First Reformed Dutch Church, Hackensack

First Dutch Reformed Church Cemetery is located in Hackensack, New Jersey, United States, where it sits in the churchyard of the church by the same name, which was constructed in 1696. [ [http://www.njchurchscape.com/Hackensack%20First%20Reformed.html Photographic Inventory: Hackensack First Reformed Church] , accessed August 7, 2006.] The church is the oldest church in Bergen County and the second oldest church in 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 ]

Notable burials

*Adam Boyd (1746-1835) represented New Jersey in Congress from 1803 to 1805, and again from 1808 to 1813. [ [http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000714 Adam Boyd] , "Biographical Directory of the United States Congress". Accessed August 22, 2007.]
*George Cassedy (1783-1842), represented New jersey in Congress from 1821 to 1827. [ [http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000234 George Cassedy] , "Biographical Directory of the United States Congress". Accessed August 22, 2007.]
*Enoch Poor (1736-1780), one of George Washington’s officers. [ [http://hackensackhigh.org/~rkc/hackensack/poor/poor.html Enoch Poor burial site] , accessed August 7, 2006.] [ [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=4863&PIgrid=4863&PIcrid=641078&ShowCemPhotos=Y& Enoch Poor] , Find A Grave. Accessed August 7, 2006.]
*Richard Varick (1753-1831), former mayor of the city of New York and former New York Attorney General [ [http://hackensackhigh.org/~rkc/hackensack/varick/varick.html Col. Richard Varick burial site] , accessed August 7, 2006.] [ [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Varick&GScid=641078&GRid=12952& Richard Varick] , Find A Grave. Accessed August 7, 2006.]

References

External links

* [http://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/BE.html#00O16AC5Q Dutch Reformed Church Cemetery] , The Political Graveyard
* [http://www.findagrave.com/php/famous.php?page=cem&FScemeteryid=641078 First Dutch Reformed Churchyard] at Find A Grave