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Fort Hill Cemetery (aka Townsend Burying Ground)

City: Oyster Bay
County: Nassau
State: NY

Description
South side of the east end of Simcoe Street. Earliest burial John Townsend 1668 who was buried on his own land. Many stones date to 1700s. Robert Townsend, Revolutionary War spy buried here. #81 in the 'Historic Cemeteries of Oyster Bay' guide.

Cemetery GPS Coordinates: 40.869710 / -73.532530

Patriots buried here:

Head Stone	Surname	Given Name	Birth Date	Death Date	PLatitude	PLongitude	Grave Location	Marked By	FindAGrave Memorial#
	Townsend	Robert	1753	1838	0.000000	0.000000		SAR	33240916
	Townsend	Samuel	1717	24 Nov 1790	0.000000	0.000000		DAR	0

Graves Registry

Fort Hill Cemetery (aka Townsend Burying Ground)