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Westcott Free Burying Ground
Mays Landing, Atlantic County, New Jersey

Westcott Free Burying Ground, Mays Landing, NJ

GPS: 39.49364, -74.45722

6007 Main St.
Mays Landing, NJ 08330

Published: April 11, 2023
Total records: 164

Land on which this cemetery sits is recorded by Atlantic County as being co-owned by the two churches that sit on each end, First United Methodist Church of Mays Landing and The Presbyterian Church of Mays Landing.

According to history published by First United Methodist Church, the land for the church was originally donated by Richard Wescott, Sr. in 1812. Previous church buildings had burnt down. The present-day church was built in 1889.

The name, "Westcott Free Burying Ground" came about because the land donated by Richard Wescott in 1812 included an existing meeting house that had been known as, "Wescott Free Meeting House". That meeting house was located where the present-day brick-construction bank building now stands. The burial ground likely began being used around the time that meeting house was constructed.

Cemetery Records

Records below were transcribed from the pages of, "The Genealogical Magazine of New Jersey", Vol. IV, No. 4, April, 1929, pp. 157 - 158

Adams, Jacob, ~ Jun 14, 1792 - Oct 8, 1854
Adams, Lovina, (wife of Jacob) ~ Dec 22, 1795 - Jan 1, 1864
Austin, Joseph, ~ died May 23, 1863, aged 28 years, 5 months
Bartlett, John A., (son of William and Rebecca) ~ died Nov 11, 1849, aged 23 years
Bowen, Jesse H., esq., ~ died Jun 25, 1845, aged 55 years, 7 months, 24 days
Bowen, Sarh S., ~ died Dec 3, 1852, aged 51 years, 8 months (according to bible record, born Apr 3, 1800)
Champion, Jane, ~ died Jul 21, 1829, aged 72 years
Conley, Hugh, (son of Hugh and Margaret) ~ died Jun 26, 1811, aged 18 months
Ford, Capt. John, ~ died Jul 13, 1852, aged 71 or 74 years
Ford, Margaret, ~ died Jul 26, 1836, aged 39 years, 6 months, 13 days
Ford, Roxanna, ~ died Nov 20, 1800, aged 18 months
Ford, Thomas, ~ died Aug 27, 1800, aged 8 years, 2 months
Frazier, Daniel, ~ died Jul 14, 1791, aged 40 or 49 years
Frazier, W. B., (Co. E, 100th N.J. Infantry)
Gaskill, Mary, (wife of Samuel and daughter of William and Rebecca Bartlett) ~ died Mar 22, 1854, aged 24 years
Harbert, Rev. Samuel, sr., ~ died Jan 30, 1853, aged 73 years
Harbert, Sophia, (wife of Rev. Samuel, sr.) ~ died Nov 4, 1851, aged 53 years, 8 months, 8 days
Herbert, John W., (son of Elias and Abigail) ~ died Oct 8, 1864, aged 1 year, 3 months, 9 days
Kindall, Thomas, ~ died Jan 8, 1826, aged 37 years, 11 months, 8 days
Knisell, Isabella A., ~ Dec 25, 1830 - Dec 29, 1835
Knisell, infant daughter, of John and Margaret ~ died Feb 17, 1838
McKandless, George, (Co K, 118th Pa. Inf.)
McKendry, Abbie, ~ died Mar 8, 1872
Pennington, Margaret, (daughter of J. and Rebecca) ~ died Sep 25, 1841, aged 1 year, 13 days
Pennington, Margaretta, (wife of Samuel P. and daughter of William and Rejoice Treen) ~ died May 27, 1856, aged 24 years, 8 months, 3 days
Pennington, Sarah Hollingshead, (daughter of John and Elizabeth) ~ died Aug 29, 1836, aged 4 months, 2 days
Polley, Eunice Melissa, (wife of Rev. Clark) ~ died Apr 21, 1853, aged 40 years
Rape, Ann, (wife of Nicholas, jr.) ~ died Oct 18, 1845, aged 37 years, 2 months, 7 days
Rape, Capt. Nicholas, sr., ~ Oct 17, 1773 - Aug 9, 1832
Rape, Jesse Bowen, (son of Ann) ~ died Aug 25, 1844, aged 3 months, 9 days
Rape, Nicholas, jr., ~ Feb 28, 1808 - Apr 13, 1850
Rape, Sarah S., (daughter of Nicholas and Ann) ~ died May 4, 1849, aged 11 years, 6 months, 11 days
Rape, Sarah, ~ died Oct 24, 1836, aged 1 month, 13 days
Skelly, Henry, ~ died Dec 7, 1810, aged 28 years
Smallwood, Solomon, (Co. A, 4th Inf. N. J.)
Smiley, John, ~ died Oct 8, 1800, aged 36 years, 10 months, 7 days
Smiley, Joseph, ~ died Nov 19, 1802, aged 31 years, 11 months, 16 days
Smiley, Thomas, ~ died Dec 24, 1794, aged 34 years, 10 months, 13 days
Solley, Nathan L., ~ died Jan 23, 1834, aged 33 years, 20 days
Souder, Mary, (wife of James) ~ died Sep 4, 1853, aged 65 years
Steelman, Job, ~ died Dec 6, 1848, aged 47 years, 3 months, 15 days
Steelman, Joicy, ~ died Jan 15, 1860, aged 54 years, 15 days
Synnott, Martin, ~ died Oct 26, 1812, aged 36 years, 9 months, 29 days
Taylor, Alexander, ~ Apr 1, 1802 - Dec 28, 1855
Taylor, Ann Cramer, (daughter of Alexander and Catharine) ~ Nov 23, 1833 - Jul 9, 1854
Taylor, Ann, ~ died May 19, 1842, aged 76 years, 5 days
Taylor, Catharine, (wife of Alexander) ~ died Feb 25, 1852, aged 52 years, 9 months, 27 days
Taylor, Frederick, (son of Alexander and Catharine) ~ Jul 2, 1831 - Nov 23, 1847, aged 16 years, 4 months, 21 days
Taylor, John, ~ Aug 24, 1868, aged 60 years, 5 months, 12 days
Taylor, Margaret, (daughter of Alexander and Catharine) ~ Mar 23, 1835 - Nov 13, 1854
Taylor, William, sr., ~ Dec 25, 1759 - Nov 31, 1847
Treen, John R., (son of William and Rejoice) ~ Mar 13, 1816 - Nov 4, 1816, aged 7 months, 24 days
Vaughan, Amelia, (daughter of John and Lydia) ~ died Oct 10, 1835, aged 10 months, 5 days
Vaughan, Augustus, (son of John and Lydia) ~ died Nov 23, 1843, aged 1 year, 3 months, 13 days
Vaughan, Bartine, (son of John and Lydia) ~ died Feb 4, 1864, aged 1 year, 11 months, 22 days
Vaughan, John J., (son of John and Lydia) ~ died Nov 9, 1812, aged 4 years, 1 month, 5 days
Vaughan, John, jr., (son of John and Lydia) ~ died Jan 12, 1831, aged 7 years, 22 days
Vaughan, Lydia, (wife of John) ~ died May, 1833, aged 32
Vaughan, William H., (son of John and Sarah J.) ~ died Apr 29, 1869, aged 8 years, 7 days
Walker, Charlotte W., (wife of Lewis M.) ~ Apr 25, 1789 (at May's Landing) - May 25, 1872, aged 83 years, 1 month
Walker, John P., (son of L. M. and C. W.) ~ Feb 8, 1820 - Mar 26, 1853
Walker, Joseph, (son of George and Annetta) ~ died Apr 19, 1857, aged 12 years, 10 months, 4 days
Walker, Joseph Ball, (son of L. M. and C. W.) ~ died Apr 8, 1827, aged 11 years, 9 months, 12 days
Walker, Lewis, (son of L. M. and C. W.) ~ died Sep 20, 1824, aged 2 years, 25 days
Walker, Lewis M., ~ born in Oley Twp., Berks Co., Pa., Aug 16, 1791, resided in N.J since 1811, died Nov 4, 1853
Walker, Mary, (daughter of L. M. and C. W.) ~ died May 7, 1849, aged 24 years, 13 days
Watkins, Caroline, (daughter of David and Martha) ~ Dec 27, 1833, aged 15 years, 2 months, 12 days
Westcott, Leonard, ~ died Oct 24, 1837, aged 15 months, 5 days
Westcott, Mary E., (daughter of Jane and Wheaton) ~ died Jan 1, 1857, aged 15 years, 5 months, 3 days
Westcott, Wheaton, ~ Sep 28, 1810 - Jan 30, 1852
Westcott, Ziba, ~ died Mar 18, 1816, in 53rd year
Wheaton, Charlotte, ~ died Jun 9, 1812 or 42, aged 69 years, 9 months, 15 days