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Town of Rhinebeck
Dutchess County, New York
Updated 4/13/2001


Wurtemburg

Facts and Figures from JW Poucher's "Old Gravestones of Dutchess County", 1924.  See Dutchess County Cemetery Internments for Poucher's exact comments.

Beers = found on 1867 Beers Atlas
Terraserve = found on topographical map on web
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St. Paul's Lutheran Wurtemburg 1763 1766 326 Wurtemburg Road and Vlei Road,  A few miles south and east of Rhinebeck.  (take 308 east of the village to Rt 9G, Rt 9G south to Wurtemburg.   Photo 1  Photo 2

In 1913, Poucher, "The ground east and north of St. Paul’s Church at Wurtenburgh was used for burial purposes from the time of the organization of the congregation, which was  in 1759. In 1852, and in 1866, land south of the church was acquired for burial uses and in 1855 "St. Paul’s Wurtenburgh Cemetery Association" was incorporated. This part of the town of Rhinebeck was settled by Palantines whom Colonel Henry Beekman brought upon the land. Most of the following entries relate to members of these families."

Rhinebeck Cemetery Rhinebeck 1802 1807 632 Rt 9 at Mill Rd in the Village.   845-876-3961
From Tourism site below, "in 1832, Mrs. Catherine Garrettson gave half an acre of land here to the Methodist Church as a burial ground.  Subsequent gifts for Episcopalians and "those of color" added to its size This now non-sectarian cemetery, cared for by the Rhinebeck Cemetery Association, is the resting place of Levi Parsons Morton (1824-1920), Governor of N.Y. (1895-96) and  Vice-President of the U S (1889-93)." 

In 1914, Poucher, "RHINEBECK ASSOCIATION CEMETERY,  Well cared for. This cemetery was opened about 1845 in which the authorities of the  village of Rhinebeck prohibited interments in the churchyards of the village. It is         governed by trustees incorporated as "The Rhinebeck Association Cemetery." This list does not include the stones in the more modern section of the cemetery. It does, however, contain inscriptions of dates prior to 1845, indicating removal from earlier locations. 

Methodist Rhinebeck 1825 1828 2 Not yet found,
In 1914, Poucher, In the Village, "Orderly, intact.  In the rear of the Methodist Church, Rhinebeck, are two stones, lying flat...(and) under the church building is a vault containing the remains of (3)."  A former church burned in 1899. 
Dutch Reformed  Rhinebeck 1764 1764 298 845-876-3727 Rt 9 and  Rockerfeller Lane. 
From Tourism site below, "town's 2nd oldest church, THE DUTCH REFORMED CHURCH, built 1802, whose congregation was formed in 1733".

In 1914, Poucher, "The first grant for burial purposes on "the flatts" was made by Colonel  Henry Beekman in 1730. This and adjoins the present Reformed Dutch church. In 1845 further interments in it were prohibited by the village authorities. From 1845 to 1893 it was in a disorderly, abandoned condition. In 1893, the Rev. J. Howard  Suydam, D. D., raised a fund for the improvement and endowment of this burial ground and it is now an ornament to the village."

Old Rhinebeck Cemetery

(German Church) 

Weys Corner

(Pink's Corner)

1760 1773 24 East of Rt 9 and Wey Road Intersection, just north of Rt9G intersection.  An open plot on a slightly slopping field.  No immediate buildings in area.

From Tourism site below,  "This area, known as Wey's Crossing, was site of the original village of Rhinebeck, center of Palatine settlement. Their first church and the churchyard were built here, ca 1716.    Cemetery Found on Terraserver. 

In 1913,  Poucher, "GERMAN CHURCH, PINK’S CORNERS,  Three miles north of the village of Rhinebeck, at Pink’s Corners (or Way’s Crossing) on the New York and Albany Post Road, at the site of the former German Reformed Church. 
Overgrown and deserted.   A church was erected on this site in 1716 which stood for nearly a century.  It was the first church building in Dutchess County, ante-dating the Dutch church at Poughkeepsie by about seven years. The congregation that built the church was composed of German Lutherans and German Calvinists. In 1729 the Lutherans withdrew and organized St. Peter’s Lutheran Church of Rhinebeck . The Calvinists continued to use the original church building from 1729 to 1802. The congregation as a unit passed out of existence about 1802, individual members of it being absorbed in a new German church in the village of Red Hook. The ground around the church at Pink’s Corners was used for burials from early in the eighteenth century.   It is now abandoned."  (See Red Hook for St. Paul's Lutheran)

St Peters Lutheran  Stone Church 1733 1734 388 East side of Rt 9, at Stone Church Road. 
From Tourism site below,  "Built ca. 1786 by German Palatines replacing a log church constructed ca. 1730.   Congregation, one of the earliest in the county, dates to the Palatine immigration of 1715. Tradition holds that church was built around the log church which was then dismantled log by log and removed."

In 1913, Pucher, "About three and a quarter miles north of the village of Rhinebeck, on  the New York and Albany Post Road, at St. Peter’s Church. (German Lutheran). St. Peter’s Church (German Lutheran) was organized in 1729. A church building was erected in 1730 which was Replaced by the present edifice shortly  before the War of the Revolution. The ground around the church has always been Used for burials"

(Lutheran Church?) Rhinecliff Found on Terraserver;  Church Street. 
Van Wagenen Rhinecliff 1749 1750 22 Not yet found,  Some stones may predate 1749.
in 1915, "Not far from Rhinecliff station on the New York Central and Hudson River Railroad; on the west side of the old road from Rhinecliff to the village of Rhinebeck, on the former Hutton estate. Overgrown and deserted. Van Wagenen ground, one of the oldest now remaining in the county. In 1686, Gerrit Artsen, Aria Roosa, and Jan Elton of Ulster county bought from the Indians land at this point in Dutchess county. Adjoining land was bought by Hendrick Kip immediately after. The purchasers all settled their families on their holdings and the locality was known for many years as Kipsbergen. In 1702 Artsen Roosa and Elton divided their land into six lots, each taking title to two. Gerrit Artsen (from Wagenen  in Holland) received lots No. 3 and No. 6. His descendants bear the name Van Wagenen. This Burial ground is on lot No. 6. In later years it was included in the portion of the lot which passed to the Hutton family. Very recently a large tract in this neighborhood including the Hutton estate, was purchased by Mr.Vincent Astor in order to facilitate the opening of a new road from the railroad station at Rhinecliff to the village of Rhinebeck. The line of the new road runs near the burial ground."  Methodist and Episcopal Churches ca 1920s

See Dutchess County Toursim Site for description and maps of historical sites in this area:
http://www.dutchesstourism.com/tour1.htm

John B. Dux  [email protected]