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This project is part of the State of New Jersey Portal. About the Project Please use this project to add, research, document, and discuss your ancestors from California. You can add profiles for: People born in New Jersey People who lived in New Jersey People who died in New Jersey When you find helpful resources for research, please share them here so that others can benefit. If yo...
Princeton University Official Website Wikipedia Princeton University is a private research university located in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. It is one of the eight universities of the Ivy League, and one of the nine Colonial Colleges founded before the American Revolution. Princeton provides undergraduate and graduate instruction in the humanities, social sciences, natural scienc...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Passaic County, New Jersey. Official Website Passaic County was created on February 7, 1837 and was named for the Passaic River. Adjacent Counties Orange County, New York Rockland County, New York Sussex County Bergen County Essex County Morris County Municipalities & Communities Bloomingdale | Clifton | Cooper | G...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Bergen County, New Jersey. Official Website The origin of the name of Bergen County is a matter of debate. It is believed that the county is named for one of the earliest settlements, Bergen, in modern-day Hudson County. However, the origin of the township's name is debated. Several sources attribute the name to Bergen, Norway, whil...
The earliest permanent settlements in Cumberland County were along the Cohansey River. Between 1680 and 1700, settlers had begun to carve out of the South Jersey wilderness a home for themselves and their families.Meaningful permanent settlement in what is now called Cumberland County dates from 1675 when John Fenwick purchased his tenth of West New Jersey from Lord John Berkeley . Fenwick esta...
Wikipedia Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, /ˈrʌtɡərz/, commonly referred to as Rutgers University, Rutgers, or RU, is an American public research university and the largest institution for higher education in New Jersey. Originally chartered as Queen's College on November 10, 1766, Rutgers is the eighth-oldest college in the United States and one of the nine "Colonial Colleges" fou...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Mercer County, New Jersey. Official Website History Named for Continental Army General Hugh Mercer, who died as a result of wounds received at the Battle of Princeton on January 3, 1777 and founded February 22, 1838, from portions of surrounding counties, Mercer County has a historical impact that reaches back to the pivotal battles...
Please add profiles for anyone who was born, lived or died in Hunterdon County, New Jersey. Official Website Hunterdon County was established on March 11, 1714 and was named for Robert Hunter, a colonial governor of New Jersey. Adjacent Counties Bucks County, Pennsylvania Warren County Mercer County Morris County Somerset County Municipalities Alexandria Twp. | Bethlehem Twp. ...
Riverview Cemetery is a historic cemetery located at 870 Centre Street in the city of Trenton, New Jersey in Mercer County, New Jersey, United States. A number of notables are interred there, including Civil War Union Army Major General and New Jersey Governor George B. McClellan, whose grave is marked by the tallest monument in the cemetery. His wife, Mary Ellen Marcy McClellan, is interred wi...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Monmouth County, New Jersey. Official Website 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 and majo...
This cemetery is located on Water Street, Cokesbury, Hunterdon County, New Jersey. Find a Grave Billion Graves
This is the large cemetery on the hill on the east side of Route 517, Fairmount, Hunterdon County, New Jersey. It is different that the Fairmount Presbyterian Church Yard which is almost directly across the street. Find a Grave
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Morris County, New Jersey. Official Website Morris County was created on March 15, 1739 and was named for the Governor of the Province of New Jersey, Colonel Lewis Morris. The county was the site of the winter camp of the Continental Army after the Battles of Trenton and Princeton during the winter of 1777, as well as another winte...
This cemetery is located on Old Turnpike Road, Califon, Hunterdon County, New Jersey. Find a Grave
Wikipedia Princeton Theological Seminary (PTS) is a seminary in Princeton, New Jersey, and the largest of ten seminaries associated with the Presbyterian Church (USA). It is the second-oldest seminary in the United States, founded in 1812 under the auspices of Reverend Dr. Archibald Alexander, the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church, and the College of New Jersey (now Princeton Universi...
When the Lebanon Reformed Church burned down, they rebuilt their church in a different area of town, that is why there are two cemeteries with the same name. This is the original cemetery, located on Cherry Street. The new Lebanon Reformed Church Cemetery, is on Brunswick Avenue. Find a Grave The German Rockaway now Lebanon Reformed Dutch Reformed Church was established in the area of Leb...
The New York Giants are a professional American football team located in the New York metropolitan area. The Giants are members of the East Division of the National Football Conference (NFC) in the National Football League (NFL). The team plays its home games in East Rutherford, New Jersey at MetLife Stadium, which it shares with the New York Jets in a unique arrangement. The Giants hold their ...
Please add those buried in Pleasant Grove Presbyterian Cemetery, Pleasant Grove, Morris County, New Jersey. Find a Grave US Gen Web
This project is for those buried in Princeton Cemetery, located on 29 Greenview Avenue, Princeton, New Jersey. From the Nassau Church website: Established in 1757, the Princeton Cemetery is owned and operated by the Nassau Presbyterian Church (formerly First Presbyterian Church) and is located near the center of town. It is still an active graveyard and welcomes inquiries for burials in a gra...
This cemetery is located on 385 Mercer Street, Hightstown, Mercer County, New Jersey. Find a Grave Cedar Hill Civil War Gravestones
This park is located on 1722 Silverton Road, Toms River, New Jersey. Find a Grave
This cemetery is located on Lincoln Highway, Kingston, Somerset County, New Jersey. Historical Marker says: Site of “Conference On Horseback,” January 3, 1777, at which Washington decided to move toward Morristown rather than New Brunswick . . . . a decision that probably prevented a critical American defeat. Find a Grave
Brigadier General William C. Doyle Veterans Memorial Cemetery is located in Wrightstown, New Jersey. Find a Grave
This project is for those who are buried in Lakeview Memorial Park, Cinnaminson, Burlington County, New Jersey. Lakeview Memorial Park was incorporated on December 31, 1929. The first burial took place in 1931. As of July 2015, there have been approximately 27,000 interments. Official Website Find a Grave
Please add profiles for those who were born, lived or died in Sussex County, New Jersey. Official Website As early as 1690, Dutch and French Huguenot colonists from towns along the Hudson River Valley in New York began permanently settling in the Upper Delaware Valley (known as the "Minisink"). The route these Dutch settlers had taken was the path of an old Indian trail and became the route o...