At Warrington Friends Meeting House.
The following extracts are from the Diary of Benjamin Walker, who had charge of the grave digging at Warrington graveyard in Warrington township, York county:
10 mo. 18, 1780, 4tb day – Digging a grave for child of Daniel Glass.
4mo. 24, 1781, 3d day – Digging a grave for his brother, Abel Walker’s child, and at the burial.
5 mo. 18, 1781, 6th day – Henry Laughman died at Christopher Newcomers.
5 mo. 22, 1781, 3d day – Digging a grave for Elizabeth Elliot, formerly Atherton.
5 mo. 27, 1781, 1st day – “Thomas Jones, one of ye artifissers at Carlisle, buried his child.”
5 mo. 30, 1781, 4th day – Digging a grave for wife of Thomas Jones, “the above named.”
6 mo. 2, 1781, 7th day – Digging a grave for Aaahel, sou of Benjamin Underwood.
6 mo. 4, 1781, 2d day – Digging a grave for a child of Thomas Jones.
9 mo. 9, 1781, 1st day – His brother, Asahel Walker’s daughter, Rebecca, died at one o’clock, and was buried at Warrington Friends’ graveyard the next day at ha half-past four.
9 mo. 11, 1781, 3d day – Digging a grave for William Vale’s child.
9 mo. 16, 1781, 1st day – His brother, Asahel Walker’s child, buried about three o’clock.
1 mo. 31, 1782, 4th day – Benjamin’s daughter, Phebe Walker, died at half past eight in the evening.
4 mo. 10, 1782, 4th day – Digging a grave for wife of James Davis.
4 mo. 18. 1782. 5th day – Digging a grave for William Garretson’s wife.
5 mo. 14, 1782, 3d day – Digging a grave for John McWilliaim’s wife Jane.
7 mo. 27, 1782, 7th day – Digging a grave for child of Joseph Davis.
8 mo. 31, 1782, 7th day – Benjamin’s son, Jarman Walker, died at one in the morning.
9 mo. 30, 1782, 2d day – John Stanton and wife buried in one grave.
10 mo. 17, 1782, 5th day – Digging a grave for Thomas Leech’s child and for John Stuard.
10 mo. 18, 1782, 6th day – Diggmg a grave for Ebenezer Horsman’s child.
10 mo. 28, 1782, 2d day – Digging a grave for Joseph Strecth’s sou.
10 mo. 30, 1782, 4th day – Digging a grave for Hannah Cadwallader, widow.
11 mo. 29, 1782, 6th day – Peter Lowden buried.
11 mo. 30, 1782, 7th day – George McWilliams’ child [Jeane] buried.
12 mo. 10, 1782, 3d day – Digging a grave for William McMillan’s daughter, Deborah.
2 mo. 5, 1783, 4th day – Digging a grave for John Edmondsou, who was buned this day.
5 mo. 22, 1783, 5th day – Digging a grave for Joshua Vale’s child.
6 mo. 8, 1783, 1st day – Digging a grave for Sarah Cook [widow of Peter Cook].
6 mo. 31 (?) 1783, 2d day – Hannah Kirk buried.
12 mo. 10, 17S3. 4th day – Digging a grave for Charles MeVane.
2 mo. 5, 1784, 5th day – Digging a grave for Record Hussey.
3 mo. 12, 1784. 6th day – Digging a grave for Ann Cook.
5 mo. 17, 1784, 2d day – Digging a grave for Martin Clandy’s wife, Margaret.
9 mo. 8, 1784, 4th day – Digging a grave for Amos Garretson’s child.
9 mo. 29. 1784, 4th day – Digging a grarve for Jacob Underwood.
9 mo. 30, 1784. 5th day – Digging a grave for Amos Jones’ daughter.
10 mo. 8, 1784, 6th day – Digging a grave for Samuel McMullen’s child. Detrick Upach’a mother-in-law was buried.
10 mo. 9, 1784, 7rlv day – Benjamin Walker’s mother-in-law. Ann Morris, died this day, aged 66. She was buried in Friends’ graveyard at Newtown, on the 10th.
10 mo. 19. 1784, 3d day – Digging a grave for Elizabeth Loge.
11 mo. 20. 1784, 7th day – Digging a grave for Lydia Holland.
12 mo. 21, 1784, 3d day – Digging a grave for Jacob Griffith.
3 mo. 1, 17?”i, 3d day – Digging a grave for John Blare’s child.
4 mo. 11, 1785, 2d day – Digging a grave for Martin Clandy’s child.
4 mo. 14, 1785, 5th day – Benjamin Williams was buried.
5 mo. 8, 1785. 1st day – Digging a grave for Sarah Kifel(?) “poor of the township.”
5 mo. 19, 1785. 5th day – Digging a grave for William Underwood, an elder.
5 mo. 21. 1785. 7th day – Digging a grave for William Prowel’s child.
5 mo. 31, 1785, 3d day – Digging a grave for Thomas How’s child.
8 mo. 19. 1785, 6th day – Willium Penrose buried.
11 mo. 1. 1785. 3d day – Digging a grave for William Worthland’s wife. Ruth.
SOURCE: Page(s)189-190; Notes and Queries: Historical, Biographical and Genealogical, Relating Chiefly to Interior Pennsylvania By William Henry Egle, Pennsylvania State Library; Harrisburg publishing company, 1898
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