Vroom Burying-Ground

VROOM BURYING GROUND, SOMERSET, NEW JERSEY

Note: The following record is from the Somerset County Historical Quarterly. This is a white cemetery but has the grave of a slave recorded, “Dinah, faithful slave of John J. Schenk,” d. Dec. 20, 1860, aged 52 yrs., 11 mos., 8 dys., which is the only time I have ever come across this. I have been to this cemetery on several occasions in an attempt to find Dinahs tombstone but it is apparently no longer there. I have included the entire record.

Located on the bank of the Raritan river on 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; others 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.

Bogart, Guysbert, d. July 28, 1785, aged 65 yrs.
“Dinah, faithful slave of John J. Schenk,” d. Dec. 20, 1860, aged 52 yrs.,
11 mos., 8 dys.
H., F. (Initials “F. H.” only).
Hoagland, Ann Quick (wife of Martin A.), d. Feb. 22, 1861, aged 80
yrs., 5 mos., 5 dys.
Hoagland, Martin A., d. Mar. 16, 1867, aged 78 yrs.
Quick, Aletta, d. July 27, 1845, aged 16 yrs., 5 mos., 25 dys.
Quick, Aletta Peterson (wife of Peter), d. May 6, 1838, aged 76 yrs., 3
mos., 17 dys.
Quick, Catherine, d. Oct. 18, 1855, in 73rd yr.
Quick, Frederick D. (son of Jacob P. and Mary), d. Apr. 9, 1845, aged 9
mos., 19 dys.
Quick, Jane Van Middlesworth (wife of Joakim G.), d. Jan. 22, 1844,
aged 57 yrs., (???) mos.
Quick, Joakim G., d. Sept. 28, 1860, aged 75 yrs., 10 mos., 20 dys.
Quick, Mariah, d. Sept. 23, 1846, aged 54 yrs., 5 mos., 28 dys.
Quick, Peter, Sr., d. Aug. 29, 1842, in 85th yr.
Quick, Peter P., b. June 27, 1795; d. June 14, 1884.
Schenk, Alletta Ann Stevens (wife of George V. N.), d. May 4, 1852,
aged 34 yrs., 11 mos., 16 dys.
Schenk, Ann V. D. (dau. of John J. and Elizabeth), d. Dec. 11, 1821,
aged 18 yrs., 1 mo., 5 dys.
Schenk, Ann Van Der Spiegel (widow of John J.), d. Jan. 11, 1812,
aged 63 yrs., 1 mo., 21 dys.
Schenk, Elsie Jane (dau. of John and Elizabeth), d. Sept. 18, 1827,
aged 19 yrs., 22 dys.
Schenk, Elizabeth Vroom (wife of John J.), d. July 3, 1813, aged 33 yrs.
Schenk, John J., d. May 12, 1862, aged 83 yrs., 6 mos., 15 dys.
Schenk, John Van Der Spiegel (son of George V. N. Schenk and Aletta
Ann Stevens), d. Apr. 9, 1841, aged 2 yrs., 5 dys.
Schenk, Sarah G. Van Nest (wife of John J.), d. May 14, 1860, aged 79
yrs., 7 mos., 6 dys.
Schenck, Sarah Van Doren (widow of Arthur), d. Nov. 9, 1859, aged
78 yrs., 7 mos., 4 dys.
Slover, William B., of N. Y. City, d. Sept. 24, 1814, aged 21 yrs., 10
mos., 12 dys.
Ten Eyck, David L., d. Sept. 6, 1885, aged 7 yrs., 11 mos.
Taylor, Jane Bogart (wife of Willet), d. Oct. 2, 1839, aged 77 yrs., 10
mos., 12 dys.
Taylor, Mary, d. Sept. 30, 1841, aged 44 yrs., 10 mos., 18 dys.
Taylor, Willet, d. Mar. 3, 1846, aged 86 yrs., 8 mos., 2 dys.
V. D., J. (Initials “J. V. D.” only).
Van Doren, Sarah (relict of Joseph), d. Nov. 10, 1884, aged 79 yrs., 3
mos., 17 dys.
Van Nest, Phoebe, d. Mar. 18, 1849, in 74th yr.
Van Nuyse, Nelly Quick (wife of Peter), d. July 12, 1818, aged 30 yrs.,
18 dys.
Vroom, Catalina De La Mate (?) (wife of Guysbert B.), d. Mar. 8, 1836
(?), in 54th yr.
Vroom, Catalina Maria (dau. of Guysbert B. and Catalina), d. Oct. 3,
1818, in 14th yr.
Vroom, Elsie Bogart (wife of Peter D.), d. Apr. 17, 1823, aged 67 yrs.
Vroom, Guysbert Bogart, d. June 17, 1824, aged 45 yrs., 10 mos., 17 dys.
Vroom, Peter D., d. Nov. 17, 1831, aged 86 yrs., 8 (?) mos., 10 dys.

(Outside of regular enclosure)

Brokaw, John L., d. Aug. 25, 1815, in 58th yr.
Brokaw, Phoebe Van Middlesworth (wife of John), d. Oct. 8, 1841, aged
82 yrs.
Quick, Catherine Hellena (dau. of Garret J. and Adaline), d. Apr. 28,
1850, aged 10 (?) yrs., 5 dys.
Quick, Hannah (dau. of Joakim G. & Jane), d. Dec. 26, 1816, aged 18
yrs., and (???).
Taylor, Gilbertis, d. June 9, 1822, aged 9 mos., — dys.
Taylor, Samuel D. (son of Gilbertis B. and Lydia), b. July 9, 1823; d. at
Princeton Aug. 6, 1839. [Latin throughout].
Ten Eyck, Abraham (son of Joseph S. and Mary), d. July 16, 1840, aged
9 yrs., 10 mos.
Ten Eyck, Elizabeth (dau. of Joseph S. and Mary), d. Apr. 21, 1838,
aged 11 yrs., 8 mos.
Ten Eyck, Joseph S., d. Apr. 11, 1862, aged 61 yrs., 1 mo., 19 dys.
Ten Eyck, John, d. May 12, 1852, aged 34 yrs.
Ten Eyck, Mary Lane (wife of Joseph), d. May 2, 1836, aged 31 yrs.
V., A. (Initials “A. V.” only).
V., E., 1800 (Initials “E. V., 1800” only).
V., M., 1804 (Initials “M. V., 1804” only).
Van Middlesworth, Daniel (son of Henry and Elizabeth), d. June 10,
1812, aged 6 mos., 14 dys.
Van Middlesworth, John (son of Henry and Elizabeth), d. Aug. 8, 1813,
aged 4 yrs., 2 mos.

Edited By: Allen P. Duncan, 2001