First Presbyterian Church, New Brunswick, New Jersey

First Presbyterian Church, New Brunswick, New Jersey

The First Presbyterian Churchyard is at the First Presbyterian Church in New Brunswick, New Jersey. [cite book |last=Sarapin |first=Janice Kohl |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Old Burial Grounds of New Jersey |year=2002 |publisher=Rutgers University Press |quote= | url=http://books.google.com/books?id=uDfIJt5RFWgC&dq=&pg=PP1&ots=auks4TKY6W&sig=SZl5W1s0xzASDS2kY9a9srYICb0&prev=http://www.google.com/search%3Fq%3DOld%2BBurial%2BGrounds%2Bof%2BNew%2BJersey%26sourceid%3Dnavclient-ff%26ie%3DUTF-8%26rls%3DGGGL,GGGL:2006-11,GGGL:en&sa=X&oi=print&ct=title |isbn=0813521114 ] Around 1966, Alfred Yorston removed 520 bodies from the First Presbyterian Church, New Brunswick's cemetery to Van Liew Cemetery to make way for new construction at the church. [cite web |url=http://mapmaker.rutgers.edu/NorthBrunswick/oldnorthbrunswick.html |title=The Changing Landscape of North Brunswick |accessdate=2007-08-26 |quote=Yorston is best remembered for his work in removing the 520 bodies from the New Brunswick Presbyterian Church's cemetery to Van Liew Cemetery to make way for new construction, for his around-the-clock service during the 1918 deadly influenza epidemic, and for his service in connection with the autopsy involving the infamous Hall-Mills murder in neighboring Franklin Township. |publisher=Rutgers University ]

Notable burials

*John Bubenheim Bayard (1738-1807), Mayor of New Brunswick, New Jersey

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