BUSHWICK DUTCH REFORMED CEMETERY

Address: 
Bushwick Ave. between Conselyea and Skillman St. Brooklyn, NY

Henry Stiles - A History of the City of Brooklyn writes the following regarding the Bushwick Dutch Reformed Churchyard

The Church was on what is now Bushwick Avenue between Conselyea and Skillman Street, E.D.

 "In sight of the Church, and covering the present junction of Parker Street and Kingsland Avenue, was the ancient graveyard of the original 
Dutch Settlement. It is now unused and most of the remains having been removed to the new burial ground adjoining the (new) Church, the few 
remaining monuments are neglected, broken and almost undecipherable."

In the new graveyard adjoining Bushwick Church are a large number of monuments, amoung which the most numerous are the following families:
Covert, 
Boret, 
Skillman, 
Titus, 
Lott, 
Miller, 
Schenck, 
Meserole, 
Duryea, 
Debevoise and Van Cott.

Haumpie (sic) Van Cott 
(daughter of Francis Titus, and first wife of David Van Cott) 
who died Dec. 15, 1814, ae. 52 yr, 9 mo, 2 d, was the first individual buried in this yard.

(Note her baptism record lists spelling of her name as Harmpje)

(Also: Is has been brought to my attention that the "original" location of the cemetery has yet to be found.)

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