In 1813, the Dutch Reformed Church was established in Fishkill Landing with a cemetery behind the church. This cemetery is inaccessible today, but it has some of the oldest graves in the city. Built into the steep bank behind the church are family vaults.
Peter Schenck
Colonel William Few, a signer of the U.S. Constitution for the state of Georgia, was once buried in the Chrystie family vault in this cemetery. Because of the condition of the cemetery, his home state, Georgia, had the bones removed and re-interred. A monument to Colonel Few can be seen in front of the church.
Marker from the front of Colonel Few’s grave.
Colonel Few’s remains were re-interred in Georgia in 1973.
Interments in the Dutch Reformed Church can be found in:
“Old Gravestones of Dutchess County, New York” by J. W. Poucher published in 1924, pages 92-97.
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Welcome to Geneabloggers! I have an ancestor buried in this cemetery and have blogged about his burial location at http://frommainetokentucky.blogspot.com/2011/11/not-quite-tombstone-tuesday-james.html. In another blog post, I shared a photo of his tombstone at http://frommainetokentucky.blogspot.com/2012/06/tombstone-tuesday-james-mcalpin.html.
Very angry, cemetary is not being cared for and information about burials there are blocked. Also this is listed as a National Historic site and yet it is not possible to search for ancestors. When I tried to access the site above it supposedly does not exist.
The Dutch Reformed Church in Beacon is very small today and with very limited means.
There is a listing of burials online: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nydutche/cems/dutchufish.htm; The website for the church is http://www.rcbeacon.org/. I don’t know what records they have, the cemetery has not been active for a long time. There are some published books available at some libraries and for purchase at http://kinshipny.com/page/home. Some records are available on Ancestry.
The cemetery committee does not maintain or have access to any records, we are just trying to provide some information about the cemeteries and do what we can to raise funds and support them.