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This file was contributed by: Martha Marble May 2000 ========================================================================== CHRIST CHURCH - BURIAL RECORDS NOTE: These records were transcribed by Miss Gertrude Sprague Carraway of New Bern, NC for the Richard Dobbs Spaight Chapter of the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution. They were submitted by Miss Carraway for the Annual DAR Reports, Book SIV - 114. Miss Carraway, a past N. C. State Regent, was elected President General, National Society Daughters of the American Revolution in 1953. Miss Carraway was the editor of the New Bern Sun Journal and the driving force behind the restoration of Tryon Palace during the 1950's. The above information from the Richard Dobbs Spaight DAR website - http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/Parliament/5919/Ancestors2.html These records have been retyped for the Craven County GenWeb Archives with the gracious permission of the Richard Dobbs Spaight Chapter of New Bern, NC and the library of the NSDAR located in Washington, DC. The original records are no longer available to the general public. [Note: Baptism records posted separately, see also. --er] PARISH REGISTER ENTRIES Christ Episcopal Church, New Bern, NC Page 75 BURIALS IN 1818 May 4. Mrs. Mary Tompson, aged 71 years. June 4. James G. Bishop, aged 27 years August 5. Mrs. Mary Johnston. December 13. Mrs. Mary Guion. December 22. John S. West. 1819 January 26. Mrs. Eliza Ann Gaston, wife of Wm. Gaston, Esqr. Feby. 3. Alice Simpson, daughter of Sam'l & ____ Simpson, aged 4 years. Feby 5. James McKinlay aged 68 years. May 28. Lucas Jacob Benners. June 4. Mrs. Hannah Wade. June 4. Wm. Shepard aged 53 years. August. Capt Bigelow. September 3. Elizabeth Oliver, daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth Oliver, aged 4 years. Rd. S. Mason Page 76 BURIALS IN 1820 January 22. Mrs. Sarah Barber, of old age. July 29. Wm. Smith, aged 27 years. Bilious Fever. September 25. ? Wm. Harvey. Consumption. (NOTE: The 2 appears to either be changed or attempt to mark it out so the date might be September 5.) September 12. John P. Daves, Son of Jno. & Jane Daves. Infant. Bilious Fever. September 13. Mrs. __________ Gowing, wife of ______ Gowing. September 27. Wm. Good, aged 81 years, 6 m. Intermittent. October 8. Ann Maria Blount, daughter of ____ and ____ Blount aged ____ yrs. Bilious Fever. October 10. ___ Holmes. Bilious Fever. 1821 January 12. Mary Eliza Stanly, aged 3 years 6 months 2 days. February. Mrs. Susan Badger, aged ______. March 29. Mrs. John Cady Wallace, aged 43 yrs. May 20. George Hunter Reid, child, aged ______. July 5. Jane Henry Daves, daughter of John and Jane Daves. July 9. Ann Eliza Ward, daughter of Wm. and Lydia D. Ward, aged 11 ms. 6 days. August 10. ________ Smith, son of John F. Smith. Rd. S. Mason Page 77 BURIALS IN 1821 Aug. 15. Hannah Wallace. August 15. Chauncy Cady aged 24. September 3. Henry Oliver, Son Sam'l and E'zth. Oliver, aged 1 yr, 1 m. 25 Days. September 4. Peter Custis, Son of Cath. & Peter Custis. September 11. Eli Boyle Woods aged 27 yrs. Fever Rem. September 27. ____ McNeil. September 26. Elizabeth Cooke, Mrs. Punperal fever. December 23. Miss Nancy Potter - apoplexy. 1822 February 5. Geo. Chase, aged 24 yrs. Consumption. February 18. Elizabeth Forbes, wife of Stephen Forbes. Pleurisy. April 12. Mary Daves, Mrs. Consumption May 20. John Green aged 83 yrs. Old age. May 24th Jonathan Price. July 5th. Miss Rebecca Weeks aged 25. July 22nd. Josiah Howard. July 30th. Ellen Hutchinson aged 11 ms. 6 days. Nov. 5 . Kelly Oliver infant. Decr. 19. Mrs. Mershong Rd. S. Mason BURIALS IN 1823 February 28th. Mr. Nathan Smith. March 21st. John Parker July 17. Phebe Deborah Jarvis, aged 1 year. 2 ms. 22 days. July 25th. Mrs. _____ Justice, aged 81. October 24th. Thos. Green, Jr. Consumption 1824 Jany. 10. Dr. William Boyd. March 8. Mr. Thos. Green, Sr. April 6. Mrs. Loomis. April 14. Mrs. Smith in Pitt Co. July 30. John Lewis Durang, infant. Aug 3., ____ Freau, infant. Nov. 14. Mrs. Elizabeth Henry, aged 80. Nov. 22. Mrs. McCaffety, aged 89. Nov. 22. Robert Lanier, aged 10. Dec. 10. Eliza Jones, a coloured woman. Rd. S. Masn Page 79 BURIALS IN 1825 January 23. Jno. Scott, Son of Mrs. Margaret Scott. February 4. ____ Devoux, aged 68 yrs. 10 ms. February 20. Mrs. Mary Hall adult. February 25. Robert Russell adult. March 21. Matthew Roland adult. May 11. Mrs. Nancy Lane, do. June 5. Sarah Lockhard, a coloured woman. June 9. Nathaniel Brown aged 68. June 10. Blanche Thomas aged 25. June 26. Edward Harris Laneir aged 12 yrs. 8 mo. 11 dys. July 13. Benjamin Shaw aged 11 mos. 11 days. July 28th. Julia Blake Aykroyd, aged 7 days. Nov. 1. John Sears of old age 65 yrs. Nov. 9. James McMain of dropsy. Nov. 13. _____ Golden. 1826 January 12. ____ Furgeson, infant. March 1. Jno. Hardy. April 2. Polly Cathalina Woodruff. R. S. Mason Page 80 BURIALS in 1826 April 8th. Wm. Dunn adult of consumption. April 12. ____ Lipsey adult, do. May 10. Mary Smith, infant. May 28. Peter Wallace alias Manegat, infant. May 28. James Ryal Mansfield, infant. May 30. Elizabeth Dunn, infant. May 31. Abigail Crocker adult. June 1. Mrs. ____ Goodhue, do. June 19. Caroline Meekens, infant. August 4. Joseph Masters adult. Hobbs, adult Sarah Vail, adult. Decr. 10. Henry Hobbs, child. 1827 Jany. 3. Thomas Charles, adult. Jany. 10. Mrs. _____ Caswell adult David Wallace, do. Mrs. Ezth. Nixon Page 81 BURIALS in 1827 Mrs. ___________ Wilson. Nov. 10. Samuel S. Ellis, adult. Page 82 Anno MDCCCXXIX (1829) BURIALS Catherine Chapman, widow, January 18th, 1829, buried 20th. Captain A. Wood - February 26th 1829, buried 27th. James Tisdale Forbes, infant, April 24th 1829, buried 25th. Mary Elizabeth Churchill, infant, July 12th 1829, buried 12th. Mary Powell, widow of J. Powell, died November 9th, buried 10th. October 28th, 1829. Performed the burial service over the remains of Samuel Burney, in Pitt County, who died Febry. 3rd 1829. ANNO MDCCCXXX (1830) January 26th. Geo. Bergwyn: - died January 25th. March 28th. Gen'l Durant Hatch, Sr., died 27th, buried on Brice Creek. April 13th. Francis Barber, died same day. October 15th. J. Johnson of Alabama, died 14th. November 18th. Child of Chapel Churchill, died 17th. December 9th. Richard Harris, (colored man) died 8th. PAGE 83 Anno MDCCCXXXI (1831) January 30th 1831. Charles Roach - died night of 28th of apoplexy. March 13th, 1831. Mrs. Conway, (wife of J. R. Conway), lately of Baltimore, died of Consumption at the home of Mrs. Harvey. April 1st. 1831. Infant daughter of George & Mary A. Wilson. May 5th, 1831. Mrs. Miller, wife of _____ Miller, died 4th. August 9th 1831. J. S. Ravenscroft, Son of J. R. Goodman died 8th inst. A.M. August 23 1831. Mrs. M. Simpson: died 22d insti. P.M. August 25th 1831. Charles C. Spaight, Esqr - died 24th inst. P. M. September 4th 1831. Mrs. Donnel, wife of Judge Donnel, died 3d inst. A M. October 3d 1831. John S. Ellis; died in the night of 2nd inst. October 7th 1831. John W. ? Justice; died on the afternoon of 6th inst. October 17th 1831. Clara Tilghman; died on 16th inst. P. M. November 1st 1831. Mary Harris, widow of Stephen Harris, of Core-Creek, Died 31st. ulto. A. M. Page 84 BURIALS December 20th 1831. Francis Hawks, Esqr. Buried 21st inst. MDCCCXXXII (1832) March 27th 1832. Benners V; child of Thomas Emery, died 26th. April 8th 1832. J. Hutchinson, Jr.: died 7th inst. April 10th 1832. A. Pasteur Jr. died 9th inst. April 14th 1832. Joseph Simpson, died 13th inst. June 2nd 1832. Henry Harvey, died 1st. inst. August 26th 1832. An infant child of Jno. Hutchinson. August 26th 1832. Do Do (coloured) of Henry McLin. September 16th 1832. Mary E. Blount - died 15th inst. September 24th 1832. Julia Maria Goodman, died 23d. inst. Rev'd Mr. Wiley officiating. October 1832. Mary Bland, daughter of Mr. Bland. Rev'd Mr. Wiley Officiating. October 26th 1832. Margaret Dubelair (of Griffin's School) Rev'd Mr. Hawkes offici'ng. November 17th 1832. Emily Moore, daughter of Julius & Eliza Moore. J. R. Goodman. Page 85 MDCCCXXX111 (1833) January 25th 1833 - Mrs. S. Carey: died 24th inst. August 4th 1833. John Stanley Esqr -; died 2d instant. P.M. October 28th 1833. Richard Mason Oliver died 27th P. M. October 29th 1833. Coloured Woman of Type - town. November 25th 1833. Mrs. Lydia Shepard - died 24th A.M. December 15th 1834. Stephen Torrens (col'd) died 14th. Decr. 22d 1834. M. C. Stephens, Jr. died 21st. 1835 February 17th 1835. Ezelpha Emmett died 16th. June 1st. 1835. David Jones died May ?1st. June 12th 1835. Nancy Battle died 11th. Nov. 11th 1835. Died. Susan Nelson Hyman - buried Nov. 12th. 1836 Nov. 19th 1836. Mary Spaight Singleton - buried Nov. 20th. April 14th 1836. John Henry Cutler - died April 13th 1836. Sept. 10th 1836. Samuel Oliver, jun'r. died Sept. 9th. Monst (sic) Bougevent Peter Jones Mrs. Rice The burial service for the three last named persons was read by the Rev'd Mr. Hawks during my illness John Burke Page 88 (sic) 1837 March 13th 1837. John Coart - died March 12th. March 31 1837. Sarah Green - died March 29th. John Burke Page 86 Continued 1838 Mrs. George Wilson - by Wm. N. Hawks BURIALS BY THE REV'D CAMERON F. MACRAE July 3d. Mr. James M. Daves. July 11th. Mrs. Elizabeth Stanly - Communicant. July 12th. Donum Montford Col'd - Communicant July 25th. Mr. Samuel Wilkins. August 5th. Lanay Tyea. August 24th. Mariah Merritt - col'd, and a col'd child. August 27th. Charles Dunn - aged 8 years. 1839 Jany. 20th. Mrs. Anna Harvey. " 10th. Charles Henry, infant son of Eli Smallwood. " 15th. Mrs. Lucy Smallwood March 29th. Mariah Forbes, daughter of Stephen B. & Mariah Forbes. June 9th. Mrs. Frances Benners Communicant. June 11th. Mary E. Vendrick, infant child of Levin Vendrick - seaman. July 28th. An infant col'd child, prop'r of Stephen B. Forbes. Oct. 13th. John Washington - son of James W. Bryan, Esq. Aug. 1st. Mrs. Buckley - an aged communicant of the church. Sydney - daughter of William Hall. Mrs. Lockhart - member of the Methodist congregation. Oct. 24th. Thomas Machen. 1840 Asa Jones, Esq., an influential layman of the congregation. March 3. Jazsac Dickson - a young seaman. April 2. Mrs. Susan Jarvis, wife of Moses W. Jarvis, Esq. June 24. Mrs. Babcock, a paralytic from the poor house. June 27. Mary - infant daughter of John Green. July 19. John W. Guion, Esq., an influential layman and member of The vestry. Aug. 5. An infant child of John Bragg. Aug. 18. Richard Henry, son of Rd. Bagall. Sept. 12. Mrs. Elizabeth Certain - Communicant Oct. 12. Mrs._____ Peterson. Communicant. Page 87 Oct. 7th. Mrs. Mary McKinlay - Communicant. " 15. Mrs. William Pritchett. Dec. 1st. Jack Grace, a col'd mariner. " 2nd. Mrs. Elizabeth Dunn Communicant " 7th. Catherine Ives, daughter of S. B. & Mariah Forbes. " 13th. John son of Eli & Ann Smallwood. " 12. Mrs. Mary Harvey. 1841 Feb. 21st. Frances Haughton, wife of ___ Haughton - Seaman. " 22nd. Mrs. Mary Hearne, relict of James Hearne, Esq. March 4th. Josephine, a col'd child - pro'r of Hon. Wm. Gaston Feby. 1st. William Gooding, Esq. March 28th. William Henry Small. " 30th. William Henry, infant son of Sally Carey. May 2nd. George, child of James & Susan Stanly. June 3rd. Fred'k. Nicholson, son of William A. & Caroline Washington. June 4th. William Harper. " 13th. Elizabeth, child of John Miller. Esq. July 1st. Mary child of John Blackwell, Esq. " 21st. Susan McRae, child of Stephen B. & Mariah Forbes. " 31st. Mr. Powers, an inmate of the poor House. Aug. 2d. Susan Penelope, child of John Oliver. " 19th. Thomas Stephens Seaman. Sept. 5th. Thomas Willis " 12th. Miss Julia Custis " 18th. Spencer Willis. " 20th. Miss Ruth Hood " 22nd. Mrs. Van Vauklinburg - a communicant. " 25th. Benjamin, son of Samuel Hyman. Esq. " 28th. Isaac Hughes, son of ____ McCoy. Oct. 1st. Miss Mary Gooding aged 73 Communicant " 10th Mrs. John Hutchinson Communicant " 13th. Peter Markal - German " 21st. George Saunders - Druggist. " 22nd. Mary Eliza Willis. " 28th. Mrs. Frances Emery Cameron Farguhar McRae BURIALS In 1842 January 17th. Mary, wife of George Smith - seaman. " 28. Lewis, son of M. & Mary Bryan. April 1st. Peter Custis, M.D. " 30. Mrs. Ruth Backhouse, wife of Allen Backhouse Esq. " 6th. Charles Edward, son of Mrs. Elizabeth Coart. " 18th. Mary, child of Moses W. Jarvis, Esq. May 1st. James child of James Percy - Fisherman. Cameron Farquhar McRae July 14th. Elisa Guion, daughter of Sam'l & Elisha Chapman. " 18th. Elisabeth C. wife of James G. Stanly Esq. Aug 9th. Henry, infant son of Jas. W. Bryan Esq. Sept. 7th. Joseph, aged about 3 years, Son of Dr. Samuel, & Mrs. Lavinia Masters Sept. 15. Mary Ann, daughter of William & Sally Purvis. " 20. Mrs. Rachel Blount, a communicant, after many months of a constantly painful disease. Sept. 20. Lieut. Joseph W. Jarvis, U. S. N., son of Moses Jarvis, Esq. Oct. 8. Allen Backhouse, an aged communicant. Nov. 4th. Mrs. Bowen (a blind pauper) Dec. 5th. Mr. John Hutchinson, a communicant " 23d. Mary Styron, from the Griffin School, by Rev. Mr. Hawks. Dec. 31st. Laura, aged three years, daughter of Mr. George E. Carraway. F. M. Hubbard BURIALS IN 1843 January 7th. Elisa, a col'd girl, belonging to John Burgwyn Esq. January 19th. Mary Bryan, of consumption, interred at Swift Creek. Feb. 19th. Elisa Ann, wife of Dr. I. W. Hughes. March 28th. William Tripp, aged about 80 years. April 7th. Thomas Jefferson Pearce, aged 16 years. " 19th. Elisa Matthews, an orphan of some fourteen years. May 9th. Mrs. Alice Kincey, a communicant By Rev. Wm. N. Hawks May 24th. Mrs. Ann Maria Justice, aged 55, a communicant. June 18th. Mrs. Mary Elisabeth Dunn, aged 20 years, a communicant. June 22nd. Mary, aged about 40, a coloured woman belonging to Mr. Coart. June 24th. Mrs. Love Georgeston, aged 107 years. August 24th. Mr. Samuel Hyman ... aged 42 years. A communicant. August 24th. Susan Casey... Aged 7 years. At the Griffin School. August 25th. Theodore Hughes McCoy ... Aged 8 months. September 19th. John Wilson ..... Coloured. " 30th. Mrs. Sarah Attmore .... Aged 73 years ...... October 9th. Eliza Jane Emery ..... Aged 4 years. " 11th. Mrs. Lavinia Masters .... Aged ___ years. " 26th. Enoch Fulford .......Aged 18 years. (The above from Aug. 24th ... by Rev. Wm. N. Hawks) October 26th. Hon. Charles B. Shepard .... Aged 34 years. Nov. 3d. Martha Nobles ... aged ___.... At the Griffin School F. M. Hubbard Page 90 Nov. 8th. Mrs. Charity Creekman ... aged about 55 years --- a free-will baptist. Nov. 17th. James G. Stanly, Jr. .. aged 31 years. " 18th. John ... son of John Blackwell, Esq. Aged 7 years 1844 April 4th. Thomas infant son of Thomas B. Hill Esq. of Roanokd. April 12th. Desdemona - aged about 70 - a coloured woman. " 22d. Moses Jarvis Aged 67 years, for 40 years a communicant of this Ch. April 22d. Martha. Aged about 14 years. A coloured girl. July 28th. Mr. George Wilson, aged 59 years. Aug. 9th. Edward, aged 7 years, son of Mr. Alexander N. Stanly. Aug. 24th. Samuel Stone, 19 years. A communicant. Sept. 15th. Julia M. aged 34 years .. wife of Alex. H. Stanly. Oct. 2d. Mrs. Elisabeth Love: aged 17 years. " 11th. Timothy Winslow, a coloured infant. " 27th. Caesar Dalsell. An aged coloured communicant. Dec. 14th. Mrs. Hannah F. Clark... wife of Wm. W. Clark, Esq. 1845 Feb. 4th. John B. Dawson, Edq. Sheriff of Craven County. May 1st. Mr. Isaac Guion, aged 26 years (by Rev. Wm N. Hawks). May 10th. Mrs. Mary Fulshire, aged 73 years - long a communicant. Page 91 Hannah F. Clark - infant daughter of Wm. W. Clark, Esq. By Rev. Wm Hawks. June 20th. William Rhodes, infant son of John M. Oliver. July 2nd. Mary Frances. Coloured. Aged 15 months.. belonging to Miss Dunn. Thos. S. Gooding aged 31 years By Rev. Wm. N. Hawks August 17. Benjamin Smith Custis. Infant son of Doctr. Peter Ccustis. Septem'r. 1. Mrs. Elizabeth Bartlett, aged 93, for 40 years a communi't Of this church. October 2. Sam'l Chapman Hazel. Col'd. infant son of Richard & Nash Hazel. " 7. Mrs. Margaret Suydam. Aged ____, a communicant. " 7. Randal Davis. Aged 14 years - son of Janette Carter - formerly Davis (The above by Wm. N. Hawks) 1846 Jan'y. 19th. Mrs. Margaret Scott, aged 59, a communicant. May 23d. Mrs. Hannah Montford, aged about 75 years, a coloured communicant. June 6th. Maj. Gen. John I. Pasteur - aged 54 years - by Rev. Wm. N. Hawks. Aug. 24th. Adrian H. Van Bokkelen. Aged _____. Oct. 10th. Mrs. Sarah Carson, of Jones County, aged about 40 years. " " . James McCoy - about 7 days old. Oct. 27th. Mrs. Sarah Beck, aged 80 years. " 16th. Tamar - coloured child - 4 years old. F. M. Hubbard 1847 Jan. 23d. Miss Margaret Good Feb. 23d. William H. Disosway - aged 17 years. April 10th. Mrs. Elisa B. Hatch - aged 67 years. April 13. Jacob - colored - 9 days old. May 2d. Mr. Thomas Emery. F. M. Hubbard July 11. Samuel Bishop, Son of Wm. P. Moore. Aged 6 years - drowned. " 13. Mrs. Sophia Peckwell. Aged 46 years. " 20. Eliza Pearce Gordon - Infant. Aged 12 Months. " 25. Mrs. Edith Ryan. Aged ____. Sept. 19. Susan Sammonds. Aged 10 years - of Griffin School Oct 4. John Sawyer. Aged ___ years. (Coloured) Nov. 2. Adeline Dickinson. Aged 8 years. " 20. Mary Ann Windsor. Infant. 1848 Jan 24. John Green. Aged 14 years. Of St. Thomas Chapel, Craven Cy. Feb. 5. Samuel Hyman Fulford. Infant. 8 days old. Theodore, daughter of Mary Kent, Aged 3 years. (Col'd) Mar. 27. _____ daughter of Alexander & _____ . Aged 8 days. (Col'd) April 1. Thomas Carney. Adult. Aged ____ years. May 9. Mrs. John Good. Adult. Aged ____ years. " 15. James W. Howard, Esq. Adult. Aged 44 years. Wm. N. Hawks