Hi Everyone, I have the Hand family as a link to my Terry, Marsh, Shaw, Spinning, Frazee, etc. lines too. Found this link in the Dick Eastman web column this morning on Ancestry.com and thought it would be of use to all who are looking for information on the Hand Family. http://www.egroups.com/group/handcousins Best wishes, Dan Terry 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