SOMERSET COUNTY GRAVESTONES

Copied by Herbert E. Durham, and published in the Somerset Messenger-Gazette

under the date of January 26, 1940



Ten Eick-Williamson Burying Ground, Bridgewater, Somerset Co., New Jersey

The cemetery located in Bridgewater Township, Somerset County, NJ, on the riverbank about ½ mile west of the Finderne-Manville Raritan River Bridge, and just west of the Derrick Van Veghten house, land now owned by Singer Mfg. Co. (1940) and near their recreation park.

(Note: The current 2021 location description is just south of the Torpey Park parking area on Watson Street, Bridgewater, Somerset Co., New Jersey. It is not fenced and is overgrown and in the process of being cleared.)



Dennis H(all) Williamson, d. April 24, 1918, age 79 yrs. Civil War Veteran

(son of Mathias Williamson and Catharine Van Horn)



John M(cDougall) Martin, d. July 18, 1900 age 71-1-13

(son of Robert A. Martin and Jane Dougall Martin, husband of Ellen C. Martin)

Ellen C. (Williamson) Martin d. March 18, 1908 18, 1908 age 78-1-8

(wife of John M. Martin, son of Cornelius Mathias Williamson and Catharine Van Houten Deats)

George W. Martin, d. July 18, 1870 age 18-1-11

(son of John M(cDougall) and Ellen C. (Williamson) Martin)

Cornelius W. Martin, d. August 9, 1889 age 26-4-23

(son of John M(cDougall and Ellen C. (Williamson) Martin)



Matthew Williamson, d. August 22, 1822, age 49-4-10

(husband of Alche (Hall) Williamson, unknown parents)

Matthew Williamson, partner of (Delia?) Williamson b. April 12, 1775, d. August 22, 1822

(may be duplicate of Matthew Williamson above)

Alche (Hall) Williamson, d. April 25, 1864, age 83-7-3

(wife of Matthew Williamson, unknown parents)

Cornelius M(athias) Williamson, d. March 03, 1878, age 78-10-15

(husband of Catharine Van Houten Deats Williamson and Catharine Van Horn Williamson) son of

Matthew and Alche (Hall) Williamson)

Catharine (Van Houten Deats) Williamson, d. "in 26th year"

(first wife of Cornelius M. Williamson, unknown parents



Mathias Ten Eick, d. April 23, 1784, "in 64th year"

(son of Andries and Ariaantje Crispel Ten Eyck from Ulster Co., New York, husband of Neeltje Tunison)

"This stone flat on ground and going to pieces."

Nelly (Neeltje Tunison) Ten Eick, d. June 11, 1812, "relict of Mathias Ten Eick", "in 90th year"

(wife of Mathias Ten Eick, daughter of Cornelius, Jr. and Rebecca Folkertson Tunison)

Cornelius Ten Eick, b. Feb. 15, 1754, d. Nov. 24, 1778, age 24-10-24

(son of Mathias and Nelly Tunison Ten Eick)



*Eleanor Tunison, d. April 06, 1819, age 9 mos 26 days

(daughter of Matthias Ten Eyck and Eliza Hall Tunison)

*Almira W. Tunison, d. December 18, 1828, age 6-5-25

(daughter of Matthias Ten Eyck and Eliza Hall Tunison)



*Eleanor (Tunison) Voorhees, d. April 24th, 1810, age 25-8-10

(wife of John H(arris) Voorhees, daughter of Dr. Garret and Sarah Ten Eyck Tunison)

*Eleanor Tunison Voorhees, d. August 1, 1813, age 3-3-8

(daughter of John H(arris) and Eleanor Tunison Voorhees)



Transcriber's note:

The order in which these are transcribed are different from the newspaper article that Herbert E. Dunham had them printed in the Somerset Messenger-Gazette on January 26, 1940. I have attempted to place these burials into family groups to show the connections with the people in the cemetery. Those underlined are buried elsewhere and notated if known.



*On Find-a-Grave there are three headstones listed as "unknown" as they are not readable. It is possible that they are the headstones for Eleanor or her sister Almira Tunison—daughters of Matthias Ten Eyck and Eliza Hall Tunison, Eleanor (Tunison) Voorhees-wife of John H. Voorhees, or Eleanor Tunison Voorhees—daughter of John H. and Eleanor Tunison Voorhees.



Catharine Van Horn Williamson is buried in the Old Somerville Cemetery, Somerville, Somerset Co., New

Jersey. She is the second wife of Cornelius M. Williamson. She was also married twice. Her first

husband was Robert Torbert and she is buried with her Torbert relations in the Old Somerville

Cemetery.



Cornelius, Jr. and Rebecca Folkertson Tunison) are buried in the Early Settlers (Tunison) Burial Ground,

Somerville, Somerset Co., New Jersey



Matthias Ten Eyck and Eliza Hall Tunison buried in the Old Somerville Cemetery,

Somerville, Somerset Co., NJ)



Dr. Garret and Sarah Ten Eyck Tunison are buried in the Old Somerville Cemetery, Somerville, Somerset Co., NJ)



Transcriber: Jacqueline Wells Lubinski 9/26/2020