First Reformed Church Burying Ground - Hackensack, NJ
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N 40° 52.748 W 074° 02.561
18T E 580659 N 4525780
This cemetery and church are located at the intersection of Court St. and Moore St. in Hackensack, NJ
Waymark Code: WMAZ64
Location: New Jersey, United States
Date Posted: 03/14/2011
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This church was built in 1791 on the site of the previous church which had been built in 1686. Part of the original 1686 church remains on one of the present's church's wall. The adjacent cemetery has about 100 gravesites..including Revolutionary War Gen. Enoch Poor. Some of the original founders of the Church (in the late 1600s) are buried here as well.
The Bergen County Historical Society marker at the site reads:
"HISTORIC FIRST
REFORMED CHURCH
Earliest records of this
pioneer Dutch church,
dated 1686, mark it as the
second oldest in New Jersey.
Old stones embedded in the
east wall show the initials
of founding families and
first settlers.
The old burying ground
contains the grave of
General Enoch Poor,
a Revolutionary officer.
His funeral was attended by Generals Washington and
Lafayette and a portion
of the American army."
City, Town, or Parish / State / Country: Not listed
Approximate number of graves: Not listed
Cemetery Status: Not listed
Cemetery Website: Not listed
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