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HISTORY OF BERGEN AND PASSAIC COUNTIES, NEW JERSEY

WITH BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF MANY OF ITS PIONEERS 
                 AND PROMINENT MEN

          Compiled under the direction of
                W. Woodford Clayton
                    Assisted by
                 William Nelson, A.M.

                 EVERTS & PECK, 1882
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SADDLE RIVER TOWNSHIP:

The oldest, and in fact the only, burial-place of importance 
in the township is located in the west portion of the township, 
near the residence of John N. Van Riper. It was in use fully a 
century ago, and many of the tablets are so defaced by age as 
to render the inscriptions unintelligible. Here are buried the 
Van Horns, Harrises, Van Ripers, Garretsons, Van Wageners, Eerdans, 
and other equally familiar township names. Among the legends the 
following were deciphered: 

In memory of John, son of Garret and Mary Garretson, who departed 
this life Sept. 11, 1819, aged 6 years, 2 months, and 8 days. 

Fret not for me, my parents dear,
I am not dead but sleeping here;
My debt is paid, the grave is free,
Prepare yourselves and follow me.

In memory of Jacob Harris, born July 20, 1786, who died 
April 17, 1831; also his son, John Harris, born Feb 2, 1823, 
died Sept. 22, 1834. 

Ah! is he gone, such lovely flower,
A victim to the grave?
None could oppose the hand of died,
Nor could his beauty save.

The remains of Hannah Barcoe, the widow of a Carolina soldier during 
the war of American independence. 

1830.

In memory of Caty Van Horn, who departed this life Nov. 17, 1800, 
aged 59 years, wife of John D. Berdan. 

In memory of John I. Berdan, who died May 6, 1816, aged 81 years, 
10 months, and 15 days. 

In memory of Maritche Blenkerhoff, wife of Halwagh Van Wagener, who 
died July 21, 1793, aged 85 years, 4 mouths, and 21 days. 

In memory of Garret P. Van Waggoner, who departed this life May 1st, 
in the sear 1806, aged 68 years, 5 months, and 25 days. 

Near the residence of Henry A. Hopper, on the Small Lots road, is 
located the family burial-ground of the Hopper family. No special 
antiquity is associated with it, the first interment having occurred 
less than half a century since. 

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LODI TOWNSHIP:

The township of Lodi has only two public burial-grounds, one in Lodi 
and the other in Carlstadt, both of comparatively recent origin. The 
one at Lodi is a Catholic cemetery, and was opened in 1855, when the 
Catholic Church was built. It is quite extensive, having been used 
for several years as a burial-ground by all the Catholics in Bergen 
County. The cemetery at Carlstadt was opened soon after the 
organization of the village in 1851. The inscriptions are mainly in 
German. Some of the more notable ones are given below:

Schum re sauft die gute
Seele, deine Leiden sind zu End.
Mir hast du zurueckgelassen
Einen Schmerz den niemand Kind.

Jacob Jansen.— Geb. d. 7ten Dec., 1811, Gest. d. 3lten Jan., 1865.
Komm Sterblicher betrachte mich:
Du lebst, ich lebt auf Erden,
Was du jetzt bist das war auch ich,
Was ich bin must du werden.

Georg Blum.— Gest. d. 15 Sept., 1868, alt 40 Jahre.
Hier in des Grabes dunkler Stille
Ruht unsres besten Vaters Huelle:
Ewig folgt seinen treuen Herzen,
Das in reinster Liebebrach,
Unser waermster Dank mit Schmaerzen.

Hier Ruht Frierich Schule, geb. zu Hanover, 23 Jan., 1817, gest. zu 
Carlstadt d. 2 Juli, 1877.

NACHRUF DEM SAENGER

Du folgst innern Herzendrang
Die Muse dienen ihn zu leben,
Man lauschte Deiner Toene Klang,
Den Saenger nur die Welt ergeben,
Dock Kaum verlosch der Toene glanz
War’n Freund und Hoffnung Dir entschwunden
Was nuetze Die des Rhumes Kranz:
Belchnung hast du nicht gefunden.

Directly north of the Carlstadt cemetery there is a very old private 
burial-ground, that of the Berry family. There are five stones here 
with the following inscriptions:

In memory of Philip Berry, who departed this life September 25th, 
1793, aged 72 years, 1 month, and 4 days.

Remember, man, as thou goes by,
As thou art now so once was I,
As I am now so must thou be:
Prepare for death and follow me:

In memory of Catherine Berry, who departed this life August 14, 1803, 
aged 78 years, 2 months, and 6 days.

Hier Jut, Begraven, Hermanus Vogelsang, Oud: 33: Jaar, Gestorven 19: 
December: Aa 1797, van: Holland.

Philip Berry, born July 4, 1763, died December 22, 1850.

In Memory of Eve Van Winkle, wife of Philip Berry, who departed this 
life April 16, 1843, aged 70 years, 5 months, and 25 days.

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WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP:

The cemetery connected with the Reformed (Dutch) Church in the 
northwest portion of the township is among the oldest in Washington. 
Many of the inscriptions are obliterated by age or rendered difficult 
to interpret by the moss which covers them. Here are interred members 
of the Terhune, Ackerman, Blauvelt, Yeury, De Baun, Demarest, Jersey, 
Eckerson, Hopper, and Zabriski families. The following inscriptions 
are copied, though not among the oldest:

In memory of Margaret Packer, who died November 13, 1844.

In memory of Charity Hopper, wife of John H. Banta, who died October 
10th, 1828, aged 19 years, 1 month, and 25 days.

Come, welcome died, the end of fear:
O Lord, wilt thou be nigh?
My friends, forbear to weep, and dry your tears,
For all must go as I.
Farewell, my true and loving husband,
My parents and my friends;
I hope in heaven to see you all,
When all things have their end.

In memory of Caty Forshew, wife of Samuel Duryea, who died September 
11th, 1837, aged 77 years, 8 months, and 17 days.

Iii memory of Jacob De Baun, who departed this life October 23rd, A.D. 
1815, aged 48 years, 8 months, and 28 days.

In memory of Maria, daughter of Garret and Elizabeth Van Riper, who 
departed this life March 28th, 1835, aged 6 years and 12 days.

My mother dear weep not for me
When in this yard my grave you see;
My days were short, but blessed is He
Who called me to eternity.

The old Pascack cemetery, near the church, is also of much antiquity, 
several of the memorial stones bearing date 1745. These are engraved 
in rude fashion, and are mostly in the Dutch language. Those erected 
at a later day bear date 1790, 1796, 1800, 1813, etc.

The following is the legend upon the tablet erected to the memory of 
one of the most eminent of the sons of Washington township:

Here rest the remains of Hon. Jacob R. Wortendyke, born in Bergen 
County, N.J., November 27th, 1818, died at Jersey City, November 7th, 
1868. After he had served his own generation, by the will of God he 
fell on sleep, and was laid unto his fathers.

The old burying-ground connected with the Pascack Church has been in 
use for years, and is still maintained as the place of interment for 
many of the families of the township. Among the inscriptions are 
these:

In memory of Sarah Peack, wife of Jacobus Demarest, who died March 
17th, 1820, aged 80 years and 8 days.

The voice of this alarming scene,
May every heart obey;
Nor be the heavenly warning vain
That calls to watch and pray.

In memory of Margaret Pulis, wife of Jacob Post, who departed this 
life March 31st, 1826, aged 25 years, 3 months, and 22 days.

In memory of David Wortendyke, who departed this life August 2nd, 
1827, aged 19 years, 6 months, and 29 days.

In memory of Peter Campbell, who departed this life September 15th, 
1819, aged 1 year, 1 month, and 2 days.

In memory of Daniel Peck, who died November, 1819, aged 76 years, 9 
months, and 2 days.

Daniel I. Hering, born November 17th, 1775, died January 13, 1815, 
aged 39 years, 7 months, and 29 days.

In memory of Maria Ackerson, wife of Isaac Debaun, born October 27, 
1730, died April 18th, 1817, aged 86 years, 10 months, and 12 days.

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MIDLAND TOWNSHIP:

The burial-places in Midland are not numerous, and now but little 
used, many of the inhabitants at the present day having chosen places 
of interment outside the township limits.

The oldest is probably known as the Spring Valley Cemetery, near the 
centre of the township, on the farm of Gilliam Zabriskie. It 
represents more than a century of antiquity, some of the memorial 
tablets being of old red sandstone, and much defaced by age. Among 
the families who have buried here are the Bantas, Demarests, 
Voorhises, Bertholfs, Kipps, Van Sauns, De Bauns, and Huylers. The 
grounds are now under the watchful care of John W. Kipp. Among the 
inscriptions are the following:

In memory of Rebecca, daughter of Samuel and Effie Bogert, who died 
on the 12th of December, 1807, aged 1 year, 11 months, and 6 days.

When I lie buried deep in dust,
My flesh shall be Thy care:
These withered limbs with Thee I trust,
To raise them strong and fair.

In memory of Henry Banta, who departed this life August 12th, 1817, 
aged 66 years, 1 month, and 18 days.

Also of Elizabeth Lake, wife of Henry Banta, who died September 4, 
1817, aged 67 years, 8 months, and 18 days.

I know, 0 Lord, that thy judgments are right, and that thou in 
faithfulness hast afflicted me. See! the Lord is good. Blessed is 
the man that trusteth in him.

In memory of Nicholas Demarest, who was born on the 3rd of May, 1759, 
and departed this life February 6th, 1811, aged 51 years, 9 months, 
and 3 days.

Hier Leir her Lighaem Van Yacob Brouwer Is Gestervende 26 fr van 
Augustus in her laer 1784 was our 58 laer.

In memory of Margaret Ackerman, born the 10th of February, 1764, and 
who departed this life September 6th, 1805, aged 38 years, 6 months, 
and 24 days.

A very old burial-place, known as the Voorhis burial-ground, is 
located near New Milford, on the farm of N.R. Voorhis. It was in use 
at the time of the Revolutionary war, but has since been abandoned. 
A substantial fence incloses its ancient graves.

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