The First Presbyterian Churchyard is at the First Presbyterian Church in New Brunswick, New Jersey. New Brunswick, also known as "the Healthcare City" or "Hub City" is a city and the County seat of Middlesex County [1] Around 1966, Alfred Yorston removed 520 bodies from the First Presbyterian Church, New Brunswick's cemetery to Van Liew Cemetery to make way for new construction at the church. The First Presbyterian Churchyard is at the First Presbyterian Church in New Brunswick New Jersey. [2]
Notable burials
- John Bubenheim Bayard (1738-1807), Mayor of New Brunswick, New Jersey
References
- ^ Sarapin, Janice Kohl (2002). John Bubenheim Bayard ( 11 August, 1738 &ndash 7 January, 1807) was a merchant soldier and statesman from Philadelphia Pennsylvania New Brunswick, also known as "the Healthcare City" or "Hub City" is a city and the County seat of Middlesex County Old Burial Grounds of New Jersey. Rutgers University Press. Rutgers University Press is a nonprofit Academic publishing house operating in Piscataway New Jersey under the auspices of Rutgers University. ISBN 0813521114.
- ^ The Changing Landscape of North Brunswick. Rutgers University. Rutgers The State University of New Jersey (also known as Rutgers University) is the largest institution for higher education in the state of New Jersey Retrieved on 2007-08-26. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1071 - Battle of Manzikert: The Seljuk Turks defeat the Byzantine Army at Manzikert. “Yorston is best remembered for his work in removing the 520 bodies from the New Brunswick Presbyterian Church's cemetery to Van Liew Cemetery to make way for new construction, for his around-the-clock service during the 1918 deadly influenza epidemic, and for his service in connection with the autopsy involving the infamous Hall-Mills murder in neighboring Franklin Township. The Hall-Mills Murder involved the death of an Episcopal priest and a member of his choir on September 14, 1922, while they were having an affair ”