Flatbush Reformed Dutch Church Cemetery
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Flatbush Reformed Dutch Church Cemetery

Also known as Flatbush Dutch Reformed Church Cemetery

Flatbush, Kings County, New York, USA

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    Coordinates: 40.65000, -73.95923
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Many of the founding families of Flatbush rest within this old burial ground founded in 1645. The current stone church was built between 1793 and 1798 and it is said that the remains of American Soldiers who died during the Battle of Long Island (Aug 27, 1776) are buried beneath it.(Other accounts say the causalities were buried in a mass grave but location unknown) Also it is known that a few slaves were buried here and the last burial was in the mid 1800s.
The oldest legible maker dates to 1754 but older burials are more than likely as pioneer families either buried their loved ones in church burial grounds or if large land owners, in family plots on their land. Irregular surface of the grounds seem to indicate many more unmarked graves exist and the church as always refused permission to dig in the area in fear that old bones would be dug up.
Many of the founding families of Flatbush rest within this old burial ground founded in 1645. The current stone church was built between 1793 and 1798 and it is said that the remains of American Soldiers who died during the Battle of Long Island (Aug 27, 1776) are buried beneath it.(Other accounts say the causalities were buried in a mass grave but location unknown) Also it is known that a few slaves were buried here and the last burial was in the mid 1800s.
The oldest legible maker dates to 1754 but older burials are more than likely as pioneer families either buried their loved ones in church burial grounds or if large land owners, in family plots on their land. Irregular surface of the grounds seem to indicate many more unmarked graves exist and the church as always refused permission to dig in the area in fear that old bones would be dug up.

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