Seek Fund to Preserve Old Gravesend Cemetery
Between Gravesend avenue, Lake street and the Village road is the oldest public cemetery in Kings County, having been established nearly 400 years ago and containing the names of the thirty-nine patentees of Gravesend, settled by Lady Deborah Moody in 1659. . .
. . . Most of the headstones of a date earlier than the Eighteenth Century are in the same condition [inscription indecipherable by the action of time and the elements], though there are many of those over a hundred years old still to be easily read. They mark the graves of Thomas Tilton, Samuel Holmes, John Lake, William Compton, Samuel Spicer, James Hubbard, John Tilton, John Bowne, John Griggs, Bayrent Juriansen, Obadiah Wilkinson, Ralph Cardell, Thomas D. Lavall, John Tilton Jr., John Cook, Nicholas Stillwell, Elias Bridges, Ann Wilkins, William Williamson, John Guinans, John Poland, John Applegate and William Golding. These were the original patentees who settled Gravesend in 1635.
Then, too, there are also a number of other graves occupied by the Holland Dutch who later had possession of the town. Among the latter interments are those of Mrs. Alletta Ann Still, who, when she died in 1910, at the age of 83, was counted the richest woman in Gravesend. Since possession was given to the commissioners under the act, there have been interred over 400 bodies, all of them being relatives of the older settlers. The majority of the interments and the advanced age of the majority of those buried, indicates the healthfulness of the vicinity. Among these are John I. Voorhees, 62; William K. Vanderbilt, 70; Anna M. Johnson, 76; Susanne Graue, 76; Louise Van Sicklen, 73; Sarah Emmens, 83; Joseph B. Denyse, 67; A. V. Stillwell, 79; Stillwell Voorhies, 80; Peter H. Rumph, 78, and his wife, age 74; Jacobus Van Sicklen, 84; John Denyse, 63; Mary Morris, 76; David Snedeker, 87; John Johnson, 72; Gertrude Ryder, 83; William H. Morris, 75; Isaac Ryder, 63; Clara Hambeck, 83; Catherine Stillwell, 73; James R. Aldrich, 70; Cather Van Riper, 67; Sarah Snedeker, 75; Daniel C. Lake, 70; Jane Harland, 85; John H. Kouwenhoven, 76; Joachim Harloff, 89, and Lucy Caldwell, 103.
The only person having a plot there who was not related to the early descendants was John Y. McKane. He had one of the finest plots in the cemetery, which is still preserved, and in which a brother, Robert J. McKane, is buried. His own remains are interred in Greenwood Cemetery. . .
~ Brooklyn Daily Eagle (New York), Sun., 22 Jul 1917, pg. 6
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Contributed by Abbey Smock, Jun 2023:
Born in 1620 in England and died on 5 Jun 1700 in Gravesend.∼Contributed by Stella (from a merged burial unknown duplicate in July 2023):
John Poland was born in 1620 in Gloucester, Gloucestershire County, England. He was the son of Thomas Poland (1590-1660) and Mary Poland (don't know her maiden name).
John arrived in New York, New York in 1656. (Source Bibliography: BERGEN, TEUNIS G. Register, in Alphabetical Order, of the Early Settlers of Kings County, Long Island, New York, from its First Settlement by Europeans to 1700; With Contributions to Their Biographies and Genealogies, Compiled from Various Sources. Baltimore: Clearfield Co., 1997. 452p. Page 228, Source Publication #505.40). John was 36 years old.
John Poland married Mary Fry (1622-1707) in New York in 1674. John was 51 years old and Mary was 53. Mary's parents' names are unknown at this time.
John Poland and Mary (Fry) Poland were the parents of the following known children: Mary (Poland) Poling, Elizabeth (Poland) Poling and Samuel (Poland) Poling.
Bought land in Gravesend in 1676 of Charles Morgen, as per town record, of which town he was a resident as early as 1656. On assembly roll of Gravesend of 1683, census of 1698, and mag. from 1691 to '93. Member of Assembly for Kings County from 1691 to '94. June 5, 1700, Samuel Poling, executor of the estate of John Poland deceased, with the approbation of Mary his widow, sold wood-lot No. 10 in Gravesend Neck, consisting of 10 acres, to "Capt. John Lake" of Gravesend, as per town record.
John died on 5 Jun 1700 in Gravesend, Kings County, New York. He was 80 years of age.
Excerpt from New York City Wills, 1665-1707:
Page 461.--Edward, Viscount Cornbury, Captain-General, etc. To all, etc. Whereas John Poland of Kings County, died intestate, Letters of administration are granted to his only son, Samuel Poland, March 8, 1707/8..
Page 496.--Inventory of estate of John Poland, late of Gravesend. Taken by Samuel Poland. Appraised by Jacob Gulick and John Lake. "51 acres of land and eleven Garden spots" (not valued). Total amount of personal property, €11.10. Exhibited before Thomas Wenham, Esq., by Samuel Poland, administrator, May 22, 1707.
Between Gravesend avenue, Lake street and the Village road is the oldest public cemetery in Kings County, having been established nearly 400 years ago and containing the names of the thirty-nine patentees of Gravesend, settled by Lady Deborah Moody in 1659. . .
. . . Most of the headstones of a date earlier than the Eighteenth Century are in the same condition [inscription indecipherable by the action of time and the elements], though there are many of those over a hundred years old still to be easily read. They mark the graves of Thomas Tilton, Samuel Holmes, John Lake, William Compton, Samuel Spicer, James Hubbard, John Tilton, John Bowne, John Griggs, Bayrent Juriansen, Obadiah Wilkinson, Ralph Cardell, Thomas D. Lavall, John Tilton Jr., John Cook, Nicholas Stillwell, Elias Bridges, Ann Wilkins, William Williamson, John Guinans, John Poland, John Applegate and William Golding. These were the original patentees who settled Gravesend in 1635.
Then, too, there are also a number of other graves occupied by the Holland Dutch who later had possession of the town. Among the latter interments are those of Mrs. Alletta Ann Still, who, when she died in 1910, at the age of 83, was counted the richest woman in Gravesend. Since possession was given to the commissioners under the act, there have been interred over 400 bodies, all of them being relatives of the older settlers. The majority of the interments and the advanced age of the majority of those buried, indicates the healthfulness of the vicinity. Among these are John I. Voorhees, 62; William K. Vanderbilt, 70; Anna M. Johnson, 76; Susanne Graue, 76; Louise Van Sicklen, 73; Sarah Emmens, 83; Joseph B. Denyse, 67; A. V. Stillwell, 79; Stillwell Voorhies, 80; Peter H. Rumph, 78, and his wife, age 74; Jacobus Van Sicklen, 84; John Denyse, 63; Mary Morris, 76; David Snedeker, 87; John Johnson, 72; Gertrude Ryder, 83; William H. Morris, 75; Isaac Ryder, 63; Clara Hambeck, 83; Catherine Stillwell, 73; James R. Aldrich, 70; Cather Van Riper, 67; Sarah Snedeker, 75; Daniel C. Lake, 70; Jane Harland, 85; John H. Kouwenhoven, 76; Joachim Harloff, 89, and Lucy Caldwell, 103.
The only person having a plot there who was not related to the early descendants was John Y. McKane. He had one of the finest plots in the cemetery, which is still preserved, and in which a brother, Robert J. McKane, is buried. His own remains are interred in Greenwood Cemetery. . .
~ Brooklyn Daily Eagle (New York), Sun., 22 Jul 1917, pg. 6
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Contributed by Abbey Smock, Jun 2023:
Born in 1620 in England and died on 5 Jun 1700 in Gravesend.∼Contributed by Stella (from a merged burial unknown duplicate in July 2023):
John Poland was born in 1620 in Gloucester, Gloucestershire County, England. He was the son of Thomas Poland (1590-1660) and Mary Poland (don't know her maiden name).
John arrived in New York, New York in 1656. (Source Bibliography: BERGEN, TEUNIS G. Register, in Alphabetical Order, of the Early Settlers of Kings County, Long Island, New York, from its First Settlement by Europeans to 1700; With Contributions to Their Biographies and Genealogies, Compiled from Various Sources. Baltimore: Clearfield Co., 1997. 452p. Page 228, Source Publication #505.40). John was 36 years old.
John Poland married Mary Fry (1622-1707) in New York in 1674. John was 51 years old and Mary was 53. Mary's parents' names are unknown at this time.
John Poland and Mary (Fry) Poland were the parents of the following known children: Mary (Poland) Poling, Elizabeth (Poland) Poling and Samuel (Poland) Poling.
Bought land in Gravesend in 1676 of Charles Morgen, as per town record, of which town he was a resident as early as 1656. On assembly roll of Gravesend of 1683, census of 1698, and mag. from 1691 to '93. Member of Assembly for Kings County from 1691 to '94. June 5, 1700, Samuel Poling, executor of the estate of John Poland deceased, with the approbation of Mary his widow, sold wood-lot No. 10 in Gravesend Neck, consisting of 10 acres, to "Capt. John Lake" of Gravesend, as per town record.
John died on 5 Jun 1700 in Gravesend, Kings County, New York. He was 80 years of age.
Excerpt from New York City Wills, 1665-1707:
Page 461.--Edward, Viscount Cornbury, Captain-General, etc. To all, etc. Whereas John Poland of Kings County, died intestate, Letters of administration are granted to his only son, Samuel Poland, March 8, 1707/8..
Page 496.--Inventory of estate of John Poland, late of Gravesend. Taken by Samuel Poland. Appraised by Jacob Gulick and John Lake. "51 acres of land and eleven Garden spots" (not valued). Total amount of personal property, €11.10. Exhibited before Thomas Wenham, Esq., by Samuel Poland, administrator, May 22, 1707.
Seek Fund to Preserve Old Gravesend Cemetery
Between Gravesend avenue, Lake street and the Village road is the oldest public cemetery in Kings County, having been established nearly 400 years ago and containing the names of the thirty-nine patentees of Gravesend, settled by Lady Deborah Moody in 1659. . .
. . . Most of the headstones of a date earlier than the Eighteenth Century are in the same condition [inscription indecipherable by the action of time and the elements], though there are many of those over a hundred years old still to be easily read. They mark the graves of Thomas Tilton, Samuel Holmes, John Lake, William Compton, Samuel Spicer, James Hubbard, John Tilton, John Bowne, John Griggs, Bayrent Juriansen, Obadiah Wilkinson, Ralph Cardell, Thomas D. Lavall, John Tilton Jr., John Cook, Nicholas Stillwell, Elias Bridges, Ann Wilkins, William Williamson, John Guinans, John Poland, John Applegate and William Golding. These were the original patentees who settled Gravesend in 1635.
Then, too, there are also a number of other graves occupied by the Holland Dutch who later had possession of the town. Among the latter interments are those of Mrs. Alletta Ann Still, who, when she died in 1910, at the age of 83, was counted the richest woman in Gravesend. Since possession was given to the commissioners under the act, there have been interred over 400 bodies, all of them being relatives of the older settlers. The majority of the interments and the advanced age of the majority of those buried, indicates the healthfulness of the vicinity. Among these are John I. Voorhees, 62; William K. Vanderbilt, 70; Anna M. Johnson, 76; Susanne Graue, 76; Louise Van Sicklen, 73; Sarah Emmens, 83; Joseph B. Denyse, 67; A. V. Stillwell, 79; Stillwell Voorhies, 80; Peter H. Rumph, 78, and his wife, age 74; Jacobus Van Sicklen, 84; John Denyse, 63; Mary Morris, 76; David Snedeker, 87; John Johnson, 72; Gertrude Ryder, 83; William H. Morris, 75; Isaac Ryder, 63; Clara Hambeck, 83; Catherine Stillwell, 73; James R. Aldrich, 70; Cather Van Riper, 67; Sarah Snedeker, 75; Daniel C. Lake, 70; Jane Harland, 85; John H. Kouwenhoven, 76; Joachim Harloff, 89, and Lucy Caldwell, 103.
The only person having a plot there who was not related to the early descendants was John Y. McKane. He had one of the finest plots in the cemetery, which is still preserved, and in which a brother, Robert J. McKane, is buried. His own remains are interred in Greenwood Cemetery. . .
~ Brooklyn Daily Eagle (New York), Sun., 22 Jul 1917, pg. 6
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Contributed by Abbey Smock, Jun 2023:
Born in 1620 in England and died on 5 Jun 1700 in Gravesend.∼Contributed by Stella (from a merged burial unknown duplicate in July 2023):
John Poland was born in 1620 in Gloucester, Gloucestershire County, England. He was the son of Thomas Poland (1590-1660) and Mary Poland (don't know her maiden name).
John arrived in New York, New York in 1656. (Source Bibliography: BERGEN, TEUNIS G. Register, in Alphabetical Order, of the Early Settlers of Kings County, Long Island, New York, from its First Settlement by Europeans to 1700; With Contributions to Their Biographies and Genealogies, Compiled from Various Sources. Baltimore: Clearfield Co., 1997. 452p. Page 228, Source Publication #505.40). John was 36 years old.
John Poland married Mary Fry (1622-1707) in New York in 1674. John was 51 years old and Mary was 53. Mary's parents' names are unknown at this time.
John Poland and Mary (Fry) Poland were the parents of the following known children: Mary (Poland) Poling, Elizabeth (Poland) Poling and Samuel (Poland) Poling.
Bought land in Gravesend in 1676 of Charles Morgen, as per town record, of which town he was a resident as early as 1656. On assembly roll of Gravesend of 1683, census of 1698, and mag. from 1691 to '93. Member of Assembly for Kings County from 1691 to '94. June 5, 1700, Samuel Poling, executor of the estate of John Poland deceased, with the approbation of Mary his widow, sold wood-lot No. 10 in Gravesend Neck, consisting of 10 acres, to "Capt. John Lake" of Gravesend, as per town record.
John died on 5 Jun 1700 in Gravesend, Kings County, New York. He was 80 years of age.
Excerpt from New York City Wills, 1665-1707:
Page 461.--Edward, Viscount Cornbury, Captain-General, etc. To all, etc. Whereas John Poland of Kings County, died intestate, Letters of administration are granted to his only son, Samuel Poland, March 8, 1707/8..
Page 496.--Inventory of estate of John Poland, late of Gravesend. Taken by Samuel Poland. Appraised by Jacob Gulick and John Lake. "51 acres of land and eleven Garden spots" (not valued). Total amount of personal property, €11.10. Exhibited before Thomas Wenham, Esq., by Samuel Poland, administrator, May 22, 1707.
Between Gravesend avenue, Lake street and the Village road is the oldest public cemetery in Kings County, having been established nearly 400 years ago and containing the names of the thirty-nine patentees of Gravesend, settled by Lady Deborah Moody in 1659. . .
. . . Most of the headstones of a date earlier than the Eighteenth Century are in the same condition [inscription indecipherable by the action of time and the elements], though there are many of those over a hundred years old still to be easily read. They mark the graves of Thomas Tilton, Samuel Holmes, John Lake, William Compton, Samuel Spicer, James Hubbard, John Tilton, John Bowne, John Griggs, Bayrent Juriansen, Obadiah Wilkinson, Ralph Cardell, Thomas D. Lavall, John Tilton Jr., John Cook, Nicholas Stillwell, Elias Bridges, Ann Wilkins, William Williamson, John Guinans, John Poland, John Applegate and William Golding. These were the original patentees who settled Gravesend in 1635.
Then, too, there are also a number of other graves occupied by the Holland Dutch who later had possession of the town. Among the latter interments are those of Mrs. Alletta Ann Still, who, when she died in 1910, at the age of 83, was counted the richest woman in Gravesend. Since possession was given to the commissioners under the act, there have been interred over 400 bodies, all of them being relatives of the older settlers. The majority of the interments and the advanced age of the majority of those buried, indicates the healthfulness of the vicinity. Among these are John I. Voorhees, 62; William K. Vanderbilt, 70; Anna M. Johnson, 76; Susanne Graue, 76; Louise Van Sicklen, 73; Sarah Emmens, 83; Joseph B. Denyse, 67; A. V. Stillwell, 79; Stillwell Voorhies, 80; Peter H. Rumph, 78, and his wife, age 74; Jacobus Van Sicklen, 84; John Denyse, 63; Mary Morris, 76; David Snedeker, 87; John Johnson, 72; Gertrude Ryder, 83; William H. Morris, 75; Isaac Ryder, 63; Clara Hambeck, 83; Catherine Stillwell, 73; James R. Aldrich, 70; Cather Van Riper, 67; Sarah Snedeker, 75; Daniel C. Lake, 70; Jane Harland, 85; John H. Kouwenhoven, 76; Joachim Harloff, 89, and Lucy Caldwell, 103.
The only person having a plot there who was not related to the early descendants was John Y. McKane. He had one of the finest plots in the cemetery, which is still preserved, and in which a brother, Robert J. McKane, is buried. His own remains are interred in Greenwood Cemetery. . .
~ Brooklyn Daily Eagle (New York), Sun., 22 Jul 1917, pg. 6
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Contributed by Abbey Smock, Jun 2023:
Born in 1620 in England and died on 5 Jun 1700 in Gravesend.∼Contributed by Stella (from a merged burial unknown duplicate in July 2023):
John Poland was born in 1620 in Gloucester, Gloucestershire County, England. He was the son of Thomas Poland (1590-1660) and Mary Poland (don't know her maiden name).
John arrived in New York, New York in 1656. (Source Bibliography: BERGEN, TEUNIS G. Register, in Alphabetical Order, of the Early Settlers of Kings County, Long Island, New York, from its First Settlement by Europeans to 1700; With Contributions to Their Biographies and Genealogies, Compiled from Various Sources. Baltimore: Clearfield Co., 1997. 452p. Page 228, Source Publication #505.40). John was 36 years old.
John Poland married Mary Fry (1622-1707) in New York in 1674. John was 51 years old and Mary was 53. Mary's parents' names are unknown at this time.
John Poland and Mary (Fry) Poland were the parents of the following known children: Mary (Poland) Poling, Elizabeth (Poland) Poling and Samuel (Poland) Poling.
Bought land in Gravesend in 1676 of Charles Morgen, as per town record, of which town he was a resident as early as 1656. On assembly roll of Gravesend of 1683, census of 1698, and mag. from 1691 to '93. Member of Assembly for Kings County from 1691 to '94. June 5, 1700, Samuel Poling, executor of the estate of John Poland deceased, with the approbation of Mary his widow, sold wood-lot No. 10 in Gravesend Neck, consisting of 10 acres, to "Capt. John Lake" of Gravesend, as per town record.
John died on 5 Jun 1700 in Gravesend, Kings County, New York. He was 80 years of age.
Excerpt from New York City Wills, 1665-1707:
Page 461.--Edward, Viscount Cornbury, Captain-General, etc. To all, etc. Whereas John Poland of Kings County, died intestate, Letters of administration are granted to his only son, Samuel Poland, March 8, 1707/8..
Page 496.--Inventory of estate of John Poland, late of Gravesend. Taken by Samuel Poland. Appraised by Jacob Gulick and John Lake. "51 acres of land and eleven Garden spots" (not valued). Total amount of personal property, €11.10. Exhibited before Thomas Wenham, Esq., by Samuel Poland, administrator, May 22, 1707.
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