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The Basking Ridge White Oak Tree (also known as the Holy Oak and Old Oak Tree) was a white oak that stood in the churchyard of the
"Basking Ridge rallies behind 600-year-old white oak tree"
Nicknamed the "Holy Oak", the Basking Ridge White Oak Tree was 619 years old when it died in 2016. It stood at a height of and had a trunk circumference of . Its spread was over . In its final years, its lower branches were supported by metal bars.
Bernards Township
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The Basking Ridge White Oak Tree (also known as the Holy Oak and Old Oak Tree) was a white oak that stood in the churchyard of the Presbyterian Church
Presbyterianism is a part of the Reformed tradition within Protestantism that broke from the Roman Catholic Church in Scotland by John Knox, who was a priest at St. Giles Cathedral (Church of Scotland). Presbyterian churches derive their nam ...
in Basking Ridge, New Jersey
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, United States. The tree was over 600 years old, and died in 2016, before being cut down in 2017. It stood at 97 feet tall, and may have been the oldest white oak in the world.Hickey, Magee"Basking Ridge rallies behind 600-year-old white oak tree"
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, June 29, 2016. Accessed July 2, 2016.
History
The Old Oak Tree was located in the historical graveyard of thePresbyterian Church in Basking Ridge
The Presbyterian Church in Basking Ridge is a historic church at 1 E. Oak Street in the Basking Ridge, New Jersey, Basking Ridge section of Bernards Township, New Jersey, Bernards Township in Somerset County, New Jersey, Somerset County, New Jers ...
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English evangelist George Whitfield and American clergyman James Davenport James Davenport may refer to:
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preached under the tree on November 5, 1740, to a crowd of 3,000 in the First Great Awakening. with
George Washington
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's troops were drilled on the village green, within view, and Washington picnicked under the tree with Lafayette. The 5,500 French troops of Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur marched by in 1781, on their route to Yorktown, Virginia and the decisive battle
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of the American Revolutionary War
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Description
Nicknamed the "Holy Oak", the Basking Ridge White Oak Tree was 619 years old when it died in 2016. It stood at a height of and had a trunk circumference of . Its spread was over . In its final years, its lower branches were supported by metal bars.
Death and cutting down
In June 2016, the tree was "failing to thrive" and showed signs of distress as its upper parts failed to sprout leaves. By September 2016, the tree had died. The tree was cut down over a three-day period, with the work finished on April 26, 2017. A young white oak grown from an acorn of the old tree was planted in the churchyard. The new biggest tree in New Jersey is identified as another white oak tree in the yard of the Sparta Historical Association ofSparta
Sparta ( Doric Greek: Σπάρτα, ''Spártā''; Attic Greek: Σπάρτη, ''Spártē'') was a prominent city-state in Laconia, in ancient Greece. In antiquity, the city-state was known as Lacedaemon (, ), while the name Sparta referre ...
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See also
*List of individual trees
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References
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Bernards Township
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