Tag: Historical Cemeteries of Bergen County NJ

Captain John Outwater/Outwater Family Cemetery 710 Washington Avenue Carlstadt, NJ 07072

Captain John Outwater/Outwater Family Cemetery 710 Washington Avenue Carlstadt, NJ 07072

Captain John Outwater/Outwater Family Cemetery

710 Washington Avenue

Carlstadt, NJ 07072

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/10735322/john-outwater

https://www.revolutionarywarnewjersey.com/new_jersey_revolutionary_war_sites/counties/bergen_county_revolutionary_war_sites.htm

Open: Sunday-Saturday 24 hours

My review on TripAdvisor:

https://www.tripadvisor.com/Profile/R4960NKjustinw/mediabatch/13650283?m=19905

The entrance to the Outwater Family Cemetery

The stone marker sign at the entrance to the family cemetery. This cemetery is the final resting place of Captain John Outwater from the local militia who fought in the Revolutionary War and his family.

The memorial to Captain Outwater in the center of the cemetery dedicated to his contributions to Revolutionary War

Captain John Outwater during the Revolutionary War

https://www.outwatersmilitia.com/about

https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/KJ4L-N3R/john-j.-outwater-1780-1842

Captain John Outwater’s bio:

(From family search website)

When John J. Outwater was born on 9 February 1780, in Hackensack, Bergen, New Jersey, United States, his father, Captain John Outwater, was 33 and his mother, Hendrickje Dirck Lozier, was 34. He married Cathalina Van Bussum on 1 February 1813, in Old First Reformed Church, Passaic, Passaic, New Jersey, United States.

They were the parents of at least 4 sons. He died on 25 September 1842, in Wilson, Wilson, Niagara, New York, United States, at the age of 62, and was buried in Glenwood, Lewiston, Lewiston, Niagara, New York, United States.

The original entrance to the cemetery must have been on Moonachie Avenue in the distant past.

The original graves of Captain John Outwater and his wife, Louise Lozier

Across from their graves is the memorial to the family

Various members of the Outwater family including parents, brothers and sisters and children are buried here.

The grave of Jacob Outwater and his family

The tombstone of Jacob Outwater

The grave of Jacob’s son who died as an infant

The graves of George Outwater and his wife, Ann Van Note

I think this is the grave of George Outwater’s first wife, Mary

Buried outside the family plot is the grave of Henry Cordes

The Outwater family cemetery sits on a small hill overlooking a Quick Check store and gasoline station. Talk about modern progress.

I took a quick tour of the cemetery:

My video of the Outwater Family Cemetery and the grave of Captain John Outwater of Revolutionary War fame.

Demarest Family Cemetery 239 Ramapo Valley Road Oakland, NJ 07436

Demarest Family Cemetery 239 Ramapo Valley Road Oakland, NJ 07436

Demarest Family Cemetery

239 Ramapo Valley Road

Oakland, NJ 07436

https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/1617471/demarest-family-cemetery

https://sites.rootsweb.com/~njbergen/cemetery.html

Open: During the hours of the Nursery that surrounds it.

My review on TripAdvisor:

The Demarest Family Cemetery sits on a small embankment surrounded by trees and a cement island. You can only access it from one side and there is no stairs. Totally forgotten burial site.

The fencing and locked door with a rusty lock surrounds the cemetery. There is no way to access it. I was able to walk up the cement embankment and was able to walk around the fence. The trees have taken over the cemetery and have knocked over the tombstones.

My International Marketing class at Bergen Community College recently did a complete study and marketing plan for the “Bergen250” on the Revolutionary War veterans buried at graveyards and cemeteries all over Bergen County, NJ:

The project:

Day Three Hundred and Eighty: Three Bergecco-Parc Consulting presents “Bergen 250: Exploring Bergen County’s Revolutionary War Era Cemeteries and Graveyards” April 29th, 2026

For a Mapping of all the historic graveyards and cemeteries, I had the students visit all the sites that the Daughters of the American Revolution had researched and I had the students find all the locations, photo the tombstones and create a bio on each of the veterans. I enclosed a copy of their work above.

My blog on the historic graveyards and cemeteries of Bergen County:

https://visitingamuseum.com/tag/historic-cemeteries-of-bergen-county

You can see some of the fallen tombstones from neglect at the fence

The growth surrounding the burial site

Some of the historic tombstones are still standing like this one of the burial sites of Lettya Ann Demarest who was born in 1830. She had inherited the house in 1863.

Most of the historic tombstones have fallen down

The fallen and forgotten tombstones have growth surrounding them.

The historic Demarest homestead was around the corner from the nursery. The house had been in the family for 194 years almost five generations.

The family homestead still exists up the road around the corner from the nursery. This is the historical sign outside the sign. The Demarest family home in Oakland:

The Demarest family home

A view from the front of the Demarest family home

This tiny historical and very forgotten and neglected cemetery was once part of this branch of the Demarest family. The small cemetery sits on a small hill not far from the house. Once the farm was sold off and the town grew around it, this small cemetery sits still in its original spot in the middle of nursery.

When I talked with one of the workers there, he said the owner was very careful to built around it and let it intact. He also said that no one seems to own it. It is the final resting place of James S. Demarest, who fought in the Revolutionary War.

With all the growth, I could not find it. It has been lost to time.

DeWolf-Haring Cemetery 84 DeWolf Road Old Tappan, NJ 07675

DeWolf-Haring Cemetery 84 DeWolf Road Old Tappan, NJ 07675

DeWolf-Haring Cemetery

84 Dewolf Road

Old Tappan, NJ 07675

https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/1617475/dewolf-haring-cemetery

https://ldsgenealogy.com/NJ/Old-Tappan.htm

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haring%E2%80%93DeWolf_House

Open: Sunday-Saturday Dawn through Dusk

My review on TripAdvisor:

https://www.tripadvisor.com/Profile/R4960NKjustinw/mediabatch/13615617?m=19905

The DeWolf-Haring family cemetery sits on a homeowners front yard

The DeWolf-Haring Cemetery is one of the most unusual of the small cemeteries in Bergen County that I have seen. It sits right in front of someone’s front yard.

The cemetery probably at one time sat at the very edge of the farmland which is now a golf club and a neighborhood of McMansions. It shows the progress of the area as the farmland was sold off.

My International Marketing class at Bergen Community College recently did a complete study and marketing plan for the “Bergen250” on the Revolutionary War veterans buried at graveyards and cemeteries all over Bergen County, NJ:

The project:

Day Three Hundred and Eighty: Three Bergecco-Parc Consulting presents “Bergen 250: Exploring Bergen County’s Revolutionary War Era Cemeteries and Graveyards” April 29th, 2026

For a Mapping of all the historic graveyards and cemeteries, I had the students visit all the sites that the Daughters of the American Revolution had researched and I had the students find all the locations, photo the tombstones and create a bio on each of the veterans. I enclosed a copy of their work above.

My blog on the historic graveyards and cemeteries of Bergen County:

https://visitingamuseum.com/tag/historic-cemeteries-of-bergen-county

The gravesite of John Haring

The DeWolf-Haring family; grandparents and grandson

It was interesting that the last person buried here was the wife of Martin DeWolf’s grandson. I am still trying to figure out how they had funeral services on the edge of someone’s front lawn.

The Haring family graves

The grave site sits in front of someone’s driveway

The cemetery is nicely maintained and treated with great respect. I am not sure by either the town or the homeowner.

Old Tappan Cemetery Washington Avenue North Old Tappan, NJ 07675

Old Tappan Cemetery Washington Avenue North Old Tappan, NJ 07675

Old Tappan Cemetery

Washington Avenue North

Old Tappan, NJ 07675

https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/1427593/old-tappan-cemetery

https://genealogy.fredquest.com/cemeteries/nj-oldtappan-eckersonfarm/index.html

https://ldsgenealogy.com/NJ/Old-Tappan.htm

Open: Sunday-Saturday: From Dawn to Dusk

My review on TripAdvisor:

The Old Tappan Cemetery is still an active cemetery even though its location in the woods surrounded by McMansions.

My International Marketing class at Bergen Community College recently did a complete study and marketing plan for the “Bergen250” on the Revolutionary War veterans buried at graveyards and cemeteries all over Bergen County, NJ:

The project:

Day Three Hundred and Eighty: Three Bergecco-Parc Consulting presents “Bergen 250: Exploring Bergen County’s Revolutionary War Era Cemeteries and Graveyards” April 29th, 2026

For a Mapping of all the historic graveyards and cemeteries, I had the students visit all the sites that the Daughters of the American Revolution had researched and I had the students find all the locations, photo the tombstones and create a bio on each of the veterans. I enclosed a copy of their work above.

My blog on the historic graveyards and cemeteries of Bergen County:

https://visitingamuseum.com/tag/historic-cemeteries-of-bergen-county

The oldest part of the cemetery sits on the highest bluff overlooking the woods and the street. The Eckerson family burial plot is located here with graves dating back to before Revolutionary War.

The Old Tappan Cemetery sits on a hill in the woods

The oldest part of the cemetery sits on the very top of the hill overlooking the neighborhood

The site houses the graves of the Eckerson and Haring families

The Eckerson family graves

The Wortendyke branch of the family

The graves of Revolutionary War veteran Cornelius Eckerson and his wife, Elizabeth Haring. It looks like someone stole Cornelius’s headstone.

The Eckerson Haring Wortendyke family plots

Within the confines of the property, there were even modern graves of the Eckerson family dating back to about twenty years ago. The Eckerson family is still buried here in the Twenty-First century.