Apparantly they were nice to the Newark folks. What did they do with my ancestors at the 1st Pres. Ch. Are they under the garage? Sheri ----- Original Message ----- From: <Commjet@aol.com> To: <NJESSEX-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 1999 2:12 AM Subject: [NJESSEX] !st Presbyterian Church Graveyard lists > In a message dated 9/4/1999 10:02:01 PM Pacific Daylight Time, > NJESSEX-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: > > > This article was not quite correct. The Old Burying Ground, the first > > cemetery in Newark, was located on the present day Branford Place. The > > remains in the cemetery was removed to Fairmount Cemetery in the late 1890s > > and placed in a crypt underneath a statue of a Puritan. The churchyard of > > the 1st Presbyterian Church, still in operation on Broad Street, was > > located > > behind the church and was turned into a parking lot in the late 1950s. All > > that remains of both cemeteries is a list - or more likely a partial list - > > of burials there. > > > > Regards. > > > > Joan Bretz > > Dear Joan and all, > > Where can one find the lists for the 1st Presbyterian and Fairmount > Cemeteries? There is a possibility that my ggg grandmother was buried in the > 1st Presby. cemetery and I would love to find her. Her name at the time of > her death was Matilda Mattax (or any spelling variation thereof) and she was > married to Absolom Mattax. She died on 4 Oct 1858. Her maiden name was > Matilda Mills Breese and the name of her first husand was Amos Straw. There > is a record of her membership at the Newark Presbyterian Church, so just > maybe she was buried there? > > Finding those lists might be very helpful, Judy Martin commjet@aol.com > > > ==== NJESSEX Mailing List ==== > Researching Newark? Visit Virtual Newark at: > <http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~geishome/> >