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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 a city in and the county seat of Bergen County, New Jersey, United States.New Jers ...
.


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
Marquis de Lafayette attended the funeral. The church is the oldest extant church in
Bergen County Bergen County is the most populous county in the U.S. state of New Jersey.Adam Boyd (1746–1835) represented New Jersey in Congress from 1803 to 1805, and again from 1808 to 1813. *
George Cassedy George Cassedy (September 16, 1783 – December 31, 1842) was a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from New Jersey. Born in Hackensack, New Jersey, Cassedy attended the common schools, where he studied law. He was admitte ...
(1783–1842), represented New Jersey in Congress from 1821 to 1827. * Enoch Poor (1736–1780), one of
George Washington George Washington (February 22, 1732, 1799) was an American military officer, statesman, and Founding Father who served as the first president of the United States from 1789 to 1797. Appointed by the Continental Congress as commander of th ...
’s officers. * Richard Varick (1753–1831), former mayor of the city of New York and former New York Attorney GeneralCol. Richard Varick burial site
, accessed August 7, 2006.


See also

* Bergen County Cemeteries


References


External links


Dutch Reformed Church Cemetery
The Political Graveyard * {{National Register of Historic Places in New Jersey Dutch-American culture in New Jersey Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in New Jersey Cemeteries in Bergen County, New Jersey Protestant Reformed cemeteries Churches in Bergen County, New Jersey Hackensack, New Jersey Churches completed in 1791 Reformed Church in America churches in New Jersey National Register of Historic Places in Bergen County, New Jersey Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in New Jersey New Jersey Register of Historic Places 18th-century churches in the United States 1686 establishments in New Jersey