First Reformed Dutch Church, Hackensack
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First Dutch Reformed Church, also known as the "Old Church on the Green", is located in
Hackensack, New Jersey Hackensack is the most populous municipality in and the county seat of Bergen County, New Jersey, Bergen County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.
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History

It sits in the churchyard of the church by the same name, the current building being constructed in 1791. The east wall of the building is of particular interest because it incorporates several carved stones from the first church building erected on the site. These stones bear the monogram of several of the founding families. The congregation was founded by Dutch settlers in 1686. For the first ten years the congregation worshipped in various locations, and in 1696 the first building was built on the current site. In 1780 Colonial General Enoch Poor was buried in the Cemetery. George Washington and the
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attended the funeral. The church is the oldest extant church in
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(1746–1835) represented New Jersey in Congress from 1803 to 1805, and again from 1808 to 1813. * George Cassedy (1783–1842), represented New Jersey in Congress from 1821 to 1827. *
Enoch Poor Enoch Poor (June 21, 1736 (Old Style) – September 8, 1780) was a brigadier general in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. He was a ship builder and merchant from Exeter, New Hampshire. Biography Poor was born and raised ...
(1736–1780), one of
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’s officers. *
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(1753–1831), former mayor of the city of New York and former
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Col. Richard Varick burial site
, accessed August 7, 2006.


See also

* Bergen County Cemeteries


References


External links


Dutch Reformed Church Cemetery
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First Dutch Reformed Churchyard
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