AKA: Teaneck's Historic Native American - African Slave - Dutch Settler Cemetery Indian - Slave Burial Grounds, Zabriskie Farm Cemetery.

Located on the Meadowlands Conservation Trust's "Teaneck Pomander Walk" open for public use and Hackensack River access. It can be visited during daylight hours and is designated with a Blue Historic Marker.

An irregular shaped interior lot located on the south side of Pomander Walk has frontage on the Walk with the entire southerly border of the property along the Hackensack River. The parcel of land is approximately 76' x 200' (15,202+ sqft). It's Lot 2, Block 212 in local tax records. MCT holds a conservation easement in donation form that acknowledges there is a cemetery present on the site and prohibits archaeological digging.

Historically, the subject site was part of a larger 125 acre farm. It was bought by the Zabriskie family in 1684. Albert Zabriskie was a translator for local Native Americans. It is believed that the remains of his family, slaves, and nearby natives are located on this land. It's also believe that 2 other families (Kipp and Cadmus) used the burial site to bury their own blood relatives & African American enslaved persons.

Per the Town:
this land was in use as a burial ground by the Native Americans prior to the arrival of the European settlers. African enslaved persons, who worked the farmlands of the early European settlers like the Zabriskie's, were subsequently buried at this location as were some of the early settlers.

In 1663, the great elder Oratam was the Chief Sachem for the Ackingsacks who lived along the Hackensack River. Oratam promised to give Sarah Kiersted a parcel of land between the Hackensack River and Overpeck's Creek called "Neck of Land." It consisted of 2,260 acres which included Tea Neck, Bogota, and Ridgefield Park. The original patent was dated October 21, 1667. On March 25, 1685, the East Jersey Proprietors conveyed 183 acres of this patent, located on the Hackensack River in what is now Teaneck, to Albert Sabboresco (Zabriskie) of Bergen, a planter/farmer. Albert Zabriskie, his descendant, and later Henry Kip, owned the enslaved African men who were used to work the farmland and build the early colonial sandstone houses.