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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