15; wife Sarah, d. Mar. 19, 1836, > aged 57.2.13. > Hand, William, d. Oct. 29, 1866, aged 60.1.26; wife Nancy ("of William Hand, > Jr."), d. April 3, 1890, aged 79.11.11. > Hand, Wm.*; wife Fannie*; dau. Mary, d. -- 1862 (stone weathered); son > Frankie, d. Aug. 13, 1861, aged 0.5.10. > > Osborn, Dr. Corra, b. May 12, 1796, d. June 7, 1868; wife Mary, dau. of > William & Sarah Hand, d. Oct. 26, 1826, aged 30.5.9; son Corra, d. Aug. 3, > 1820, aged 2 years. 1 mo.; son William H. , d. Oct. 30, 1823, aged 10.4.28. > Gilliand, Jeremiah D.*; wife Mary, dau. of William & Nancy Hand, d. Aug. 21, > 1861, aged 28.2.23; son Wm. H., d. Feb. 27, 1863, aged 7.5.22. On stone > with John, Henry, & Thomas Hand. > Cook, Herman A., b. 1849, d. 1911; wife Susan Hunt, d. Aug. 8, 1876, aged 25 > yrs." > > Although not defined in this particular cemetery list, * means the > relationship was stated on the stone in almost every other list published in > the GMNJ, so I'd assume the same for these. > > happy hunting, > Kathleen Pantano > > >From: [email protected] > >To: [email protected] > >Subject: Re: [NJUNION] Rahway Cemetery-HAND ANCESTORS > >Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2000 22:44:06 EDT > > > >Kathleen, > >I would love to have any information on the Hand's buried there. > >Penny > > ______________________________________________________ > Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com