Place:Reformed Church of Newtown Cemetery, Elmhurst, Queens, New York, United States
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NameReformed Church of Newtown Cemetery
Alt namesFirst Reformed Dutch Churchyard of Newtownsource: Inskeep's The Graveyard Shift
Reformed Church in Americasource: rcnewtown.org
TypeCemetery
Coordinates40.73919°N 73.87734°W
Located inElmhurst, Queens, New York, United States     (1896 - )
Also located inLong Island, New York, United States    
Queens, New York, United States     (1683 - present)
Queens, Queens, New York, United States     (1898 - present)

Address: 85-15 Broadway, Elmhurst, Queens County, New York, 11373
Tel: 718-592-4466

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Description

The Reformed Church of Newtown was founded in 1731 by Dutch-speaking farmers and tradesmen on land given by Peter Berrien. New York had originally been "New Amsterdam," a Dutch Colony, and although the early members of Newtown were from a variety of ethnic backgrounds, they held their services in the Dutch language still common in the community then called "Newtown." Later, some developers changed the name of the area to Elmhurst, but the church retained its original name, a name still carried also by the local high school and subway station.

Gravestones in churchyard date 1794-1933.

Prominent families include: Devevoise, Rapalye, Remsen

Records: Registers include deaths back to 1764 with early records in Dutch.

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