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Graveyard Records of the True Reformed Church, Montville, New Jersey on Changebridge Road Also known as the Seceder Cemetery

In Memory of Catharine/ Wife of Abraham N. Vreeland died Jan. 10, 1838 aged 33y/11m/22d John F. Smith 1857-1899

In Memory of Catharine E./Wife of William H. Smith

In Memory of Martin I. Young/ July 31, 1855/ 56y/7m/20d also infant son of Isaac and Anne Young

Erected to the memory of Rachel Vreeland/Wife of Martin J. Young/ Born Nov. 1, 1798/Died Nov.1, 1828 aged 30 years.

In Memory of Mary, wife of Henry Vreeland who died March 30, 1826 aged 57y/1m/16d

In Memory of Henry Vreeland who died September 29, 1818/ Age 57y and 27d

In Memory of Peter Duryea who departed this life May 21, 1813/Age 80y/1m/17d (C.Grant, Newark)

In Memory of Rachel Zabriskie wife of Peter Duryea who departed this life August 27, 1813/ age 78y/1m/17d (C. Grant, Newark)

Elizabeth wife of Josiah Zabriskie/ Born Jan. 19, 1800 Died April 8, 1886

Josiah Zabriskie/ Born Dec. 23, 1798/Died Feb.22, 1875

Abram H. Zabriskie/ 1821-1904/ His wife Cecelia M. Dixon/1821-1902

Emma daughter of A.H. and C.M. Zabriskie/Died Sept. 18, 1857/Age 3m/19d

John son of Abraham and Celia M. Zabriskie/ Died March 18, 1851/ Age 2y/2m/8d

Josiah son of Josiah and Elizabeth Zabriskie/ Died Oct 21, 1831/ Age 12y/9m/26d

Samuel W. son of Abraham H. and Celia M. Zabriskie/ Died Feb. 19, 1859

In Memory of William Henry son of William L. and Mary Morrison/ who died March 17, 1816/ age 16y/3m/21d

In Memory of Clarissa Demot daughter of William L. and Mary Morrison/ who died Aug 10, 1812/ Age 1y/8m

William Stiles

William Doran

Our Mother Elizabeth Mourison died Sept. 2 1879/ Age 83y/1d

Others buried there:

Richard Jacobus

Jane , wife of William Vanhouten

Thomas Fredricken

Aaron Kerris

Phebe Ann Zeliff

Henry Foot M-----

Child of John and Margaret DeMott

Peter DeMott

Eleanor Johnson

Child of Ab. and Sarah Jacobus

Elizabeth Jacobus

Child of Martin Young

Catharine Vreeland

Henry Mowerson (Mourison) (my ancestor-KR) Died 18 Jan. 1835/ Age 82y/6m/18d (courtesy of Dick Van Duyne)

Francis Gladson

Abraham Vreeland

Marous Mowerson (poss. Henry's brother who died 1820. This land was used as a cemetery before it became the True Reformed Cemetery-KR)

Child of John H.V. Vanduyne

Child of John H.V. Vanduyne

Child of Cornelius Bush (Copied from the Church Record as in 1935)

Kevin's Notes:
After 1824 there was a separation in the First Reformed Dutch Church of Montville, and some became the 'True Reformed Church'. My ancestor Henry Mourison and his wife, Catherine Alyea, sold the land that would become the site of the new church (see below). Dominie James Brinckerhoof left the established Montville Church and started the True Reformed Church 2 miles south of the Reformed Church on the road to Pine Brook. The congregation was "small in the beginning and without much increase in numbers". ("History of Morris County New Jersey" p.253) They built a Church 24'x36' and a wooden shed to park horse and carriage measuring 18'x85',holding services until the late 1880's.

The schism between the 'True' and 'Reformed' Dutch Churches centered on the Coetus party which wanted ministers ordained in the New World and desired separation from the classis of Amsterdam , while the Conferentie party wanted Dutch doctrine and values and tended to form the 'True Reformed' Churches. It was known as the 'Seceder' church. Falling on hard times, the building was sold and moved to use as a shed. Dick Van Duyne says the cemetery is abandoned and overgrown.