New Castle, Delaware
Community History and Archaeology Program 

Cemetery records provide information on vital statistics about people and their families not available from census or tax records. At the request of Immanuel Church, Lucy Hazen Barnes and Martha Whitcraft in 1986 made a detailed survey of the graves and monuments inside and outside the church.

We have entered their information into an online database in order to provide easier examination of the information as well as copies of the original transcription in pdf format. The records were made available courtesy Camille Foster, Immanuel Church.

Unlike adult male oriented information in tax and census records, epitaphs provide information on life span, early childhood mortality and multi-generational extended family size. [Data from first 15 pages/~70]

Birth year
From	To	Individuals	Avg Age
1700	2000	50	50.3
1700	1800	12	70.4
1800	1850	23	48.2
1850	1900	12	42

Children dying before age 10
Last name	First name	Age
Barr	Rosanna	1
Barr	Elizabeth	3
Barr	Lizzie	6
Black	Frank	2
Black	Groome	3
Booth	James	1
Booth	Julia	1
Booth	Mary	3

To the extent that the plots in the survey represent family groupings, a simple count of individuals gives an idea of the extended family size over several generations. With just 6 pages entered, the largest families are: Alexander (??), Black (??) and Bond (??). [data not yet correct. I need to fix]