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Trinity "Old Cemetery" Graveyard Survey

Two formal surveys of the Trinity “ Old Swedes” Church "Old Cemetery" graveyard exist. A large hand-written grid diagram was created in 1897 listing the name of everyone who had been buried and their relative location to the church building. The framed copy of this grid diagram is stored in the church today. On July 1938, Lewis D Cook created a more comprehensive inventory of who was buried in the graveyard as part of a WPA federally funded government project. His list included the row the individual was buried in and a complete record of the inscription on the gravestone, if legible. Isaac M. Philower and Russell B. Rankin, members of the Genealogical Society of New Jersey, checked this survey on November 8, 1938. This typed listing was printed in The Genealogical Magazine of New Jersey. Despite the existence of these two surveys, it is difficult to locate gravestones because the rows are not marked and some stones were moved due to road construction on either side of the graveyard.

In May 2005, Mark Bitter of Boy Scout Troop 38 in Woodstown proposed to conduct a validation of the 1938 survey as part of his Eagle Scout project. He supervised a team of scouts in using the 1938 survey as a guide in:

  • Locating and marking the rows that were identified in the 1938 survey
  • Recording the inscription on each gravestone
  • Taking digital photographs of each grave to preserve the information for future generations.

The work done by the Scouts coincides with grant work being done by the New Jersey Historical Trust. It is hoped that when all information is gathered concerning the cemetery and the condition of the stones as well as the verification of the sites of historical personages, that the church can seek additional grants to protect and repair these markers.

Survey of Trinity Episcopal Church Graveyard - May 05

The "Row" column indicates which row the gravestone is located in. The rows are marked with numbered stakes in the Trinity Graveyard with Row #1 being located near the church and Row 23 the farthest away. The "Number" column indicates how many markers from the stone wall (running parallel to Kings Highway) the gravestone is. Number #1 is closest to the wall.

Row Number Last Name First Name Middle Initial Notes
1 1 Harker James C  
1 2 Harker Mary Ann    
1 3 Augustus Margaretta/ Charles   Both names are on one gravestone
2 1 Black Martha    
2 2 Epecharis      
2 3 unmarked      
2 4 unmarked      
2 5 Sloan Sarah    
3 1 unmarked      
3 2 unmarked      
3 3 unmarked      
3 4 Leap Thomas    
3 5 Leap Frances    
3 6 Erwin Abigail D  
4 1 unmarked      
4 2 unmarked      
5 1 Webster Joseph C  
5 2 Webster Samuel F  
5 3 French Mary G  
5 4 Stille Mary    
5 5 Stille Moreton    
6 1 Leap Peter    
6 2 Leap Abigail    
6 3 Stratton James    
6 4 Stratton Mary S  
6 5 Stratton Frances    
6 6 Fithian Dr. Erkuries B  
6 7 Lummis Joseph C  
7 1 Wallace William    
7 2 Lock Elizabeth    
7 3 Lock Ananias    
7 4 Lock Hannah    
7 5 Carpenter Sarah/Edward   Monument, "To Our Departed Parents"
7 6 Thomson Issac    
8 1 Rambo Mary    
8 2 Dyer Tamzen    
8 3 Weatherby Samuel    
8 4 Weatherby Catharine    
9 1 Taylor Samuel    
9 2 unmarked      
9 3 Miller Naomi    
9 4 unmarked      
9 5 unmarked      
9 6 MTD     Fieldstone
10 1 Shaw Hanson    
10 2 Shaw Rebecca    
10 3 Shaw Edith Harris    
10 4 Rambo Henry A  
11 1 Brown Rev. Joseph M  
11 2 Wilmer Rebecca F Wife of Rev. Simon Wilmer
11 3 Wilmer Rebecca E Dau. Of Rev. Simon Wilmer
11 4 Safford Rev. Silas S  
11 5 Croes Charles    
11 6 Croes Charlotte    
11 7 Lord James    
11 8 Stratton Abigail    
11 9 Stratton James C  
11 10 Stratton Benjamin    
12 1 Pierson Mararet    
12 2 Keen Catharine    
12 3 unmarked      
12 4 unmarked      
12 5 unmarked      
12 6 Clark James V.L  
12 7 Clark Elizabeth   Wife of James Clark
12 8 Clark James    
12 9 Clark Jonas    
12 10 unmarked    
12 11 Lock Jonas Jr.    
12 12 Lock Charles    
12 13        
13 1 Pew Phillip    
13 2 England Rebekah   Wife of Daniel England
13 3 England Daniel    
13 4 Shoemaker Conrad    
13 5 Shoemaker Little Mary    
13 6 unmarked      
13 7 Vanaman Rebecca O Dau. Of William and Hester Vanaman
13 8 Aggins Haster    
14 1 unmarked      
14 2 unmarked      
14 3 unmarked      
14 4 unmarked      
14 5 unmarked      
14 6 unmarked      
14 7 Tittermary Sarah    
14 8 Clark Robert    
15 1 Lawrence Edith    
15 2 Vanleer Elizabeth   Wife of George
15 3 Vanleer George    
15 4 unmarked      
15 5 unmarked      
15 6 HK     Fieldstone
16       No Gravestones Found
17 1 Mattson Jacob    
17 2 Bittle Josiah    
18 1 Harris Jane S Tomb, Wife of William Harris
18 2 Vandyke Sarah    
18 3 Vandyke John    
18 4 Vandyke Priscilla   Wife of John Vandyke
18 5 unmarked      
18 6 Lock Regina    
18 7 Lock Peter    
18 8 Rambo John    
18 9 PR     Fieldstone
18 10 Rambo Elizabeth   Wife of John Rambo
19 1 Cooper Keturah C  
19 2 Wood James C  
20 1 Thompson Rebecca D  
20 2 Vandyke Thomas    
20 3 unmarked      
20 4 Otto Dr. Bodo    
20 5 Land Henry    
21 1 Dyer Jane   Wife of William Dyer
21 2 Dyer William    
21 3 unmarked      
21 4 Huelings Joseph    
21 5 IxC     Fieldstone
22 1 unmarked      
22 2 unmarked      
22 3 Tucker Richard    
22 4 Dalbow John    
22 5 Sumervell George   Tomb
22 6 Sumervell James   Son of George
23 1 Lock John    
23 2 Lock Ruth P Wife of John Lock
23 3 CBL      
23 4 Lock Ezekiel    
23 5 Lock Deborah    
23 6 Lock Charles    
23 7 Lock Mary    
23 8 Field Mary   Wife of Samuel Lock
23 9 Lock Samuel    
23 10 Lock Anna W  
23 11 unmarked      
23 12 Mattson William    
23 13 Mattson Deborah   Widow of William
23 14 Jackson Joseph    
23 15 AH      
23.5 1 JL      
23.5 2 RP      
23.5 3 unmarked      
23.5 4 DL      
23.5 5 unmarked      
23.5 6 MD      
23.5 7 ML      
23.5 8 SDL      
23.5 9 unmarked