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Hopper Family Burial Ground Spottswood Road Glen Rock, NJ 07452

Hopper Family Burial Ground Spottswood Road Glen Rock, NJ 07452

Hopper Family Burial Ground

Spottswood Road

Glen Rock, NJ 07452

https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/1593990/hopper-family-burying-ground

https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=36966

Hopper Family Burial Ground, Glen Rock, NJ [GSBC Index]

Open: Dawn to Dusk

My review on TripAdvisor:

My review on TripAdvisor:

The Hopper Family Burial Ground

The Hopper Family Burial Ground sign

The Hopper family burial ground once sat between two branches of the Hopper family farms and was the resting place for members of both extended families.

The graves date back to before the Revolutionary War to the late 1800’s. It now sits between the suburban neighborhood in Glen Rock, NJ and one of the town’s elementary schools.

The grave of Elizabeth Alyea, the last person to be buried here in 1867

The grave of John Van Embury, whose wife was a member of the Demarest family.

The grave of Jess Demarest mostly is covered

These graves of the Hopper family were covered by grass.

The grave of John Hopper

Raham Hopper and his wife, Maria Goetschius graves

The Hopper family graves

The grave of Henry Hopper

The John Hopper family grave

https://www.glenrockhistory.org/post/2017/06/17/john-a-hopper-and-the-civil-war

Except for the last person to be buried here in 1876, all the tombstones were laid flat. Most have been overgrown by weeds and grass.

No one has been maintaining this cemetery or edging the tombstones so the cemetery is hard to study. Most of the graves were grown over or in bad shape.

The cemetery needs some work and a little TLC but still a reminder of the important part of our Country’s history.

Those buried in the Hopper Cemetery:

(Genealogical Society of Bergen County website)

NameDate of DeathAge at DeathNotes
Anne HopperFeb 2, 183988y, 3m, 27d
Jacob DemarestDec 22, 183211y, 3mSon of James & Ann Demarest
Peter HopperAug 28, 181873y, 6m, 26d
John VanEmburghJuly 13, 185228ySon of James J. and Anna Demarest
Maria HopperMar 30, 18514y, 6m, 13dDaughter of Garret H and Eliza Hopper
Theunis HopperJuly 29, 18544yChild of Garret H. And Eliza Hopper
Eliza SpearMar 5, 1897born Feb 7, 1814Wife of Garret H. Hopper
James J. DemarestAug 6, 184956y, 7m, 2d
Henry J. HopperFeb 5, 184942y, 1m, 22d
Sophia CourterMar 4, 186084y, 6m, 16dwife of Aaron Courter
Aaron CourterFeb 28, 186285y, 2m, 5d
Caroline HopperOct 25, 189778y, 1m, 28d
Maria GoetschiusJune 15, 188979y, 2m, 12dwife of Abraham H. Hopper
Garret H. HopperJan 10, 187060y, 1m, 8d
Peter HopperMar 3, 187973y, 4m
Ann HopperDec 27, 188874y, 7m, 17d
Henry G. HopperJune 22, 185924y, 3m, 13d
Dorcas AckermanAug 11, 186692y, 11mwife of Garret P. Hopper
John A. HopperMay 25, 186322y, 6m, 14dCivil War casualty
Henry P. HopperMar 28, 187085y, 11m
Abraham HopperMar 20, 185648y, 6m
Elizabeth Ann HopperMar 10, 186819y, 7m, 17d
Garret J. HopperSep 12, 187655y, 1m, 23d
Eliza WesterveltOct 22, 189468y, 8m, 22dwife of Garret J. Hopper
Garret P. HopperMay 12, 185282y, 3m, 13d
Albert J. HopperNov 5, 181838y, 11m, 28d
Elizabeth AckermanJan 17, 186487y, 1m, 8dwife of Henry P. Hopper
Jacob DemarestApr 23, 182965y, 8m, 27d
John J. LydeckerAug 14, 184652y, 10m, 4d
Sarah M. HopperJune 2, 181930y, 12m, 12dWife of James Williams
John H. HopperAug 7, 185971y, 2m, 7d
Mary VoorhisApr 7, 187084y, 1m, 20dwife of John H. Hopper
Clarence WilliamsJuly 19, 18732 monthsSon of James and Sarah Williams
BabyMay 4. 18282 monthsSon of Garrett and Jemime VanWagoner
Catherine HopperAug 9, 183840y, 11m, 12dwife of John J. Lydecker
Kacia DemarestAug 4, 184976y, 3m, 27d
Ann VanEmburghApr 19, 183335y, 10m, 14dwife of James Demarest

Voorhis-Lozier-Demarest Family Burial Ground Genther Avenue Oradell, NJ 07649

Voorhis-Lozier-Demarest Family Burial Ground Genther Avenue Oradell, NJ 07649

Voorhis-Lozier-Demarest Burial Ground

Genther Avenue

Oradell, NJ 07649

https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/1875079/voorhis-lozier-demarest-cemetery

Click to access historic_preservation_plan_element-jan_12-2010.pdf

Open: Sunday-Saturday Dawn through Dusk

My review on TripAdvisor:

https://www.tripadvisor.com/ShowUserReviews-g46706-d33246110-r1011336224-Voorhis_Family_Burial_Grounds-Oradell_New_Jersey.html?m=19905

The Voorhis Family Burying Ground was once part of the extensive farm owned by Henry Van Voorhis. This small burial plot houses this branch of the family and sits in what used to be the southeastern section of the farm. Now it sits behind a small house in need of a good lawn cutting.

The historic sign of the Voorhis Burying Ground

The inside of the Voorhis Burial Ground

What is sad about these small family cemeteries is that I am sure that the families never thought to the future when the land would be sold off and the family would move on. The Voorhis and Demarest names still dot the landscape of Bergen County but these tiny plots are lost to the current generations.

The gravesite of Lucas Van Voorhis

The grave of Mary Demarest, who was the wife of James

The one thing that I like about this particular cemetery is that someone in town had done their research on this cemetery and each grave marker was tastefully recreated in separate historic signs right next to the graves as the tombstones have worn out over the years.

The grave of Hannah Voorhis

The grave of Henry Van Voorhis, the first person buried in the site.

This was the first person buried here and the former owner of the farm, Henry Van Voorhis, whose line of the family had once owned this farm of several hundred acres.

The grave of Ouselche Voorhis

The grave of Cornelius Voorhis. I could not believe how many small children were buried in these cemeteries.

I was impressed by how organized and well researched this cemetery was with all the markers. I just needs a good lawn cutting.

The grave of Albert Voorhis, son of the Revolutionary veteran, Albert Voorhis

The grave of Henry Voorhis Sr,

The full view of the cemetery as I was leaving

This quiet and respectful looking cemetery now sits in the back of someone’s home looking lost and forgotten but when you really look at all the historical signs and read them to yourself, their memories still linger on. The family will never truly be forgotten.

Old Spring Valley Burial Ground Viola Way Paramus, NJ 07652

Old Spring Valley Burial Ground Viola Way Paramus, NJ 07652

Old Spring Valley Burial Ground

Viola Way

Paramus, NJ 07652

(201) 265-2100 (Borough of Paramus, NJ)

https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=8345

https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/1608044/spring-valley-cemetery

https://www.interment.net/data/us/nj/bergen/springvalley/index.htm

Open: From Dawn until Dusk

Admission: Free; please do not walk on other people’s property

My review on TripAdvisor:

The historical marker that leads you to had path to the cemetery

History of the Cemetery:

(From the Historic Marker sign)

The historic cemetery directly in the rear of the Behnke farm contains the graves of descendants of early settlers in this area including a least two local farmer-militiamen of the American Revolution, Jacobus Brouwer and Henry Banta, as well as the grave of Cornelius Demarest, who served in the 22nd regiment of the Union Army during the Civil War (From Paramus Rotary sign).

The only way into this tiny cemetery is through z path located on Viola Road

The historic little cemetery is rich in history of the first families of Bergen County including Revolutionary War and Civil War veterans

The cemetery is the resting place of members of the Banta, Bogert, Terhune, Van Saun, Demarest, Kipp and Voorhis families

The Van Saun family graves

The Bogart family graves

The graves of the Van Saun family

The graves of the Kipp family

The graves of the Demarest family and of Cornelius Demarest of Civil War fame

Elizabeth Demarest, wife of Cornelius grave

These graves I could not figure out who they were

The graves of the Banta family

The graves of the Voorhis family

The grave of Sara Huyler, wife of John Van Saun

The graves were so covered in mold that I could not see who these people were

There is a quiet elegance to these historical cemeteries. Their well known family members relics of a past that now forgets them.

Who is buried here:

(From an survey done by George Budke in 1916)

??, B. P., d. 1780
Ackerman, Margaret, b. 10 Feb 1764, d. 6 Sep 1805, birth year may be 1767*
Banta, Abram C., b. 6 Nov 1852, d. 16 Nov 1886
Banta, Agness (Van Saun), d. 21 Dec 1862, age: 78y 4m 15d, w/o Cornelius H. Banta*
Banta, Benjamin Duryea, d. 3 Oct 1856, age: 5y 8m 19d, s/o Henry & Anna Maria Banta
Banta, Catharine (Terhune), b. 6 Aug 1823, d. 27 Jun 1890, w/o Cornelius H. Banta
Banta, Charles Augustus, d. 7 Oct 1861, age: 3m 20d, s/o Henry & Anna Maria Banta
Banta, Cornelius H., b. 13 Mar 1819, d. 18 Nov 1904
Banta, Cornelius H., d. 17 Aug 1854, age: 84y 5m 9d*
Banta, Elizabeth (Lake), d. 4 Sep 1817, age: 67y 8m 18d, w/o Henry Banta
Banta, Garret Hopper, d. 14 Feb 1850, age: 7m, s/o Henry & Anna Maria Banta*
Banta, Henry C., d. 13 Sep 1821, age: 22y 8m*
Banta, Henry H., d. 29 Feb 1864, age: 69y 10m 16d
Banta, Henry, b. 15 Sep 1796, d. 31 May 1798, age: 1y 8m 15d*
Banta, Henry, d. 12 Aug 1817, age: 66y 1m 18d, h/o Elizabeth Lake, Veteran of the Revolutionary War
Banta, Jane, d. 12 Jun 1875, age: 97y 2m 16d, w/o John H. Banta
Banta, John H., d. 29 Jun 1855, age: 83y 6m 7d
Banta, Lavina (Zabriskie), d. 16 Jan 1862, age: 70y 4m 12d, w/o Henry H. Banta*
Banta, Lavinah Sobriskie, d. 7 Feb 1850, age: 3y 11m 10d, d/o Henry & Anna Maria Banta*
Banta, Lidia (Van Saun), d. 22 Feb 1804, age: 32y 5m, w/o Cornelius Banta*
Banta, Sarah, d. 8 Aug 1845, age: 2y 6m 24d, d/o Cornelius H. & Catharine Banta*
Bartholf, Maria, d. 18 Feb 1870, age: 70y 5m 9d*
Begart, Rebecca, d. 12 Dec 1807, age: 1y 11m 6d, d/o Samuel & Ettie Begart
Bertholff, John, d. 8 Apr 1852, age: 86y 9m 15d*
Bogert, Albert I., d. 22 Sep 1861, age: 84y 10m 3d*
Bogert, Jacob A., d. 10 Dec 1866, age: 76y 8m 19d*
Bogert, Jane (Kipp), d. 3 Jun 1853, age: 74y 3m 7d, w/o Albert I. Bogert*
Bogert, John A., b. 26 Mar 1748, d. 25 Oct 1823, age: 74y 6m 30d*
Bogert, Rachel (Van Saun), b. 15 Feb 1798, d. 1 Sep 1846, age: 48y 6m 16d, w/o Jacob A. Bogert*
Bogert, Samuel A., d. 24 Jul 1867, age: 61y 8m 23d
Bogert, Samuel I., b. 31 Mar 1778, d. 13 Apr 1830
Brouwer, Yacob, d. 26 Aug 1784, age: 58y, Veteran of the Revolutionary War*
Cundlah, C. A., b. 14 Apr 1828, d. Jan ?, age: ??
Debaun, Effie (Demarest), d. 13 Dec 1862, age: 75y 8m 7d, w/o Peter C. Debaun, formerly wife of Samuel I. Bogert*
Demarest, Aaron, d. 14 Mar 1838, age: 57y 6m 18d*
Demarest, Christina (Bogert), d. 5 Dec 1868, age: 82y 5m 12d, w/o Aaron Demarest
Demarest, Cornelius A., d. 27 May 1883, age: 66y 8m 5d, Civil War Veteran
Demarest, Eliza (Banta), d. 6 Jan 1883, age: 65y 8m, w/o Cornelius A. Demarest
Demarest, Elizabeth, b. 16 Jul 1792, d. 23 Mar 1869 *
Demarest, Nicholas, b. 3 May 1759, d. 6 Feb 1811, age: 51y 9m 3d
Kipp, Albert, d. 28 Jan 1852, age: 66y 7m 18d*
Kipp, Araminta, d. 30 Dec 1853, age: 15y 4m 25d*
Kipp, James Bogert, d. 25 Sep 1848, age: 21y 10m 1d*
Kipp, John, d. 28 Feb 1862, age: 50y 19d
Kipp, Rachel, d. 21 Jul 1854, age: 63y 10m 23d, w/o Albert Kipp*
Kipp, William B., d. 21 Apr 1856, age: 65y 4m 11d
Van Arsdale, James, d. 21 Apr 1855, age: 51y 5m 5d, Deacon*
Van Saun, David, d. 8 Mar 1825, age: 56y 5m 3d*
Van Saun, Isaac L., b. 1 Nov 1778, d. 24 Apr 1850, age: 71y 1m 23d
Van Saun, Isaac, b. 17 Mar 1749, d. 9 May 1832, age: 83y 1m 22d
Van Saun, Jane (Ackerman), b. 4 Apr 1754, d. 6 Oct 1822, age: 68y 6m 2d, w/o Isaac Van Saun
Van Saun, Jane (Demarest), d. 9 May 1870, age: 57y 5m 9d, w/o Lucas I. Van Saun*
Van Saun, John C., d. 1 Mar 1849, age: 74y 7m 4d*
Van Saun, Kastyne, b. 1 Jul 178?, d. 5 Feb 1791*
Van Saun, Leah (Brower), d. 5 Jun 1859, age: 93y, w/o David Van Saun*
Van Saun, Lucas I., d. 31 Oct 1848, age: 34y 4m 15d
Van Saun, Margaret, d. 5 Sep 1832, age: 23y 11m 15d, w/o Albert Z. Van Saun*
Van Saun, Maria, b. 13 Jul 1829, d. 6 Apr 1836, d/o Albert & Margaret Van Saun*
Van Saun, Rachel, b. 5 Dec 1821, d. 28 Jun 1839, age: 17y 6m 23d
Van Saun, Sarah (Huyler), d. 20 Feb 1854, age: 76y 10m 17d, w/o John C. Van Saun*
Van Voorhis, Jane, d. 19 Aug 1805, age: 1y 8m 2d, d/o Hendrick & Wantea Van Voorhis*
Voorhis, Albert I., d. 20 Nov 1879, age: 73y 10m 20d
Voorhis, John L., b. 26 Apr 1791, d. 22 Feb 1849, age: 57y 9m 26d
Voorhis, Lucas J., d. 4 May 1855, age: 30y 8m 25d
Westervelt, Jane (Ackerman), b. 29 Jul 1769, d. 2 Jul 1851, age: 81y 11m 3d, w/o Henry Westervelt
Wortendyke, Cornelius, d. 12 Feb 1843, age: 3y 10m 12d, s/o Cornelius & Lydia Wortendyke*

French Burying Ground Patrolman Ray Woods Drive New Milford, NJ 07646

French Burying Ground Patrolman Ray Woods Drive New Milford, NJ 07646

French Burying Ground

Patrolman Ray Woods Drive

New Milford, NJ 07646

https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/1652365/french-burying-ground

https://www.nj.gov/dca/njht/funded/sitedetails/FrenchHuguenotCemeteryandHuguenotChurch.shtml

https://patch.com/new-jersey/newmilford-nj/the-french-burying-ground

Open: Dawn to Dusk

Admission: Free, the gates are open across from the baseball field.

My review on TripAdvisor:

The sign for the French Burying Ground

The historic marker in the front of the cemetery

The French Burying Ground

The French Ground is a small historic cemetery once sat next to the French Church and the David Demarest House, that has since been moved to the Bergen County Historical Society site.

The Demarest House at the Bergen County Historical Society

The graves of members of the Bogert, Demarest and Christi families

The History of the French Burying Ground:

(from the New Jersey Historic Trust)

Thought to be oldest cemetery in Bergen County, the French Huguenot-Demarest Cemetery was established in 1677 as the final resting place for prominent French Huguenot and Dutch settlers in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. David Demarest purchased approximately 2,000 acres of land along the east bank of the Hackensack River from Native Americans in 1677 to establish a colony of French-Huguenots.

The cemetery is all that remains of the original French-Huguenot colony and has more than four dozen descendants of Demarest family buried on site. The Borough of New Milford acquired the property in 2018 and has been working closely with the New Milford Historic Preservation Commission to plan for its restoration and future interpretation.  

The French Burying site sign

The cemetery (technically a graveyard since there was a church once here) is the final resting place of many of Bergen Counties Revolutionary War veterans as well as many prominent families including the Demarest, the Bogert and the Christie families. These were some of the founding families of Bergen County.

The graves of the prominent Bogert and Van Saun families

The cemetery has a quiet elegance about it with the many different styles of tombstones and the sheer history of these families and their contributions to the creation of our country.

The historical marker notes the cemetery was first used in 1677 after an agreement with the Native Americans

The back part of the cemetery

Members of the Bogert family

Members of the prominent Bogert family

Members of the prominent Demarest family with Revolutionary War veteran Reverend John Demarest

Members of the prominent Demarest family

The historic marker of the original church site

There are many of the veterans of the Revolutionary War buried at the site some of which survived the battles and went on to have productive lives in their communities.

Veteran John Van Norden

Veteran Uzal Meeker

Veteran John Demarest

Veteran Cornelius Bogert

Veteran Willimpie Bogart Demarest

The grave of Patriot Abraham Demarest

This cemetery, like the rest of the small cemeteries and graveyards that dot Bergen County show the history and significance of these families contributions of the residents of early Bergen County and how they shaped the founding of this country.

Video tour of the Cemetery: