Many descendants of New Jersey founders have ancestors who were interred in the Old Burying Ground at the First Presbyterian Church at Newark. In 1888 this cemetery was deconsecrated and the remains of settlers who had been buried within the period ca1666-1808 were placed in a common grave at the Fairmount Cemetery. A large statue of a Puritan man was erected over the crypt and historical information engraved on the monument. The monument has been in disrepair, but the Newark Preservation & Landmarks Committee recently restored it as described in a local paper, the Newark Star Ledger. Rededication of the monument is scheduled for early 2004.
Many descendants of New Jersey founders have ancestors who were interred in the Old Burying Ground at the First Presbyterian Church at Newark. In 1888 this cemetery was deconsecrated and the remains of settlers who had been buried within the period ca1666-1808 were placed in a common grave at the Fairmount Cemetery. A large statue of a Puritan man was erected over the crypt and historical information engraved on the monument. The monument has been in disrepair, but the Newark Preservation & Landmarks Committee recently restored it as described in a local paper, the Newark Star Ledger. Rededication of the monument is scheduled for early 2004.
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