Newark Union Church and Cemetery

Newark Union Church and Cemetery is a historic meetinghouse and burial ground in Brandywine Hundred, Delaware near Carrcroft.

[1] Established in 1687, the cemetery is four acres in size and contains approximately 950 graves, including seven men who fought in the American Revolution and members of some the earliest settlers of the Brandywine Hundred.

[3] Hollingsworth originally named the land "New Worke", a spelling which eventually evolved into "Newark" (not to be confused with the college town about 20 miles to the west and south).

Members of Hollingsworth's family hosted the Quaker Meeting in their home adjacent to the burial ground until the death of Valentine's daughter Catherine and her husband George Robinson.

[4] The cemetery and now-vacant church are maintained by a voluntary, self-perpetuating board of trustees which allows burial for Brandywine Hundred residents.

Newark Union Church and Cemetery Historical Plaque
1890 view of Newark Union Church before renovation
Historical plaque listing the seven identified men buried at Newark Union Cemetery who fought in the American Revolution