I don't know much about this cemetery; only know that it took some work to photograph
the stones here. lol. My understanding is that this cemetery was originally a Quaker
cemetery. However, I don't think it was long beofre it was used for everybody.
Only shooting from memory here, but the first burial (at least per the tombstones) was
late 1830's (I think). There are many stones in this cemetery of folks who died in
the 1840's, 1850's, and 1860's.
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From: MHastingsHendrix(a)cs.com
To: INJAY-L(a)rootsweb.com
Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2003 1:07 PM
Subject: [INJAY] HILLSIDE QUAKER CEM.--INJAY-D v3 #92 - Origin, date founded, etc.?
Re Hillside Quaker Cem. - Is there a compiled history of this cem., date of
founding, oldest graves. and origin of those people?
I> Hillside Quaker Cemetery in Penn Township, just on the edge of Pennville.
All total we took over 1,200 photographs! What a chore this one was!
This
cemetery is mostly very old stones, but has some more recent ones. If you
had ancestors who died near Pennville, this would have been a likely spot for
them to be buried.
I should have the cd ready for this one sometime next week. It will take me
a few days to name all of the files. Anyone interested in this cd (or any
of the other cemetery cd's) can email me at rexwb(a)insightbb.com
My ulterior motive for asking is that I have been on the backward trail of
Obediah Hastings c 1750/1820-30,& of late, wondering if he is among some of the
Hastings families who either came over with Wm. Penn or followed cousins who
did.
Or is he among the many Hastings families in New England in 1600s? And might
some of them have moved south when Wm. Penn's came in? My Obediah's grandson
Waitman was Methodist in early life in s.w. corner of Sussex Co., DE.
according to some records, Quakers had 'thinned out' there (only one family
holding
weekly 'meeting' in their home) although more prevalent in counties of Kent and
Newcastle to the north in the "three lower counties of PA".
Perhaps those familiar with Quaker migrations have to answers?
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Margaret Hastings Hendrix - Some paternal ancestry:-- All settled on/near
county and state lines ! !
HASTINGS, Harry Carroll - b. 1893 Fort Recovery, Mercer Co., western OH, m.
1920 Z. Maude GIFFEN of Belmont Co., eastern OH
HASTINGS, Zachary T. m. 1873 Minerva WILEY - Mercer Co., OH, res. State Line,
Noble Tp., Jay Co., IN
WILEY, Samuel m. 1847 Sarah PORTER - Co. Donegal, Ireland - settled Wash.
Tp., Mercer Co., OH
HASTINGS, Wateman/Waitman, m. 1844 Mary E. COLLINS Sussex Co., DE - settled
Gibson Tp., Mercer Co., OH
COLLINS, Solomon m. Nancy WALSTON, 1824, Worc. Co. MD - settled Gibson Tp.,
Mercer Co., OH
HASTINGS, James b. bef 1775, res. Little Creek Hd., Sussex Co., DE, m. ca
1800 (2nd wf?) Alafare BENNETT (father John BENNETT, mother ____??)
HASTINGS, Obadiah/Obediah/Abadiah, b. ca. 1750 - res. Sussex Co., DE, bef
1775 - d. 1820-30 - LOST AT SEA?
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