~• This project is based on an original c. 1999 brochure with map and key. : currently available at the entry of the church
Burials were often not in the immediate churchyard. According to sources, no one who died after 1851 was actually buried in the East and West yards next to the church, event though vault numbers which lie horizontally in these locations seem to imply otherwise. Also, ~• many Stuyvesant slaves known to have worked on the large Stuyvesant farm in the late 1700w, early 1800s (aka DWIC Bouwerij number one) were to be buried at 11th-12 St. yard. Some are included in this project. There are inscriptions on some of the vault marker of dead from the 20th century. It is hard to determine how many if these actually are correct in the assertion that the remains of such individuals actually lie below.
Concept
~• If any user of this project wonders whether someone of a certain surname is among the burials at this ancient burial ground, it is best to go to the ALPHA list first, shown below. It is drawn primarily from the Church brochure and map. Then, go to the list by Vault number where some other details might be provided.
Corrections and additions are included. Some of the additional inclusions are suppositions, marked 'sup.'
A Comprehensive Guide was published in the parish in 1999, from which most here is drawn
St. Mark's Church in-the-Bowery
~• oldest church site in continuous use on Manhattan
Historical Site
address: 131 East 10th Street, New York, NY 10003
researched by many people some now deceased, including the person to whom the guide is dedicated: Harold Edelman 1923-1998; complied/transcribed here in 2023 in multiple formats with some corrections/additions begun by MM van Beuren, Geni vol. curator (1952-)
four brochure panels scanned and place here for reference
This version is sorted by Vault number and, if a year is mentioned, the date is included to get a sense of a least one burial date.
In order to cross ref. to Geni and FAG, one Geni & one FAG url is included
- "ey" is East Yard
- "wy" is West Yard
- "pl" is plaque or monument, mostly inside the church itself
- sup. supposed burial, not necessarily chronicled
List by Vault Number
I attempt to add at least one key geni profile per surname in the Alpha List.
- No. 10 (2A) ey 1823 Jones, Emmet
- No. 13 (4A) ey 1823 Lydig
- No. 18 (5A) ey 1820 Fish ~• the Fish family are blood relatives of the Stuyvesant family, founders of the parish. Hamilton Fish is named for an attorney who helped found the parish, Alexander Hamilton, 1st Secretary of the United States Treasury
- No. 31 (9H) ey (no date) Tripler
- No. 49 (not in guide) ey? 1838 Fonerden aka Von Erden (prior sp.) ~• Spingler>Fonerden
- No. 56 (9M) wy (no date) Van Beuren ~• Spingler>Fonerden>van Beuren>Whittmann
- No. 57 (10M) wy Mitchell ~• Spingler>Fonerden>van Beuren>Davis>Mitchell
- No. 58 (3N) wy Davis "~• Spingler>van Beuren> Davis = siblings but not the parents
- No. 62 (7N) wy Cowman
- No. 65 (9N) J. (James) Farquahar and W.H.Jephson 1830 (see alpha-list)
- No. 94 (6L) wy 1834 Berrien ~• a Berrien married a Mitchell. see No. 57 Richard Berrien
- No. 101 (10K) William Bard
- No. 112 (9D) ey (no date) Stewart ~• vault was robbed; remains allegedly recovered and buried elsewhere
- No. 121 (5F) ey (no date) Spingler and (née) Bonsall
- No. 130 (2J) ~• Question: Same as "Mrs. Sudyam c. 1880 on 5th Ave." ?
- 6E https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/90746033/benjamin-robert-winthrop and Judith Stuyvesant, his wife
- 8G (a memorial monument) for Tony Papp, a son of the famous Joseph Papp , the American theatrical producer and director.
Timeline
- c.1650 Stuyvesant family chapel site (Dutch Reformed Church) ~• long after the chapel fell into disrepair, the Stuyvesant family donated the property to help found St. Mark's
- 1795 cornerstone lain for Protestant Episcopal Church, as an expansion of the former Anglican Trinity Church, from which it became a separate entity; precise location to the east of present church building, ie. East graveyard
- 1799 consecrated ( appearance ) ; drawing
- 1803 Peter Gerardus Stuyvesant donates property at 11th st. for additional burials. When this was closed, c. 1851, most future burials were in Brooklyn.
- 1807-1818 The New York State legislature of April 3, 1807, appointed Commissioners to lay out a plan for the City of New York. The result is the grid plan. William Bridges made the original survey and map 1807-1811. Although it was a number of years before the new street pattern was cut through, the consequences were radical.Streets would have been closed, buildings moved, the land acquired by careful procedure, and the owners compensated for their losses. St. Mark's Church petitioned the legislature for permission to convey church-owned land to proprietors of adjoining lands, and to receive such lands, as the changes in the streets imposed a great hardship. The present shape of the boundaries of the Church burying ground and parsonage were in fact abolished by an Act of April 3, 1807. (Liber 130 p. 519 on June 17, 1818). (heavily edited from cited doc.)
- 1828 steeple designed
- 1835 parish hall constructed
- 1845 pews owned or rented for Dr. Anthon's speech
- 1849 drawing , looking south from Union Sq., shows St. Mark's with steeple at left.
- 1850 title dispute at the Evergreens ; disputes continue in 1858
- 1851 a section of the Evergreens cemetery is acquired for the transfer of remains from the (1803) 11th st. yard. "The Evergreens (Cemetery of the Evergreens), 1629 Bushwick Ave, Brooklyn. The Evergreens Cemetery was organized in 1849 as a non-sectarian cemetery, under the Rural Cemetery Act of 1847. The cemetery borders Brooklyn and Queens and covers 225 acres of rolling hills and gently sloping meadows. It features several thousand trees and flowering shrubs in a park like setting." ~• see:https://www.stannholytrinity.org/cemetery-plots/
- 1858 cast iron portico
- 1858 neighborhood character changing; St. George's mission estab. on 14th St.
- 1865 ; 1869 ; it seems to have moved to 19th and 1st Ave by these clippings
- 1861 brick addition to parish hall
- 1899 interior photo ; Frontespiece
- 1978 fire nearly destroys church, bell is cracked by heat
Alpha Key by Surname w/ associated Vault Numbers & Key
- Alburtt No. 10, 6K
- Anthon 4F Rev. Henry and his father George ; John Anthon
- Appley No. 60, 5N bio at FAG
- Babcock No. 129, 3G : Mary Cregier Babcock ie. M. C. is noted at FAG
- Baker No. 6, 9C ; No. 132 10G
- Baldwin No. 68, 1P
- Barclay No.17, 10B Thomas Henry Barclay ey, ~•date is wrong in church brochure; dau.Susanna married a Stuyvesant
- Bard No. 101, 10K ; William,
- Bartle 3M
- Bayard 1A ~• maiden name of Stuyvesant
- Beekman 7C
- Bell 2C
- Benedict No. 99, 1L
- Berrian/Berrien No. 94, 6L William, Richard, Elizabeth née Wiggins
- Bonsall No. 121 ~• maiden name of Spingler
- Bostwick No. 92, 8L
- Bradish No. 122, 6F
- Brocklebank 5Q = Charles (1905-1948), rector of St. Mark's from 1936-1945 bronze plaque under window" Rev. Charles A. Brocklebank
- Brooks No. 98, 2L
- Brown 3C; No.15 4C
- Browning No. 96, 4L
- Bucknor No. 21, 1B
- Bruell No. 5, 4N
- Burling No. 62 (7N) ~• maiden name of Cowman
- Burnham No. 133, 1H
- Catlin No. 28, 10A Lynde Catlin "L. Catlin" ~• a son married a Stuyvesant, hence the association with St. Mark's. Lynde worked for John Jacob Astor.
- Carnley No. 100, 9K
- Carpenter No. 145, 8H
- Carrow No. 52, 8M
- Cockcroft No. 108, 1E
- Coleman 5E
- Coster No. 70 4P
- Cowman No. 62 (7N)
- cremations 6P
- Criolyo : sup (DWIC wife/slave) Lare (or Hilary) Criolyo > no marker
- Curtis No. 89 1N
- Cutler No. 125, 9G
- Davis No. 121, 5F ; No. 58, 3N : related by marriage to <van Beuren> and <Spingler> Capt. John William Davis ; Mary Louise Davis
- Dudley No. 82, 1M
- Ellis 2C ; No. 128, 4G
- Emmet No.10, 2A
- Ewen No. 117, 1F
- Farquahar No. 65, 9N ~•? on Broadway in 1819 James, age 64, merchant (see <discussion> research notes) James Farquhar
- Ferguson No. 29, 8A
- Fish No. 15, 5A Maj. Nicholas Fish
- Fonerden No. 49 Lieut. James Fonerden married a <Spingler>
- Gantley No. 39, 7B
- Gebhard No. 137, 5H
- Goelet No. 21, 1B Peter Goelet , and Amy, his mother.
- Graff No. 116, 10E
- Graham No. 115, 9E ; 12J = John Lorimer Graham
- Guion 1Q Elijah 1844... see https://www.newspapers.com/image/37456057/?terms=%22Elijah%20Guion%... but that one is assoc. with Christ Church and lived at 200 Church St. in 1825 > may refer to Elijah Guion but that Elijah has a memorial in Westchester county = https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/59448850/elijah-guion
- Harris 7M William William Harris, D.D.
- Higgins No. 45, 8B
- Hoffman No. 1, 3D
- Hone No. 23, 5B https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/17015735/philip-hone , mayor on NYC ~• business assoc. w/Stuyvesant fam.; on 1821 map above 17th st. Philip Hone
- Ingersoll No. 124, 8F ; No. 9, 6G
- Ireland No. 41, 5K
- Iselin No. 144, 7H ( John Abraham and Adrian George)
- Isaac 6C
- Jacott No. 98, 2L
- Jephson No. 65, 9N ~• was related to the Farquhar family by marriage (see above: Anna Maria was a dau. of James William Henry Jephson
- Jones No.10, 2A ; No.13 1C ; 6C
- Kelley No. 69, 3P
- Kirby No.55, 2E
- Lawrence No. 90, 10L ; 4Q
- Lee No. 2, 3D
- Little No. 27, 9B
- Livingston No. 123 , 7F ; No, 130, 2G
- Lorrilard No. 3, 1D Jacob Lorillard
- Lovett No. 43, 4K
- Lydig No. 13, 4A ; No. 35, 7K
- Mattrick No. 134, 2H
- McPatterson No.188, 2F
- McVickar No. 41, 2K
- Merrill No. 53, 6D
- Milde Berghe No. 140, 1J ; No. 42, 3K
- Minard No. 76, 9P
- Minthorne 6A https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/133192570/mangle-minthorne and his dau. Hannah Tompkins ; Mangle Minthorne, Alderman of New York City
- Mitchell No. 57 (10M) Lieut Col. Cornelius Berrien Mitchell, (USA) married a Davis: Mary Elizabeth van Beuren Mitchell
- Moore No. 19, 4B ; No. 78 9P https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/55399667/e-j-moore in No. 19 "(1826)"
- No...ard No. 105, 7D
- Norsworthy No.4, 10C
- Ortley No. 6, 9C
- Papp granite memorial by tree 8G ~• modern (1991) Anthony Papp
- Patten 1Q
- Perry No. 95, 5L ~• Commodore Perry. His remains were later moved to Newport, RI
- Porter No. 95, 7L
- Post No. 11, 5C
- Pinkney sp. Pinckney No. 127, 5G William Henry Pinkney
- Prime 7A
- Raynor No. 9, 6G
- Schermerhorn No. 20, 3B Abraham; No. 45, 8K ; No. 74, 8P
- Scorah No. 63, 7N
- Slidell No. 95, 5L
- Smith No. 72, 7P
- Sperry No. 6, 9C
- Spingler No,121, 5F Henry, Mary
- Spooner No. 67 2P
- Stephens No. 9, 8C
- Stewart No.112, 9D Alexander Turney Stewart ~• Pew No. 32 into the 20th century
- Strong No. 22, 10F
- Stuyvesant 1A (the original DWIC Peter, his wife Judith Bayard; etc) in particular:Peter Gerardus , who donated the property to the Episcopal Church.
- "eight generations, from the Director-General down to Augustus Van Horne Stuyvesant, the last of the line, are all buried here. Standing within the Church and seeing Stuyvesant memorial plaques, windows and marked pews tor members of the family, one feels the sense of history and the continuity of the family." ~• page 3 of source
- Suydam No. 130, 2J Henry ? ; Mrs. J. Suydam (1846 pew holder #30) , Jane Suydam (Mesier)
- Ten Broeck No. 141, 10H Dirck Ten Broeck who married a Stuyvesant
- Tompkins 6A ; 9J Daniel D. Tompkins, 6th Vice President of the USA and his wife who was a <Minthorne>
- Tourer No. 81, 8E
- Townsend No. 116, 10E
- Treadwell No. 90, 10L
- Tripler No. 31, 9H
- Tucker No. 91, 9L ; 3Q
- Van Beuren No. 56, 9M ; No. 121, 5F ; 5J 56, 121, Eliz.(fountain see 5J), Mary, and others
- Vandenheuvel No. 26, 6H
- Warner No. 85
- Warren No. 71, 3F
- Watson No. 106, 8D
- Watts No. 7, 1D
- White No. 135, 3H
- Wickham No. 134, 2H
- Wiggins (see Berrien) maiden name
- Wilke No. 97, 3L
- Wilson No.19, 4B
- Winthrop 6E Benjamin Winthrop ; https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/31484380/judith-winthrop ~•Benjamin's mother was a Stuyvesant
- Wittmann No. 56, 9M ~• married a van Beuren Eleanor Wittmann (van Beuren) & Joseph Wittmann (memorial only through their son Joseph van Beuren Wittmann
- Wothersponn;;; No. 109, 10D https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/178984881/george-wotherspoon
- the donation of the church property provided for the burial of Stuyvesant slaves. Such burials are not well-chronicled.
Sources
- https://nyghosts.com/st-marks-church-in-the-bowery/
- A New York Pantheon: the burial list of St. Mark's in-the-Bouwerie : 1660 services began in chapel built by Governor Stuyvesant. : 1799 Incorporated as a Protestant Episcopal Church by St. Mark's Church in-the-Bowery (New York, N.Y.) there are two versions of this book early 1900s and 1930 10 pages https://nyst.sirsi.net/uhtbin/cgisirsi/x/0/0/5/?searchdata1=ocm1988...
- online 1899 book is a 100 anniv. issue with many names of early parishioners but no burial list (194 pages)
- New York City cemetery project
- “Ghouls in New-York City,” New York Times, Nov 8, 1878
- “New Rector Heard in His First Sermon at Old St. Mark’s,” New York Times Aug 3, 1959
- “The Decline and Fall of the Commercial Empire of A.T. Stewart,” Business Review 36(3):255-286, Autumn 1962
- “St. Mark’s Building Playground in its Cemetery, the City’s Oldest,” New York Times, Feb. 9, 1970
- https://blackpresence.episcopalny.org/churches/ = List of Churches that have records in NY vicinity that may include Blacks
- Black Presence in the Episcopal Diocese of New York Project (BPP)
- https://trinitywallstreet.org/stories-news/unearthing-our-past ~• (includes pertinent video)
- East Village Historical Soc. mentions parishioners
- for a list of those living in the neighborhood in 1819 see New York County Jury Census Ward 9, in and around page 37 of 76
Maps
- https://thegreatestgrid.mcny.org/randel-composite-map shows Stuyvesant details
- 1821 Map ~• Note St. Mark's and Stuyvesant St and some parishioner names eg. Cowman, Spingler, Stuyvesant, Fish, Burling
- Title: The City of New York as laid out by the Commissioners with the surrounding country = Names Randel, John : Created / Published New York : P. Maverik sculp., 1821.
- The churchyard and cemetery of St. Mark’s, 1852 (Dripps 1852) > as annotated by Mary French in June 2011: https://nycemetery.wordpress.com/2011/06/04/st-marks-in-the-bowery-...
- Dripps’ 1852 Map of the City of New-York extending northward to Fiftieth St =
- George Hayward map of 1852 shows juxtaposition of Stuyvesant lands and the 'NY grid'
- ~• 12th St and 2nd Ave are marked in "Peter's Field No.52, the Stuyvesant farm
- other parishioners include. No's 47 Minthone; 57 Spingler; 58, 59, 60 Burling > Cowman
- note how Stuyvesant St. once extended all the way to the East River. See map on the 5th page of this document
- Read document ~• (for St. Mark's location and the defunct 11th-12th street burial ground)
Fish <> Wilson <> Stuyvesant <> Livingston <> Bayard <> Winthrop = (all of Early NYC Heritage)
- St. Mark's parish was related to the original Trinity parish at the head of Wall St. This topic brings into focus the population of Blacks who were part of both parishes but remained largely undocumented in Church records. The following link has an elucidating video produced by Trinity parish in the early 21st century.