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First Presbyterian Churchyard

Memorials : 1
Location : Orange, Essex County, USA
Phone : (973) 678-1719
Coordinate : 40.7738000, -74.2342150
Description : Located at the corner of Main Street and Scotland Road, the First Presbyterian Church of Orange, NJ, was established in 1719 by emigrants from Connecticut who had initially settled in Newark. Nathaniel Wheeler (1633-1726), a founder of both that city and this "Mountain Settlement" farther west, donated the land for the congregation's burial ground in 1723, and became one of the first to be interred here. The community continued to grow rapidly throughout the Colonial and Federal eras, necessitating an addition to the churchyard in 1792. The final resting place of many veterans of the American Revolutionary War, the northeast... Read More

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  • Where is First Presbyterian Churchyard?

    First Presbyterian Churchyard is located at 420 Main St Orange, Essex County ,New Jersey ,USA.

  • First Presbyterian Churchyard cemetery's updated grave count on graveviews.com?

    1 memorials

  • Where are the coordinates of the First Presbyterian Churchyard?

    Latitude: 40.7738000
    Longitude: -74.2342150

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