CEMETERY
IMMANUEL EPISCOPAL CHURCH ON THE GREEN, NEW CASTLE, DELAWARE
TOMBSTONE SURVEY
Immanuel Episcopal Church On The Green Cemetery is located at the
corner of Harmony and Market Streets in New Castle, Delaware, and
surrounds the Church. It is under the jurisdiction of the Church's
Rector, Wardens and Vestry, and this survey was undertaken at their
request. There are many 18th Century stones, the earliest being that
of Hercules Coutts who died in 1707. The Cemetery is outstandingly
maintained. Because of space limitations, the Glebe Cemetery, located
a short distance north of New Castle and east of Route 9, is used for
most present day interrmonts.
This survey was completed during the summer of 1986. An attempt has
been made to record all information as it appears on individual
stones, including epitaphs and stone cutters. For help in locating
a particular stone, each has been assigned a plot number keyed to
an unofficial plot plan
included at the end of the survev. We have
frequently referred
to Tatnall' s Tombstone Records, New Castle County,
a survey done some fifty or sixty years ago, and to Thomas Holcomb's
Sketch of Early Ecclesiastical Affairs in New Castle, Delaware and
History of Immanuel Church, published in 1890. Erosion has taken its
toll and, in doubtful instances, we have used Tatnall, and/or Holcomb's
readings, assuming that the imprint was clearer in their time. Where
appropriate we have corrected Tatnall's and Holcomb's errors, as, we
hope, someone will eventually correct ours.
We are indebted to the Rev. Myles W. Edwards, Rector, Wardens and
Vestry of Immanuel Episcopal Church On The Green for their encourage-
ment and cooperation. We are particularly indebted to Cynthia Ann
Byham, Junior Warden, and to Joan W. Zerbe, Church Archivist. Without
their advice and knowledge this survey would have been a much more
difficult, if not impossible, task.
Lucy Hazen Barnes
Martha Whitcraft
Delaware Genealogical Society
31 October 1986
