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Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Monmouth County, New Jersey.= Official Website ==History=In 1609, the English navigator, Henry Hudson, and his crew aboard the Dutch vessel Half Moon spotted land in what is now Monmouth County, most likely off Sandy Hook; however, some historical accounts credit this landing to present-day Keansburg. Among the first European settlers...
Among the first European settlers in the area were a group of Quaker families from Long Island who settled the Monmouth Tract, an early land grant from Richard Nicolls issued in 1665. They were followed by a group of Scottish settlers who inhabited Freehold Township in about 1682-85, followed several years later by Dutch settlers.The Dutch families who settled in Monmouth County came from King'...
Atlantic View Cemetery started out as the burying ground for Ocean Hill Church, located on Church Street. The church dates back to 1842. In 1875, the Atlantic View Cemetery of Squan Village was organized and advertised plots of 20 by 16 feet. About this time an additional 10 acres were added to the burying ground from surrounding farmland. Those involved in the cemetery's incorporation were th...
This project is for those who are buried in the Presbyterian Burial Ground, Middletown, Monmouth County, New Jersey. The burying grounds are the oldest in Monmouth County, established circa 1684. Oldest headstone: James Bowne, died March 14, 1750. John Bowne established a meeting house on the property, with the yard used as a community burial ground. Also known as the Historic Presbyterian Ce...