Friends Burying Ground is a

cemetery A cemetery, burial ground, gravesite, graveyard, or a green space called a memorial park or memorial garden, is a place where the remains of many death, dead people are burial, buried or otherwise entombed. The word ''cemetery'' (from Greek ...

in Trenton in the

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. The cemetery is located on the west side of North Montgomery Street north of East Hanover Street, adjacent to the Trenton Friends Meeting House.

Notable burials

* Lambert Cadwalader (1742–1823), represented New Jersey in the

Continental Congress The Continental Congress was a series of legislature, legislative bodies, with some executive function, for the Thirteen Colonies of British America, Great Britain in North America, and the newly declared United States before, during, and after ...

(1784–87) and the

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(1789–91 and 1793–95. *

George Clymer George Clymer (March 16, 1739January 23, 1813) was an American politician, abolitionist and Founding Father of the United States, one of only six founders who signed both the Declaration of Independence and U.S. Constitution. Clymer was amon ...

(1739–1813), signer of the

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and the

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. *

Mary Willing Clymer Mary Willing Clymer (1770–1852) was an American socialite in Philadelphia during the city's time as capital of the United States. Life Mary Willing Clymer was born Mary Willing on September 15, 1770, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, one of t ...

, (1770–1852), Daughter of

Thomas Willing Thomas Willing (December 19, 1731 – January 19, 1821) was an American merchant, politician and slave trader who served as List of mayors of Philadelphia, mayor of Philadelphia and was a delegate from Province of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania to t ...

and daughter-in-law to George Clymer *

Philemon Dickinson Philemon Dickinson (April 5, 1739February 4, 1809) was an American lawyer and politician from Trenton, New Jersey. As a brigadier general of the New Jersey militia, he was one of the most effective militia officers of the American Revolutiona ...

(1739–1809), represented New Jersey in the

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from 1790 to 1793. *

Richard Howell Richard Howell (October 25, 1754April 28, 1802) was the third governor of New Jersey from 1793 to 1801. Early life and military career Howell was born in Newark, in the Colony of Delaware, and was a descendant of a Virginian old colonist fa ...

(1754–1802), 3rd

Governor of New Jersey The governor of New Jersey is the head of government of the U.S. state of New Jersey. The office of governor is an elected position with a four-year term. There is a two consecutive term limit, with no limitation on non-consecutive terms. The ...

, from 1793 to 1801.New Jersey Governor Richard Howell
,

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. Accessed August 20, 2007.

References

External links

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* {{Coord, 40.2215, -74.7623, type:landmark_globe:earth_region:US-NJ, display=title Cemeteries in Mercer County, New Jersey Tourist attractions in Trenton, New Jersey