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