NE1-045

This metal plaque is mounted on a boulder near the tombstone (#NE1-044) of Jemima Condict Harrison. It is to the left of the main (north) entrance to the Church.

It is inscribed:

In Memory of

Jemima Condict

Wife of Aaron Harrison

Revolutionary Patriot

1754 - 1779

Placed by

Jemima Condict Chapter, D.A.R. (Daughters of the American Revolution)

October 7, 1932

Jemima is most famous for the Diary, simply entitled "Her Book," that she kept from 1772 to 1778, most recently published by The Carteret Book Club in 1930. A copy of it resides at The New Jersey Historical Society in Newark, NJ. You can read more about her on-line HERE. Her headstone is just behind this monument at the Old Burying Ground, item # NE1-044.

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