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FYI: Many times there is confusion about a
tombstone inscription. If it reads: "In his 50th year" it means
that he has passed his 49th birthday, but has not yet had his
50th. (From birth to 1, you are in your 1st year, from 1yr. to
2yrs., you are in your 2nd year, from 49 to 50, in your 50th
etc.) "50 years of age" means he has passed his 50th birthday,
but not his 51st.
The source of Items marked § is: History of
Hunterdon and Somerset Counties, New Jersey, with
Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of its Prominent Men
and Pioneers. Compiled by James P. Snell, assisted by
Franklin Ellis and a numerous corps of writers. Published:
Everts & Peck, Philadelphia, 1881; Press of J.B. Lippincott
& Co., Philadelphia.
- Bedminster
- "Old" Bedminster Reformed Church Cemetery
- Lane Family Cemetery
- Lamington
Presbyterian Cemetery
- Unknown Cemetery
On southbound side of Cowperthwaite Road just before it
lets out onto Lamington Road. Up a set of brownstone
stairs and behind a black iron gate. WARNING!!!
UNPAVED/GRAVEL ROAD! No known transcriptions
- Pluckemin Presbyterian Church Cemetery
- Pottersville Reformed Church Cemetery
- Bernards Twp.
- Bernardsville
- Branchburg
- North Branch Reformed Church Cemetery
On Vanderveer Avenue (off of Rt. 614/Rt. 28/Easton
Turnpike)
Cemetery information per sign: 908-725-2313 Branchburg
(North Branch); No known transcriptions
- Unknown Cemetery
Located Where River Road becomes Opie Road--just south of
the river Branchburg
- Unknown Cemetery
Located at the Corner of Stony Brook Road & Wren Way
Branchburg (North Branch)
- Bridgewater
- Saint Bernards Roman Catholic Cemetery
Located on Route 28 & Vanderveer Rd. Bridgewater (on
the border of Raritan)
- Saint Joseph Cemetery
Located on Rt. 623/Chimney Rock Rd. (between Rt. 28/Union
Ave. & Rt. 533/Main St.) & Kearney St. Bridgewater
(Finderne)
- Raritan Village
- Bound Brook
- Mountain Ave.
Cemetery (Bound Brook Presbyterian Cemetery)
Located on Mountain Ave. near Route 28 Bound Brook
§The old burying-ground on the hill at
Bound Brook is the resting-place of many of the early
dead. The oldest stone on which an inscription is legible
bears the following:
"In memory of Sarah, wife of James McCoy, who departed
this life Sept. ye 5th, 1744, aged 57 yearB. James
McCoy, 1747, aged 59 years."
Many others are illegible. There are buried here Mrs.
Mary Eeed, wife of the Eev. Israel Eeed Jan. 13, 1770,
aged thirty-eight, and by her side her husband, who died
in November, 1793; Adam Jobs, March 7, 1798, aged fifty;
Tobias Van Norden, 1800, aged eighty-five ; Michael Field,
Jan. 18, 1792, aged sixty-seven ; Peter Harpending, Peter
Williamson, Col. John Staats, William Eiddle, John
Anderson,. Dr. Jonathan Ford Morris, Capt. Creighton
McCrea, Dr. Ambrose Cook, Dr. William McKissack, Jacob and
John Littell, Mary E., wife of the Eev. John Boggs, the
McElworths, Joseph, Benjamin, and Peres Bonney, the Eoss
brothers, Irvine, De Groots, Steele, McEvers, Kelso,
Trimbly, Van Brunt, Harris, Brown, and many other
representatives of the old families that have passed away.
The descendants of many of them are still living in the
village and surrounding country.
Peter L. Van Deventer, an old citizen of the vicinity
of Bound Brook, left to the trustees of the Presbyterian
Church of Bound Brook in his will $3000 for purchasing a
cemetery lot and beautifying it. In accordance with this
bequest, the trustees, Sept. 7, 1863, purchased 12.16
acres of John D. Voorhees for a burial-ground. It is
situated a short distance north of the village of Bound
Brook, on the east side of the road leading to the
mountain. The whole plot has been tastefully laid out,
and will contain more than 600 lots. The first to be
buried in the new ground was Nicholas Conover, whose
body was deposited there May 15, 1864.
- Franklin Twp.
- Kingston Presbyterian Cemetery
Located on the Corner of Rt. 27/Main St./Lincoln Hwy and
Church St. Franklin Twp. (Kingston)
- Ten-Mile Run Cemetery
Located on Old Georgetown Rd. near the corner of Copper
Mine Rd. Franklin Twp. (10 Mile Run)
- Unknown Cemetery
Located on Davidson Ave. between Executive Dr. and the Rt.
287 overpass Franklin Twp. (Somerset)
- Possibly the Smalley Farm Graves
Located on Easton Avenue (north-bound side) between Demott
Lane & Academy Rd. Franklin Twp. (Somerset)
(transcriptions for the Smalley Farm Graves)
- Unknown Cemetery
Located on 18 Canal Rd. (between the causeway & Bunker
Hill Rd.) and the corner of Stirling Rd. Franklin Twp.
(Griggstown)
- Unknown Cemetery
Located at southbound side of Rt. 615/So. Middlebush Rd.
and the intersection of Suydam Rd & Claremont Rd.
Franklin Twp. (Pleasant Plains)
- Pleasant Plains Cemetery
Located at Rt. 615/So. Middlebush Rd. just north of the
intersection of Suydam Rd & Claremont Rd. and slightly
south of Cortelyous Lane on the southbound side. Franklin
Twp.
- Unknown Cemetery
Located on Randolph Rd. between Rt. 623/Weston Canal Rd.
& Apgar Dr. Franklin Twp. (near Zarephath)
- Cedar Grove Cemetery
Located on Amwell Rd. across from Doria Rd. Franklin Twp.
(Middlebush)
Cedar Hill Cemetery Wortman St. Franklin Twp. (East
Millstone)
- Shalom Cemetery
Located on Rt. 27/Lincoln Hwy & Veronica Ave. (next to
Tara Greens Golf Course) Franklin Twp. (Voorhees)
- South Middlebush Cemetery
Located on South Middlebush Road just north of Blackwells
Mills Road Franklin Twp. (Middlebush)
- Gladstone
- Unknown Cemetery (this may be a cemetery for the United
Methodist Church of Gladstone)
Located at Rt. 647/Mendham Road & Victoria St.
Gladstone
- Hillsborough
- Hoagland Cemetery
Located at Rt. 625/So. Branch Road & Corwine Lane
(near the railroad tracks). From 1937 newspaper: "Note:
This small and old Hoagland family cemetery is on the
Fav[l/i]er farm one mile directly west of Flagtown sttion
[sic] of C.R.R. of N.J. in Hillsborough Townshp, Somerset
County." Hillsborough (Flagtown) transcriptions are on
file at the Hillsborough Library--NJ section; also
published in Somerset Messenger-Gazette, January 15, 1937.
- Possibly Peter W. Young Farm (AKA Cinque)
burying-ground. It is either this one or the one below
Wertsville Road next to the Hillsborough Country Club
Hillsborough (Montgomery) transcriptions for Peter W.
Young B. G. are on file at the Hillsborough Library--NJ
section
- Possibly Peter W. Young Farm (AKA Cinque)
burying-ground. It is either this one or the one above.
Wertsville Road and Montgomery Road Hillsborough
(Montgomery) transcriptions for Peter W. Young B. G. are
on file at the Hillsborough Library--NJ section
- Clover Hill Cemetery
Rainbow Hill Road just south of Rt. 514/Amwell Road
Hillsborough (Clover Hill) transcriptions are on file at
the Hillsborough Library--NJ section
- Veghte Burying Ground AKA Duke Cemetery
Rt. 625/River Road between Beekman Lane & Roycefield
Rd. (on the Duke Estate Grounds) Hillsborough (near
Branchburg) transcriptions are on file at the Hillsborough
Library--NJ section
- Unknown Cemetery
This cemetery should have been on Auten Rd. between New
Amwell Rd. & Gemini Dr. (across from the tennis
courts). There is currently a Bible Church there.
- Flagtown Cemetery, AKA Mill Lane Cemetery
Amwell Rd. & Mill Lane Hillsborough
(Flagtown/Frankfort) transcriptions are on file at the
Hillsborough Library--NJ section
- Harlingen Reformed Cemetery
Rt. 206 just South of Mountain View Rd. Hillsborough
(Belle Mead) (link
to partial transcriptions) transcriptions are on
file at the Hillsborough Library--NJ section & in "The
Genealogical Magazine of NJ"
- Neshanic Cemetery AKA Neshanic Reformed Cemetery
5-4-D-14 Rt. 514/Amwell Rd. between Rt. 567/River
Road/Zion Road & E. Mountain Rd. Hillsborough
(Neshanic) transcriptions are on file at the Hillsborough
Library--NJ section
- Sacred Heart Cemetery
Rt. 533/Millstone River Road just south of Kupper Airport
- Saints Peter and Paul Cemetery (Russian Orthodox)
Rt. 533/Millstone River Road & Plumstead Way
- Rose Wyckoff AKA Van Arsdale Burying Ground
At the end of Merritt Drive which is off of Marshall Road
near where it let's out onto Gemini Drive. Per 1940
newspaper description: "In Hillsborough Township Somerset
County on Old Amwell Road about [?] ˝ mile west of
Bloomingdale Farm, near landsof Fred R. Wyckoff, a
recorder of Hillsborough Township on farmed owned by
Estate of Julia S. Fowler and William Fowler."
Hillsborough transcriptions are on file at the
Hillsborough Library--NJ section; also published in
Somerset Messenger-Gazette, June 14, 1940
- Possibly the Dutch Reformed Cemetery
I'm not confident about this being the Dutch Reformed
cemetery because the transcription page states that that
cemetery is in Flagtown--which this one is not; but the
map with the transcriptions gives this location. It is
located on the northeast corner of Rt. 625/River Road and
Orchard Drive Hillsborough / South Branch transcriptions
are on file at the Hillsborough Library--NJ section
- Vroom Family Burying Ground
Rt. 625/River Road on the Duke Estate across from Old
Village Road. From Somerset County Historical Quarterly:
"Located on the bank of the Raritan river road, less than
a mile east of South Branch, on farm formerly owned by
Peter D. Vroom. Subsequent owners, Dr. Davis, John Quick,
T. Sexton Wyckoff, and now Mr. N.H.F. Randolph, of
Plainfield. Many other families besides those of the
Vrooms are buried there; other of the Vroom family being
in the Dumont burying-ground (see infra). The older part
of the ground is enclosed. There are various old,
brown-stones, without names, or even initials, besides
those whereon names and dates appear, as given below."
Hillsborough / South Branch which are also on file at the
Hillsborough Library--NJ section; also published in the
Somerset County Historical Quarterly
- Zion Road AKA Danberry Farm AKA Saums Cemetery
On the north side of Zion-Wertsville Road just east of
where it intersects with Spring Hill Road (near the crook
in the road). Hillsborough / Rock Mill transcriptions are
on file at the Hillsborough Library--NJ section; also in
an unknown newspaper dated May 22, 1936.
- Hill Cemetery AKA Nevius-Cornell Cemetery
Hist. Soc. notes say it can no longer be found. On the
north corner of Rt. 533/River Rd./Millstone River Rd.
where it intersects with Line Rd. From notes with the
transcriptions: "Cemetery on old Nevius Farm, now owned by
Geo. W. Norton, locatedon road from Millstone to
Blackwells Mills, just beyond old Blackwells Mills school
house….. 1040 Millstone River Rd." Hillsborough (near
Montgomery & Franklin borders) transcriptions are on
file at the Hillsborough Library--NJ section
- Holy Ghost Carpatho
In front of Sacred Heart Cemetery. Rt. 533/Millstone River
Road just south of Kupper Airport Hillsborough
- Dumont Burying Ground
On the south side of Rt. 625/River Road west of where
Roycefield Road forks into this road. Per SCHQ: "The
Dumont family burying-ground is located on the south side
of the Raritan river about one mile southwest of the
village of Raritan. …The grounds are surrounded by a
substantial brick wall…built by Peter B. Dumont in 1827
and in 1911 was repaired by the Loomis family. At the
latter date, as an extra protection, the wall was covered
with plaster. The date of the wall appears on the outside
of the west wall." Hillsborough transcriptions are on file
at the Hillsborough Library--NJ section; also published in
the Somerset County Historical Quarterly
- Ditmars Burying Ground
Between Clerico Lane (a private road) and the Railroad
tracks. Per newspaper clipping: "Cemetery on Clerico farm
formerly Ditmars near Hamilton Station, Hillsborough
Township and leading south from Walter French Residence."
Hillsborough transcriptions are on file at the
Hillsborough Library--NJ section
- Staats Burying Ground
Hist. Soc. notes say it can no longer be found. Between
Clerico Lane (a private road) and the Railroad tracks.
Hillsborough transcriptions are on file at the
Hillsborough Library--NJ section; also in Somerset
Messenger-Gazette, Dec. 22, 1938
- Vanderveer Burying Ground
Library's transcriptions state that most of these
graves were moved to Bedminster. Hillsborough / Roycefield
which are also on file at the Hillsborough Library--NJ
section
- Manville
- Van Nest /Weston Burying Ground AKA Frelinghuysen
Burying Ground
Rt. 533/Millstone River Rd./S. Main St. and the corner of
Schmidt St. (on the edge of Kupper Airport grounds)
Manville which are also on file at the Hillsborough
Library--NJ section
- Millstone
- Hillsborough Reformed Church at Millstone
Corner of Main St./Millstone River Road and Rt. 514/Amwell
Rd. Millstone Boro (link
to transcriptions)
- Montgomery
- xHeather's Map #10-5-E-18 Sunset Road across from Acorn
Drive and next to Dorland Farm Ct. Montgomery
Heather's Map #51-6-D-19 Rt. 601/Belle Mead-Blawenburg
Rd./Great Rd. near the corner of Rt. 518/Georgetown &
Franklin Tpk. Montgomery (Blawenburg)
Heather's Map #52-6-D-20 My Hagstrom shows a cemetery
here; but the aerial photograph shows a golf course
green...? Have to investigate. Regardless, the corner of
Beden's Brook Rd. & Rt. 601/Belle Mead-Blawenburg
Rd./Great Rd. Montgomery
Heather's Map #53-6-E-18 Sunset Rd. across from Acorn Dr.
(next to Dorland Farm Ct.). May be behind a line of trees
on someone's property. Montgomery
Rocky Hill Cemetery Along Montgomery Rd. between Toth Rd.
& Merritt La. half in Rocky Hill and half in
Montgomery
Heather's Map #55-6-E-19 Between Orchard Rd., Meadow Run
Dr. & Pheasant Run Dr. Might be along the Elementary
School land. Montgomery
Unionville Cemetery
(this is GNIS' name for the cemetery although it is
nowhere NEAR Unionville) Dutchtown Zion Road near Rt.
601/Belle Mead-Blawenburg Road Montgomery (Dutchtown)
- North Plainfield
- Brook Avenue Cemetery 34-15-P-8 Brook Ave. near Watchung
Ave. IN North Plainfield but records are at Plainfield
Presbyterian Church
"North Plainfield Burying Ground" See the entry for this
in the WATCHUNG section. Watchung (but so named before
Watchung became it's own township)
Vermeule Family Burial Ground
33-15-N-9 Behind the Vermeule Mansion which is on the
corner of Greenbrook Rd. and Clinton Ave. The burying
ground is surrounded by a brick wall.
- Rocky Hill
- Rocky Hill Cemetery
Along Montgomery Rd. between Toth Rd. & Merritt La.
half in Rocky Hill and half in Montgomery
- Somerville
- Immaculate Conception Cemetery
Rt. 28/Union Ave. & Roosevelt Pl.
- Somerville Cemetery complex
(there is the "Old Raritan" cemetery and the "New"
cemetery across the street which incorporates the
"Colored" cemetery.) S. Bridge St. between Main St. &
Rt. 206 Somerville (link
to partial transcriptions)
- Tunison Family Burial Ground
Hamilton St. Somerville
- Warren
- Mount Horeb United Methodist Church Cemetery
Rt. 525/Martinsville Rd just north of Mt. Horeb Rd. Warren
(Mt. Horeb) on the edge of Bernards (link
to partial transcriptions)
- formerly First Congregational Church; now Trinity
United Church Cemetery
Located on King George Rd. between Ferguson Rd. &
Lexington Dr. on the northbound side. Warren (Coontown)
many German headstones
- Springdale United Methodist Church Cemetery
Located on Rt. 527/Washington Valley Rd. opposite the
outlet of Rt. 527/Mountain Ave./Morning Glory Rd. Warren
(Springdale)
- Mount Bethel Cemetery
Located at the corners of King George Rd., Mountain View
Rd. and Rt. 651/Mt. Bethel Rd. Warren (Mt. Bethel) (link
to partial transcriptions)
- Union Village Burying Ground
Located somewhere along Mountain Ave. between Rt.
653/Stirling Rd. and Rt. 531/Hillcrest Rd. If it's still
there, it can't be seen from the road. Warren (Union
Village near Smalleytown) (link
to transcriptions)
- Hofheimer Cemetery
Located In Warrenbrook Park off of Warrenville Road. There
is an old Hofheimer mausoleum, but there doesn't seem to
be any other indication of a cemetery and the mausoleum
has been destroyed. Warrenville
- Watchung
- Mary's R.C. Cemetery
Located on Dale Rd. at the off-ramp of Rt. 78's exit 41
Watchung (Stony Hill)
- "North Plainfield Burying Ground" / Watchung's
Historical Burying Ground--"God's Acre"
Located on Stirling Rd. near the Watchung circle alongside
the steakhouse--enclosed in a black iron fence and clearly
marked.
Other sources of cemetery transcriptions include:
Other sources of general cemetery/burial information is:
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