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City: Yorktown
County: Westchester
State: NY

 
Description
Cemetery notes and/or description:
The East yard Cemetery of the
The Yorktown First Presbyterian Church was formed and created by a breakaway group from the original congregation in 1806

The church was organized in 1730 "for the worship of God". There were only two Protestant churches in Northern Westchester in Bedford and Tarrytown.
It was located on the Kings Highway or Kingston Street and was the main road and the center of town. In 1758 it was formally organized with itinerant preachers. The church congregation was politically radical and was a meeting place for patriots prompting the British to burn it in 1779.
In 1785 a second church was built.
In 1806 it was incorporated as the First Presbyterian Church and accepted the congregational form of government leading to a great split led by Rev Silas Constant.

Cemetery GPS Coordinates: 41.298400 / -73.799504




Patriots buried here:
Head StoneSurnameGiven NameBirth DateDeath DatePLatitudePLongitudeGrave LocationMarked By      FindAGrave Memorial#
HeadstoneBedellSamuel175718270.0000000.00000037207090
HeadstoneConklinJeremiah14 Dec 175813 Sep 18400.0000000.00000037207141
HeadstoneFowlerJesse176118510.0000000.00000037207058
LanePeter18210.0000000.00000037207110
HeadstonePurdyObadiah14 May 174720 Mar 18350.0000000.00000036008536
HeadstoneWhiteEbenezer03 Sep 174608 Mar 18270.0000000.000000Grave 2531358379
HeadstoneWrightBenj18230.0000000.00000080134639


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