Scotch Plains, NJ Data A


Scotch Plains Baptist Church
Scotch Plains, Union County, New Jersey

GENEALOGICAL INFORMATION, PHOTOS, & DATA

Alphabetical Listing by Surnames (last name)

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Names of Early Scotch Plains Baptist Church
Members, Marriages, Burials and Photos of Gravestones Found in the Cemetery

Scanned Pictures/Digital Photos of Gravestones and/or brief histories of early church members are welcomed.

Clarification of ambiguous information below or additional knowledge on any person or their family history and family connections below would be greatly appreciated. THANKS TO OUR CONTRIBUTORS who have shared information or photos. Credits can be found with their contributions. Additional information, photos, and contributions are welcomed. Please contact Audrey.
Special thanks to Carol Koehler who contributed significantly in helping with this project.


  • ABBOTT, Joseph, hus/o Esther (OSBORN) ABBOTT. Researchers indicate that Joseph ABBOTT died abt. 1810 in Brown County, Ohio, and was buried in Franklin Township, Brown County, Ohio. He is said to have married a 2nd time after Esther's death.
    (Sources on WorldConnect at Ancestry.com)

  • ABBOTT, Esther (OSBORN), wife of Joseph ABBOTT, [b abt 1756]; d 28 Mar 1795, 39th year.
    (Source: Union County Gravestones, Scotch Plains Baptist Church Yard, p. 62: gravestone)
    (Sources on WorldConnect at Ancestry.com indicate she was born in 1746 and married Joseph ABBOTT 25 Dec 1766 in New Providence Presbyterian Church, Essex County, New Jersey)
    Esther was the dau/o John OSBORN and Paugh? HOWELL.
    (Source: Internet, 21 Oct 2003, E-mail to ASH: Daria Pursel Cruz)
    [Note: One reference is given as: Loyalist Clarks, Badgleys and Allied Families by Estelle Clark Watson - 929.2 B1363; p. 51]

  • ABELL, Eliza M. (1825-1901), wf/o Samuel R. Richards (1827-1897). Daughter of William ABELL & Jerushia S. ARMS.
    (Source: Union County Gravestones, Scotch Plains Baptist Church Yard, pp. 62 & 88: gravestone & information)

  • ABELL, Jerushia S. (ARMS), (1792-1880), wf/o William ABELL
    (Source: Union County Gravestones, Scotch Plains Baptist Church Yard, p. 62: gravestone)

  • ABELL, William, (1788-1870), hus/o Jerushia S. (ARMS) ABELL
    (Source: Union County Gravestones, Scotch Plains Baptist Church Yard, p. 62: gravestone)

  • ACKEN, Benjamin Miller, [b 16 Jun 1814]; d 17 Jun 1814 at 1d; s/o William ACKEN & Elizabeth [--?--][perhaps Elizabeth (MILLER) ACKEN, dau/o Benjamin MILLER], (gravestone)

  • ACKEN, Eliza V., [aka Eliza V. (ACKEN) OSBORN] (same gravestone as infant daughter, Harriet M. OSBORN)
    Eliza, said dau/o William ACKEN, [appears to have been born October ??, 1817] married Joseph Manning OSBORN, s/o Aaron Miller OSBORN & Harriet MANNING. [Eliza's death date perhaps was 1847.] Joseph and Eliza are given as parents of: Elizabeth Acken OSBORN, wf/o Carmon R. HETFIELD; William Acken OSBORN, hus/o Ellen Louise HUBBELL; and Harriet Manning OSBORN b 1846 and d in infancy who appears as "Harriet M." below Eliza's inscription. After Eliza's death, Joseph married (2) Harriet (WILCOX) HETFIELD, dau/o Cornelius WILCOX and widow of Sears HETFIELD.
    (Source: Internet, Retrieved 13 Apr 2008, Greaves Papers)
      
    Photos 308 & 309: Shared 29 March 2008 by Carol Koehler as a genealogical act of kindness. Carol has no other knowledge about this family.


  • ACKEN, Elizabeth (MILLER), [b 1790]; d 12 Dec 1835 at 45y 5m 18d, wf/o William ACKEN (1789-1855), (gravestone) [She is probably the dau/o Benjamin MILLER.]

  • ACKEN, Mary C., dau/o William ACKEN & Elizabeth MILLER, [b 1826]; d 12 Nov 1843 at 17y 4m 19d, (gravestone)

  • ACKEN, Sarah Ann, dau/o William ACKEN & Elizabeth MILLER, [b 1811]; d 16 Jun 1813 at 1y 8m 13d; (gravestone)

  • ACKEN, William, (3 Sep 1789-26 Jun 1855), hus/o Elizabeth MILLER, (gravestone)

  • ACKERMAN, Caroline A.

  • ACKERSON, M. A., 1860-1949 (gravestone)
    Photo 150: Shared 18 March 2008 by Carol Koehler as a genealogical act of kindness. Carol has no other knowledge about this family.


  • ADAIR, Charles, [b 1850]; d 5 Jan 1907 at 56y 9m, (gravestone)
    [Researcher names parents as: Shettleworth Adair & Mary D. Osborn(e).]
    Photo 238 & 239 (duplicate): Shared 18 March 2008 by Carol Koehler as a genealogical act of kindness. Carol has no other knowledge about this family.


  • ADAIR, Jane (DARBY) BATES, (1821-1908), ("mother") (gravestone)
    Jane was Jane (DARBY) BATES-ADAIR. Jane (b Apr 1821 Ireland) and her husband, [--?--] BATES, along with dau/Margaret immigrated in 1846. According to NJ Marriage Records, Jane married 28 Sep 1866 Essex Co., NJ to Shettleworth ADAIR.
    (Source: Internet, 20 Apr 2002 & 4 Jul 2002, E-mail to ASH: Christine TAPAL.)
       (1) Margaret BATES b Feb 1843 Scotland; m 25 May 1865 Plainfield, Union Co., NJ to Alexander MACAULEY, a carpenter; and she died before 1933 in Scotch Plains, Union Co., NJ.

  • ADAIR, Mary D. (OSBORN), wf/o Shottleworth (sic...Shettleworth) ADAIR, [b 1817]; d 22 Oct 1857 at 40y 5m 26d, (gravestone)
    "Our Mother" "Wife of Shettleworth Adair"
    [Mary was Shettleworth's first wife, and she is said to have been the mother of Harriet, John, George, & Charles.]

  • ADAIR, Shettleworth, hus/o Mary D. OSBORN, [b 1812]; d 27 Nov 1892 at 79y 11m 20d, (gravestone)
    [Shettleworth married (1) Mary D. OSBORN(E) & (2) Mrs. Jane (DARBY) BATES.]

      
    Photos 240 & 241: Shared 18 March 2008 by Carol Koehler as a genealogical act of kindness. Carol has no other knowledge about this family.


  • ALBERT, John, (1880-1941), (gravestone)
    Photo 87: Shared 7 Jun 2007 by Carol Koehler as a genealogical act of kindness. Carol has no other knowledge about this family.


  • ALLAN, Robert 1918-1988 (same gravestone)
  • ALLAN, Sadie J. 1920-1990 (same gravestone)
      
    2007, Courtesy of: Rachel Pincus
    Photo 261: Shared 29 March 2008 by Carol Koehler as a genealogical act of kindness. Carol has no other knowledge about this family.




  • ALLEN, Albert, [b Jun 1853]; d 13 Aug 1854 at 1y 2m 19d; s/o Gideon ALLEN, (gravestone)
    [Which Gideon ALLEN and who was Albert's mother? ASH]

  • ALLEN, Amos, [b 1820]; d 12 Aug 1820 at 8m; s/o Gideon ALLEN, Jr. & Mary (nee DRAKE) ALLEN (gravestone)
    (Source: 13 March 2017: E-mail to ASH from a href="mailto:toddallen3094">Todd Allen who validates parents.)
    [See: Find A Grave Memorial# 19904731]

  • ALLEN, Charles, [b 1790]; d 12 Jun 1813 in 23rd year, s/o Zachariah S. [Smith] ALLEN & Nancy [--?--] [perhaps Nancy SERLING]; (gravestone)

  • ALLEN, Charlotte C., d 16 Mar 1814, dau/o Gideon ALLEN, Jr. & Mary [nee DRAKE] ALLEN, (gravestone)
    (Source: 13 March 2017: E-mail to ASH from Todd Allen, who clarified parents' names.)
    [See: Find A Grave Find A Grave Memorial# 28179237]

  • ALLEN, Charlotte W., [b 1822]; d 18 Jul 1899 at 76y 9m 25d, wf/o Gideon ALLEN (gravestone)
    [Note: Likely wife/o Gideon ALLEN who married Charlotte HATFIELD, dau/o Henry HATFIELD (1794-1881) & Sarah WOODRUFF of Westfield, Union Co., NJ & Scotch Plains, NJ.
    Perhaps she was named Charlotte Woodruff Hatfield. ASH]
    [See: Find A Grave Memorial# 92346621]

  • ALLEN, Daniel C., [b abt 1788]; d 10 Sep 1838 at 50y, hus/o Hetty (--?--) [perhaps Hetty (TUCKER) ALLEN], (gravestone); [Hetty was said dau/o Joseph TUCKER according to John LITTELL.]
    [Was he s/o Gideon Allen & Susannah Cory as given in Family Records or Genealogies of the First Settlers of Passaic Valley (and Vicinity) Above Chatham with Their Ancestors and Descendants As Far As Can Now Be Ascertained by John Littell]
    [Hetty's brother, Lines TUCKER (s/o Joseph TUCKER), married Daniel's sister, Phebe ALLEN.]

  • ALLEN, Gideon [Jr.] (gravestone)
    [Gideon Allen, Jr., s/o Gideon Allen of Washington Valley]
    [This Gideon ALLEN [Jr.] married Mary "Polly" (nee DRAKE), dau/o Andrew DRAKE, who fought in the Revolutionary War.]
    [Daughters were: Charlotte C. ALLEN & Mary (nee ALLEN) BARNES]
    (Source: 13 March 2017: E-mail to ASH from Todd Allen)
    [See: Family Records or Genealogies Of The First Settlers Of Passaic Valley...]
    [One record states: ALLEN, Gideon; wife, Mary, "only dau Mary BARNES" [b 1824]; "d Mar 23, 1850," aged 25y 8m 21d]
    Todd Allen indicates their daughter, Charlotte C. ALLEN, died before Mary (nee ALLEN) BARNES was born, so at the time Mary (nee ALLEN) BARNES was their only daughter. Both Mary (nee ALLEN) BARNES & her husband (Mr. Barnes) died the same year and their son, Gideon Allen Barnes, went to live with neighbors at age 7 when his parents died.
    Todd Allen stated that the father, Gideon ALLEN, and wife of Washington Valley were given as members of Scotch Plains Baptist in 1799 in a record, but that isn't proven.


  • ALLEN, Gideon, [b abt 1822]; d 19 May 1896 at 74y, hus/o Charlotte W. ALLEN (gravestone)
    [See: Find A Grave Memorial# 92346621 for Gideon ALLEN & Charlotte W. (nee HATFIELD) ALLEN]

  • ALLEN, Hetty [--?--] [perhaps Hetty TUCKER, dau/o Joseph TUCKER], wf/o Daniel C. ALLEN; d 20 May 1881 at 89y 8m 18d), (gravestone)

  • ALLEN, Issable, (1) p. 12

  • ALLEN, Joseph S., [b 1787], d 23 May 1825 at 37y 8m, (gravestone).

  • ALLEN, Lester D., s/o Gideon ALLEN; d 30 Aug 1850 at 16y 5m, (gravestone)
    [Was Mary or Charlotte his mother? ASH]

  • ALLEN, Marsh, [b abt 1790]; d 21 Oct 1824, 34th yr, (gravestone)

  • ALLEN, Mary, wf/o Mr. BARNES; "only dau Mary BARNES" of Gideon ALLEN, Jr. & Mary DRAKE, was [b 1824]; d 23 Mar 1850 at 25y 8m 21d. (gravestone) [Todd Allen indicated that Mary (nee ALLEN) BARNES & her husband, Mr. BARNES, died the same year. [See: Gideon ALLEN & Mary DRAKE.]

  • ALLEN, Mary (nee DRAKE), wf/o Gideon ALLEN, Jr.; [b abt 1782] d 15 Jun 1840, (gravestone)[Note: Todd ALLEN gave her maiden name. See: Gideon ALLEN, Jr.]


  • ALLEN, Mary Elizabeth, dau/o Noah ALLEN & Phebe [--?--]; [b 1829]; d 2 Apr 1851 at 22y 2m 6d, (gravestone)

  • ALLEN, Nancy [perhaps SERLING], wf/o Zachariah S. [Smith] ALLEN; [b 1759]; d 7 Sep 1822 at 63y 9m 4d, (gravestone)
    [Note: Perhaps Nancy "Anna" SERLING b 1759 as given in some records as wife of Zachariah Smith ALLEN. Needs to be proven. ASH]

  • ALLEN, Noah, hus/o Phebe, [b 1791] [married Phebe JENNINGS] d 1 Jan 1857 at 66y, (gravestone)
    (Source for wife's maiden name, 2005: Bruce Ryno: Littell, John, First Settlers of Passaic Valley, NJ

  • ALLEN, Noah (1838-1884), d 12 Jun 1884 at 46y 3m 5d, (gravestone)
    [Does anyone know this Noah's relationship to Noah ALLEN who married Phebe JENNINGS? Was he perhaps a son? ASH]

  • ALLEN, Phebe [JENNINGS], wf/o Noah ALLEN, [b 1791] d 27 May 1870 at 73y 0m 22d, (gravestone)
    (Source for Phebe's maiden name, 2005: Bruce Ryno: Littell, John, First Settlers of Passaic Valley, NJ

  • ALLEN, Squier, [b 1793] d 30 Sep 1829 at 36y 3m ?d, (gravestone)
    [Was his wife Hannah CORY who was born 1793? ASH]

  • ALLEN, Zachariah S./ [Smith], hus/o Nancy (--?--); [b 1753], d 18 Sep 1831 at 78y 9m 26d, (gravestone)
    [Note: Wife was perhaps Nancy "Anna" SERLING b 1759 as given in some records. Needs to be proven. ASH]

  • AMAN, Louise (--?--), wf/o Philip AMAN; 1885-1961, (Same gravestone as Philip)
    [Does anyone know Louise's maiden name? ASH]
    (See: Philip AMAN below.)
  • AMAN, Philip, hus/o Louise (--?--); 1883-1944, (gravestone)

    Photo 33: Shared 7 Jun 2007 by Carol Koehler as a genealogical act of kindness. Carol has no other knowledge about this family.


  • ANSON, Annie F. [probably Annie Frazee], 1902-1952
    (Same gravestone as: Robert Frazee, Anna his wife, and Minnie their daughter) [See: Robert FRAZEE]

  • ANSON, Robert H., d 6 May 1939 "370 Aero Sq.", (gravestone)
    [It appears that Robert perhaps died in WW II as part of the 370 Air Division Squadron.]

  • ARCHBOLD, George, 1832-1918 (Stone adjoins Ida Archbold SPENCER, but no relationship was given.)
    [See: Mary S. (???) ARCHBOLD]
    [See also: Ida Archbold SPENCER], (gravestone)
    [Does anyone know the relationship between George & Ida? Perhaps they were father and daughter. ASH]

  • ARCHBOLD, Hannah M. (HEWETT), wf/o John R. ARCHBOLD; 1833-1918,(gravestone)

  • ARCHBOLD, Jessie, dau/o George ARCHBOLD & Mary S. [--?--]; [b 1863] d 9 Dec 1890 at 27y, (gravestone)

  • ARCHBOLD, Jessie [b 1805] d 10 Jul 1866 at 61y, (gravestone)
    [Relationship to other ARCHBOLDs appreciated. ASH]

  • ARCHBOLD, John R., hus/o Hannah M. HEWETT; (1829-1931), (gravestone)

  • ARCHBOLD, Mary S. (--?--), wf/o George ARCHBOLD; [b 1835] d 19 May 1870 at 35y, (gravestone)
    [Does anyone know Mary S.'s maiden name? ASH]

  • ARMS, Jerushia S., (1792-1880), wf/o William ABELL; (gravestone)

  • ASPER, Mark William, 1902-1945 (gravestone)

  • AUSTIN, Ethel Elizabeth, dau/o William Walter Austin and Gertrude Ellen [--?--],(7 Apr 1948-11 Aug 1950), (gravestone)
    Information, Oct 2007, Courtesy of: Anne Dale




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