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First Presbyterian Church of Caldwell Cemetery
Caldwell, Essex County, New Jersey

Old Burying Ground, Caldwell, NJ

GPS: 40.83938, -74.27633

326 Bloomfield Ave
Caldwell, NJ 07006

Published: April 14, 2023
Total records: 123

The Old Burying Ground at First Presbyterian Church of Caldwell is said to have been in use from 1788 to 1881 according to a bronze plaque erected on the cemetery gate. However, the land was given in 1779 for both the church and for, "... a place of burial for said Congregation and Inhabitants." It's likely that burials had taken place even before 1788.

In 1866, to address the limited burial space surrounding the churchyard, the church established a larger cemetery, "Prospect Hill Cemetery" located about 1/2 mile to the west.

Among those buried here are Stephen Grover, the first pastor of this church. Both the church and cemetery are listed in the New Jersey State Register of Historic Places.

Cemetery Records

Records listed below were transcribed by David Podmajersky from tombstone inscriptions, and originally published on, "Distant Cousin" a website that went offline around 2016. We were able to salvage this transcription before it became permanently lost. Many of the tombstones were no longer readable by the time he had photographed them.

?????, Peter Morison, (son of Wm. and Mary ??????) ~ died Sep 10, 1827, aged 2 years, 1 month, 3 days
Backus, Calvin
Baldwin, Malvina M., (wife of Calee H. Baldwin / daughter of Isaac & Seigald? Potter) ~ died May 28th, 1848, in her ?39th or 89th? year
Baldwin, Phebe, (wife of Hiram Baldwin and also Ephraim Baldwin) ~ died Mar 20, 1828, in her 39th year
Baldwin, Sarah?
Bond, Betsey, (child of Samuel and Electa Force Bond) ~ Feb 6, 1814 - Jun 3, 1815
Bond, Betsey, (child of Samuel and Electa Force Bond) ~ Jan 29, 1819 - Apr 25, 1840
Bond, Charlot, (daughter of Abner and Mary Bond) ~ died Aug, 1795?
Bond, Electa Force, ~ Dec 5, 1780 - May 27, 1846
Bond, Elizabeth, (daughter of Abner and Mary Bond) ~ died Sep 29, 1794, aged 3 years, 9 months, 16 days
Bond, Keturah, (daughter of William and Kerurah Bond) ~ died Jun 6, 1798, aged 2? years, 5 months, 13 days
Bond, Noah, ~ died Sep 5, 180?, aged 33 years, 4 months, 21 days
Bond, Pierson, ~ died ? 21, 1827, aged 21 years, 4 months, 16 days
Bond, Samuel, ~ Jun 5, 1779 - Jan 8, 1865
Bond, Stephen, ~ died Jun 25, 1862, aged 61 years
Bowden, William, (son of John and ? Bowden)
Burnet, Annah, (widow of William Burnet) ~ died Jun 26, 1818, in the 53rd year of her age
Cochran, Esther, (wife of Thomas Cochran) ~ died ? 26, 1823?
Cochran, Thomas, ~ Jan 18, 1773 - Jan 24, 1850
Colyer, Susan, ~ died Mar 29, 1825, aged 61 years, 10 months, 21 days
Conselyea?, Mary, ~ died Jan 1, 1828
Crane, Ambrose, (son of Capt. Simeon and Eunice Crane) ~ died Mar 19, 1810, aged 12 years, 7 months, ? days
Crane, Azariah, ~ died Mar 10, 1814, aged 60 years, 1 month, 24 days
Crane, Calvin S., ~ died Mar ?, 1877
Crane, Cyrus, (infant son of Samuel and Mary B. Crane) ~ -
Crane, Cyrus, ~ died Dec 31, 1825, aged 25 years, 9 days
Crane, Cyrus, ~ died Nov 6, 1827, in his 19th year
Crane, Elijah Pherson, (son of C??? and Sarah Crane) ~ died May 21, 1855, aged 6 years, 7 months, 15? days
Crane, Elizabeth
Crane, Hannah, (consort of Cyrus Crane) ~ died May 1?, 185?
Crane, Jonas, ~ died Jun 24, 1821, in the 67th year of her age
Crane, Jonas, ~ died Oct 17, 1806, aged ?56? years, 2 months, 13 days
Crane, Lydia S., (wife of Samuel ? Crane) ~ died Oct 10, 1855, aged 55 years, 3 months, 2? days
Crane, Nancy, (consort of C. S. Crane) ~ died Jan 9, 1825, in the 54th year of her age
Crane, Sarah,
Crane, Susanna, (relict of Oliver Crane) ~ died Nov 11, 1835?, aged 70 years, 7 months, 12 days
Crane, William
Crane, infant, (child of Nancy Crane) ~ aged 6 weeks, 4 days
Crane?, John Henry
Davison, Charity, (wife of Henry P. Davison) ~ died Aug 16, 1850, aged 50 years
DeCamp, Benjamin, ~ died Aug 11, 18??
DeCamp, John, (son of Aaron and Keturah DeCamp) ~ died Sep 9, 1804, aged 19 years, 6 days
Dobbins, David Harison, (infant son of David L. and Susan Dobbins) ~ died Oct 5, 1827, aged 10 months
Dobbins?, Abigail Williams, (wife of Joseph Dobbins) ~ Aug ?, 1803 -
Dobins, David L., ~ died May 11, 1830, aged 41 years, 20 days
Dod, Capt. Caleb, ~ died Jan 9, 1811, aged 35 or 55 years
Dodd, Phebe, ~ died Apr 2, 1814, aged 67 years, 1 month, 11 days
Duryea, George
For?????, Stephen, (veteran of the American Revolution) ~ died Sep 29, 1829?, aged 75 years, 10 months, 21 days
Gibson, Samuel
Gould, ?, (child of Nathaniel M. and Margaret Gould) ~ died Jun 29, 1851, aged 5 years and 4 months
Gould, ?, (child of Nathaniel M. and Margaret Gould) ~ died May 16, 1852, aged 10 months, 5 days
Gould, Anthony, ~ Oct 22, 1774 - Mar 6, 1856, aged 81 years, 4 months, 12 days
Gould, Becky, (daughter of ? and ? Gould) ~ died ?Nov? 25, 1790, aged 4 months
Gould, Charlotte, (wife of Joseph Harrison / daughter of Gen. William and Mahetable Gould) ~ died Jun 30, 1811, aged 21 years
Gould, Elizabeth, (wife of Josiah Gould) ~ died Jul 17, 1821, aged 59 years, 11 months, 15 days
Gould, Elizabeth
Gould, Ellen
Gould, Gen. William, (veteran of the American Revolution) ~ born in Caldwell in the year 1757 - died Feb 12, 1847, aged 90 years
Gould, Harriet Henrietta, (daughter of Gen. William and Mahetable Gould) ~ died Apr 8, 1813, aged 8 years
Gould, Henry, ~ died Dec 25, 1817, aged 45 years
Gould, John Louis, (son of Thomas D. and Nancy Gould) ~ -
Gould, John, ~ died Aug 25, 1807, in the 71st year of his age
Gould, John, ~ died Jan 5, 1839, aged 71 years
Gould, Josiah, ~ died Jul 17, 1821, aged 39 years, 11 months, 15 days
Gould, Mahetable, (wife of Gen. William Gould) ~ died Dec 4, 1843, in the 80th year of her age
Gould, Mahetable, (wife of Thomas Gould) ~ died Dec 26, 1813
Gould, Mary Sanford, (wife of Anthony Gould) ~ died Feb 23, 1841, aged 71 years, 3 months, 26 days
Gould, Mary, ~ died Sep 22, 1836, aged 31 years
Gould, Samuel, ~ died Aug 26, 1821, aged 57 years
Gould, Stephen Grover, (son of Capt. William and Mehetable Gould) ~ died Aug 12, 1789, aged 2 months, 22 days
Gould, Stephen Randolph
Gould, Stephen S., ~ Jan 6, 1812 or 42 in the 56th years of his life
Gould, Stephen, ~ died May 20, 1839, aged 62 years
Gould, Susan, ~ died Feb 11, 1849, aged 65 years
Gould, Susanna, (wife of Timothy Gould) ~ -
Gould, Thomas, ~ died Feb 17, 1815, aged 98 years, 3 months, 15 days
Gould, William Wheelock, (son of Robert and Mary Gould) ~ died Jul 12, 1818, aged 22 years, 2 months, 4 days
Grover, James Wheelock, (son of Stephen and Mary Grover) ~ died Jul ?, aged 3? years
Grover, Mary, (wife of Rev. Stephen Grover) ~ died Jul 12, 1847, aged 87 years, 10 months, 4 days
Grover, Rev. Stephen, (a graduate of Dartmouth College) ~ born in Tolland, Conn. - died Jun 22, 1836, in his 78th year
Grover, Stephen A., ~ Jun 20, 1824 - 1868
Grover?, Rosalina, (wife of Joseph E. ?) ~ Oct 15, 1795 - Nov? 27, 1873
Harrison or Gould?
Harrison, ? Naomi
Harrison, Abigail, (wife of Jabez Harrison) ~ died Aug 26, 1803, in her 31st year
Harrison, David B., (son of Jabez and Abigail Harrison) ~ died Jul 7, 1832 (Detroit), in his 30th year
Harrison, Eliza Duryea, (daughter of ? and Hester J. Harrison)
Harrison, Harvey, ~ died Sep 30, 1869, aged 71 years, 5 months
Harrison, Miranda, (daughter of Jabez and Abigail Harrison) ~ died Dec 2, 1831, in her 33d year
Harrison, Sarah Elizabeth
Hulburt, Mary S., (daughter of John and Mary Bowden) ~ died Apr 2, 1862, aged 39 years, 2 months, 28 days
Jacobus, ?om? R., ~ Sep ?, 1835, in the 52nd year of his age
Jacobus, Ezra, (son of Archibald and Mariah Jacobus) ~ died Aug 25, 185?, aged 6 years and 5 months
Jacobus, William C.
Kent, Calvin
Kent, Elizabeth, (daughter of David and Mary Kent) ~ died Apr 15, 1819, in the 29th year of her age
Kent, Sarah Ann, (wife of Ira M. Kent)
Martin, Elizabeth,
Martin, Enos, esq., (veteran of the American Revolution) ~ died Sep 1, 1810, aged 47 years, 3 months, 20 days
Martin, Halsey M., (son of George P. and Rhoda Martin) ~ died Aug 29, 1861?, aged 10 or 40 years
Morris, Jane, (wife of Stephen H. Morris / daughter of John and Rachel Chiterling) ~ died Mar 7, 1836, aged 26 years, 10 months
Ogden, David, (veteran of the American Revolution) ~ died Aug 13, 1790, aged 36 years, 7 months, 11 days
Ogden, John, ~ died Apr 27, 1797, aged 60 years, 3 months, 10 days
Personet, Fanny, (wife of John Personet) ~ died Feb ?10, 1842, aged 36 years, 26? days
Personette, George, ~ died Jun 9, 1816, in the 92nd year of his age
Personette, Mary, (wife of George Personette) ~ died Jun 9, 1810, in the 80th year of her age
Pierson, Jeb or Job, ~ died Mar 6, 1801, in the 63rd year of his age
Pierson, Sarah M., ~ died Sep 7, 1865, aged 49 years, 1 month, 9 days
Randolph, Hattie
Riker, ?able Gould, (daughter of Peter and Martha Riker) ~ died Jan 15, 1818, aged 29? years, 4 months, 4 days
Riker, Hannah Grover, ~ died Oct 10, 181?, aged 18 years, ? months, 8 days
Sandford, Capt. William, ~ died Nov 8, 1811, in the 45th year of his age
Schuyler, Catherine Provost, (wife of John D. Schuyler) ~ died Nov 25, 1837, in the 34th or 84th year of her age
Slover, Eleanor Voorhees Miller, (wife of Isaac Slover) ~ Apr 2, 1784 - Aug 8, 1858, aged 74 years, 4 months, 6 days
Slover, Grace, (widow of Isaac Slover) ~ died Aug 18, 1827, aged 87 years, ? months, 21 days
Slover, Isaac, ~ Nov 18, 1783 - Jul 20, 1832, aged 48 years, 8 months, 2 days
Soverill, Justus
Vangieson, Amzy Edward, (son of Rynter and Sarah Vangieson) ~ died Jan 8, 1829, aged 19 years, 11 months, 24 days
Vanness, Moses, ~ died Dec 5, 1832, in the 29th year of his age
Wade, Obadiah,
Wardell, Joannah, ~ died Aug 10, 1814, aged 64 years
Will??, Rachel, ~ died Mar 2, 1824, aged 83 years