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, Sun., 22 Jul 1917, pg. 6
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William Goulder, alias Goulding, b. 16--, d. 16--, m. Ann, b. --, d. --. According to William H. Stillwell's "History of Gravesend," p. 37 (Mss., L. I. Hist. Soc.), William Goulding was born in Ireland about 1613, embarked from London, August 2, 1635, in the "George" for Virginia and was probably one of George Holmes' party which tried to put a settlement on the Delaware; was captured by the Dutch and brought to New Amsterdam. Campion says a William Golding was a taxpayer in the Barbadoes and may have been the same person later in Gravesend. Salter in his "History of Monmouth and Ocean Counties" says if is supposed that William Goulding was one of Lady Deborah Moody's friends who left Massachusetts on account of Puritan persecution."
His children (order uncertain):
2. A daughter, b. prob. 164-, d.--, m. John Smith. This may be Margrietie, dau. of Willem Goulart, bp. April 2, 1646, in New Amsterdam.
3. William, b. probl. 165-, d. 1712, m. 1st, April 2, 1676, at Gravesend, Margaret Lake; m. 2nd, June 19, 1689, at Gravesend, Deborah Quimby.
4. Joseph, b. ca. 1654, bp. July 23, 1682, at New Utrecht on confession of faith, aged about 29 yrs, d. 1683-1684, m. ca. 1673 Neeltje Klass, dau. of Klaas Smit, bp. March 21, 1655, at New Amsterdam, d.--. The Josiah Golding named by Campion was the same person as Joseph.
5. prob. Hester, b. 165-, d.--, m. Nov. 2, 1676, at Gravesend, Jon Jonson.
6. poss. Nicolas, b.--, d.--. (BKCS.)
7. prob. Isaac, b.--, d.--, Isaac Goding, j.m., Gravesend, was betrothed Feb. 23, 1687, at Flatbush to Geertruy Janse, j.d., New Utrecht (FICR, p. 28).
8. poss. Yacum (or Jacob), b.--, d.--. (BKCS). A Jacobus Gouldt and wife Jannetje Cousart had a child Frans bp. Nov. 29, 1691, at the New York Dutch Church; possibly the same person.
~ Genealogies of New Jersey Families, From the Genealogical Magazine of New Jersey, The Goulder Family by Richard W. Cook, pg. 236
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Contributed by Trish Licari, Mar 2019:
William Goulding died on 25 Nov 1672.
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, Sun., 22 Jul 1917, pg. 6
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William Goulder, alias Goulding, b. 16--, d. 16--, m. Ann, b. --, d. --. According to William H. Stillwell's "History of Gravesend," p. 37 (Mss., L. I. Hist. Soc.), William Goulding was born in Ireland about 1613, embarked from London, August 2, 1635, in the "George" for Virginia and was probably one of George Holmes' party which tried to put a settlement on the Delaware; was captured by the Dutch and brought to New Amsterdam. Campion says a William Golding was a taxpayer in the Barbadoes and may have been the same person later in Gravesend. Salter in his "History of Monmouth and Ocean Counties" says if is supposed that William Goulding was one of Lady Deborah Moody's friends who left Massachusetts on account of Puritan persecution."
His children (order uncertain):
2. A daughter, b. prob. 164-, d.--, m. John Smith. This may be Margrietie, dau. of Willem Goulart, bp. April 2, 1646, in New Amsterdam.
3. William, b. probl. 165-, d. 1712, m. 1st, April 2, 1676, at Gravesend, Margaret Lake; m. 2nd, June 19, 1689, at Gravesend, Deborah Quimby.
4. Joseph, b. ca. 1654, bp. July 23, 1682, at New Utrecht on confession of faith, aged about 29 yrs, d. 1683-1684, m. ca. 1673 Neeltje Klass, dau. of Klaas Smit, bp. March 21, 1655, at New Amsterdam, d.--. The Josiah Golding named by Campion was the same person as Joseph.
5. prob. Hester, b. 165-, d.--, m. Nov. 2, 1676, at Gravesend, Jon Jonson.
6. poss. Nicolas, b.--, d.--. (BKCS.)
7. prob. Isaac, b.--, d.--, Isaac Goding, j.m., Gravesend, was betrothed Feb. 23, 1687, at Flatbush to Geertruy Janse, j.d., New Utrecht (FICR, p. 28).
8. poss. Yacum (or Jacob), b.--, d.--. (BKCS). A Jacobus Gouldt and wife Jannetje Cousart had a child Frans bp. Nov. 29, 1691, at the New York Dutch Church; possibly the same person.
~ Genealogies of New Jersey Families, From the Genealogical Magazine of New Jersey, The Goulder Family by Richard W. Cook, pg. 236
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Contributed by Trish Licari, Mar 2019:
William Goulding died on 25 Nov 1672.
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, Sun., 22 Jul 1917, pg. 6
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William Goulder, alias Goulding, b. 16--, d. 16--, m. Ann, b. --, d. --. According to William H. Stillwell's "History of Gravesend," p. 37 (Mss., L. I. Hist. Soc.), William Goulding was born in Ireland about 1613, embarked from London, August 2, 1635, in the "George" for Virginia and was probably one of George Holmes' party which tried to put a settlement on the Delaware; was captured by the Dutch and brought to New Amsterdam. Campion says a William Golding was a taxpayer in the Barbadoes and may have been the same person later in Gravesend. Salter in his "History of Monmouth and Ocean Counties" says if is supposed that William Goulding was one of Lady Deborah Moody's friends who left Massachusetts on account of Puritan persecution."
His children (order uncertain):
2. A daughter, b. prob. 164-, d.--, m. John Smith. This may be Margrietie, dau. of Willem Goulart, bp. April 2, 1646, in New Amsterdam.
3. William, b. probl. 165-, d. 1712, m. 1st, April 2, 1676, at Gravesend, Margaret Lake; m. 2nd, June 19, 1689, at Gravesend, Deborah Quimby.
4. Joseph, b. ca. 1654, bp. July 23, 1682, at New Utrecht on confession of faith, aged about 29 yrs, d. 1683-1684, m. ca. 1673 Neeltje Klass, dau. of Klaas Smit, bp. March 21, 1655, at New Amsterdam, d.--. The Josiah Golding named by Campion was the same person as Joseph.
5. prob. Hester, b. 165-, d.--, m. Nov. 2, 1676, at Gravesend, Jon Jonson.
6. poss. Nicolas, b.--, d.--. (BKCS.)
7. prob. Isaac, b.--, d.--, Isaac Goding, j.m., Gravesend, was betrothed Feb. 23, 1687, at Flatbush to Geertruy Janse, j.d., New Utrecht (FICR, p. 28).
8. poss. Yacum (or Jacob), b.--, d.--. (BKCS). A Jacobus Gouldt and wife Jannetje Cousart had a child Frans bp. Nov. 29, 1691, at the New York Dutch Church; possibly the same person.
~ Genealogies of New Jersey Families, From the Genealogical Magazine of New Jersey, The Goulder Family by Richard W. Cook, pg. 236
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Contributed by Trish Licari, Mar 2019:
William Goulding died on 25 Nov 1672.
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, Sun., 22 Jul 1917, pg. 6
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William Goulder, alias Goulding, b. 16--, d. 16--, m. Ann, b. --, d. --. According to William H. Stillwell's "History of Gravesend," p. 37 (Mss., L. I. Hist. Soc.), William Goulding was born in Ireland about 1613, embarked from London, August 2, 1635, in the "George" for Virginia and was probably one of George Holmes' party which tried to put a settlement on the Delaware; was captured by the Dutch and brought to New Amsterdam. Campion says a William Golding was a taxpayer in the Barbadoes and may have been the same person later in Gravesend. Salter in his "History of Monmouth and Ocean Counties" says if is supposed that William Goulding was one of Lady Deborah Moody's friends who left Massachusetts on account of Puritan persecution."
His children (order uncertain):
2. A daughter, b. prob. 164-, d.--, m. John Smith. This may be Margrietie, dau. of Willem Goulart, bp. April 2, 1646, in New Amsterdam.
3. William, b. probl. 165-, d. 1712, m. 1st, April 2, 1676, at Gravesend, Margaret Lake; m. 2nd, June 19, 1689, at Gravesend, Deborah Quimby.
4. Joseph, b. ca. 1654, bp. July 23, 1682, at New Utrecht on confession of faith, aged about 29 yrs, d. 1683-1684, m. ca. 1673 Neeltje Klass, dau. of Klaas Smit, bp. March 21, 1655, at New Amsterdam, d.--. The Josiah Golding named by Campion was the same person as Joseph.
5. prob. Hester, b. 165-, d.--, m. Nov. 2, 1676, at Gravesend, Jon Jonson.
6. poss. Nicolas, b.--, d.--. (BKCS.)
7. prob. Isaac, b.--, d.--, Isaac Goding, j.m., Gravesend, was betrothed Feb. 23, 1687, at Flatbush to Geertruy Janse, j.d., New Utrecht (FICR, p. 28).
8. poss. Yacum (or Jacob), b.--, d.--. (BKCS). A Jacobus Gouldt and wife Jannetje Cousart had a child Frans bp. Nov. 29, 1691, at the New York Dutch Church; possibly the same person.
~ Genealogies of New Jersey Families, From the Genealogical Magazine of New Jersey, The Goulder Family by Richard W. Cook, pg. 236
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Contributed by Trish Licari, Mar 2019:
William Goulding died on 25 Nov 1672.
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