Gravestone Records of Brookdale Reformed Church Yard

Gravestone Records of Brookdale Reformed Church Yard Gravestone Records from Brookdale (Formerly Stone House Plains)
Dutch Reformed Church Yard, Bloomfield, Essex County

Copied July 12, 1925, by Russell Brice Rapkin
Editor of the Genealogical Magazine of New Jersey

Note: In the case of five stones damaged by frost, the information has been supplied from an earlier
copy in the library of the New Jersey Historical Society. From the same source is given the recordsfrom
two stones which have since disappeared entirely. Footnotes identify the records thus supplied.
The asterisk (*) indicates that no stone was found for the individual so designated, his name
and relationship appearing on the stone of a member of his family.

Ackerman, Gorline D., b. May 8, 1812, d. January 5, 1886.
Ackerman, Hester E. (see Peter S. Garrabrant).
Brown, John A., d. June 30, 1846, aged 89.10.0.
Caster, Abram R., d. June 8, 1900, aged 14.1.8.
Cockefair, Alfred, d. December 25, 1889, aged 68.8.1; wife Leah Maria Van Riper, b. July 7, 1824, d. Jan 25,1895, aged 71 years; son Arthur, b. May 28, 1853, aged 4.0.13.
Cockefair, John, d. October 27, 1855, aged 66.3.15; wife Jane, d. July 22, 1851, aged 64.4.29.
Cockefair, Phillip H,*; wife Josephine*; daughter Edna, b. July 25, 1894, d. July 11, 1899.
Cockefair, Sylvanus, b. March 31, 1854, d. _____ ; wife Laura J. Yereance, b. March 30, 1856, d. June 10, 1911; son Frank E., d. February 1, 1884, aged 3.3.7; son Cliffie, aged 0.3.0.
Compton, Joseph, b. Jan 8, 1796, d. March 2, 1875; wife Elizabeth Sigler, b. March 17, 1804, d. November 2, 1882 (see Robert W. Cooper).
Cooper, Robert W., b. January 9, 1832, d. Sept 9, 1923; wife Martha J., b. October 10, 1839, d. March 9, 1913. [On monument of Joseph and Elizabeth (Sigler) Cooper].
Cueman, Hannah J. (see James G. Van Winkle).
Davidson, Helen E., d. March 8, 1888, aged 0.9.28 (on monument with Robert C. Davidson).
Davidson, Robert C., d. February 16, 1888, aged 17.4.28 (on monument with Helen E. Davidson).
Demarest, Catherine Elizabeth (see Abraham Garrabrant).
Dodd Reuben*; wife Mary*; daughter Rachel Emaline, d. March 4, 1840, aged 0.10.5.
Egbertson, Cornelius*; wife Margaret, d. July 25, 1827, aged 24.8.22.
Egbertson, Egbert, d. March 25, 1816, aged 69.7.22; wife Rachel, d. February 19, 1817, aged 68.2.11.
Egbertson, John, d. April 23, 1830, aged 57.11.26; wife Leah, d. July 3, 1815, aged 43.2.14.
Garabrant, Abraham P., d. March 29, 1838, aged 29.8.2.
Garrabrant, Abraham P*; wife Helena Kingsland, b. Oct 6, 1845, d. March 16, 1923.
Garrabrant, Anna (see Abraham Post).
Garrabrant, Cornelius*; wife Mary*; daughter Catherine, d. May 2, 1825, aged 18.9.8.
Garrabrant, Abraham, b. September 11, 1837, November 20, 1912; 1st wife, Cornelia J. Vreeland, d. October 24, 1879, in 38^th year (she is also on monument of Elias Vreeland); 2nd wife Catherine Elizabeth Demarest, d. December 26, 1844, d. December 1, 1908.
Garrabrant, Jared*; wife Cornelia*; daughter Fannie, May 24, 1877, aged 6 years.
Garrabrant, John T.*; wife Siney, d. October 22, 1840, aged 29.10.6.
Garrabrant, John T., b. January 3, 1800, d. December 31, 1870; wife Nancy*; daughter Anna Post, d. May 9, 1865, aged 4.1.0.
Garrabrant, Margaret (see Richard D. Paxton).
Garrabrant, Mary (see Garret Van Houten).
Garrabrant, Peter S., b. January 29, 1811, d. September 3, 1900; wife Hester E. Ackerman, b. November 18, 1816, d. May 12, 1901; daughter Agnes A., d. August 6, 1851, aged 3.0.5; son Tunis, d. Nov 24, 1836, aged 0.7.9.
Garrabrant, Tunis, d. Feb 27, 1868, aged 92.9.12; wife Jane, d. May 17, 1842, aged 69, 0.7.
Garrison, John, d. March 19, 1828, aged 37.6.29.
Glin, Frederick, “she” d. November 12, 1821, aged 92.6.28.
Kierstead, Abraham*; wife Keziah*; son Isaac Henry, d. October 4, 1840, aged 0.7.15.
Kierstead, Isaac, d. August 4, 1877, aged 82.2.11; wife Mary, d. December 14, 1873, aged 67.11.19.
Kiesler, Simeon*; wife Ellen S.*; daughter Anna Eliza, d. Jan 16, 1863, aged 1.7.23.
Kinglands, Helena (see Abraham P. Garrabrant).
Lyons, Isaac*; wife Mary Jane; daughter of John D. and Elizabeth (Speer) Sigler, b. April 26, 1829, d. September 29, 1855.
McCloud, Anson*; wife Mary*; daughter Lavinia, d. Jan 3, 1851, aged 9.6.23.
Mandeville, John, d. January 14, 1841, aged 74.1.11; wife Mary, d. December 17, 1838, aged 64.1.4.
Mandeville, Yellas. d. June 27, 1812, aged 66.5.21; wife Christiann, d. August 28, 1820, aged 73.0.25.
Messler, Jane, b. 1823, d. 1903. “Mother”
Paxton, John, d. March 27, 1871, aged 67.5.27; wife Sophia, d. August 28, 1863, aged 64.7.7; son Henry d. December 25, 1828, aged 2 years; son Thomas, d. August 29, 1848, aged 14.6.0.
Paxton, Richard D.*; wife Margaret Garrabrant, d. September 13, 1877, aged 79.8.9.
Pollard, James. B. January 22, 1821, d. Nov 25, 1881.
Post, Abraham, d. June 8, 1860, aged 58.5.11; wife Anna Garrabrant, aged 80.1.0; daughter Margaret, d. Aug 26, 1837, aged 5.10.18.
Post, Sarah, d. November 29, 1878, 53.8.11.
Powleson, Isaac, d. September 2, 1885, aged 76.9.0; wife Sophia, d. May 20, 1888, aged 77 years.
Powleson, Isaac R., d. February 18, 1863, aged 73.5.23; wife Mary, d. July 27, 1865, aged 74 years; son Richard, d. July 3, 1819, aged 1.3.12.
Powleson, Jared*; wife Maria*; daughter Jane, d. July 23, 1854, aged 0.4.0; daughter Mary d. July 31, 1851, aged 0.2.0.
Powleson, Paul, d. May 21, 1823, aged 51.11.19; wife Elizabeth, d. April 5, 1845, aged 66.6.1.
Sigler, Abraham, d. January 11, 1846, aged 76.8.27; wife Phebe, d. December 26, 1855, aged 82.10.26.
Sigler, Calvin. B. March 18, 1831, d. August 25, 1832.
Sigler, Clemmens, b. March 18, 1829, d. March 27, 1835.
Sigler, Daniel, d. June 15, 1847, aged 73.5.0.
¹Sigler, Daniel*; wife Polly*; son Jacob, d. February 3, 1816, aged 8.7.20.
Sigler, Daniel, d. April 24, 1816, aged 59.7.20; wife Jane, d. February 2, 1832, in 71st year; daughter Eunice, d. November 1, 1818, aged 19 years.
Sigler, Daniel, d. April 24, 1816, aged 59.7.20.
Sigler, Elizabeth, b. December 31, 1837, d. March 27, 1838.
Sigler, Elizabeth (see Joseph Cooper).
Sigler, Eunice, d. November 16, 1885, aged 78.5.18 (on monument with Lydia Sigler).
²Sigler, James, d. December 16, 1825, aged 45.7.7.
Sigler, James, b. August 31, 1842, d. November 23, 1842.
³Sigler, James, d. January 11, 1846, aged 76.8.27; wife Anna*; son Abraham, d. April 2, 1814, aged 0.8.23.
Sigler, Job, d. December 5, 1884, aged 73 years.
Sigler, John, d. August 20, 1834, aged 70.2.6; wife Cynthia, d. January 15, 1860, aged 90.3.23.
Sigler, John D., b. April 27, 1802, d. February 15, 1876; wife Elizabeth Speer, b. December 16, 1805, d. December 27, 1888; daughter Emaline Amelia, b. July 14, 1841; daughter Mary Jane (see Isaac Lyons); son Monroe, b. December 24, 1831, d. October 9, 1855; daughter Sylvina, b. April 21, 1847, d. June 1860; son Ira, b. December 17, 1850, d. September 15, 1869; daughter Matilda, b. May 27, 1855, d. April 8, 1884 (All on one monument).
Siglar, Joseph, d. March 30, 1823, aged 55.4.20.
Sigler, Joseph, b. April 8, 1806, d. November 28, 1860.
Sigler, Leander, b. February 6, 1827, d. November 20, 1842.
Sigler, Lydia, b. August 18, 1816, d. October 2, 1870 (On monument with Eunice Sigler).
Sigler, Mary Jane (see Isaac Lyons).
Sigler, Monroe (see John D. Sigler).
Sigler, Montgomery*; wife Jane*; son Monroe, b. September 13, 1856, d. September 16, 1857; son Alcanzor, b. November 28, 1858, d. August 4, 1870 (on John D. Sigler monument).
Sigler, Moses, d. August 24, 1825, aged 60.2.1; wife Elizabeth, d. November 13, 1833.
Sigler, Moses, b. June 24, 1806, d. Jan 6, 1840.
Sigler, Norman, b. January 2, 1834, d. September 17, 1835.
Sigler, Samuel, b. December 13, 1798, d. May 4, 1834; wife Maria Speer, b. November 18, 1801, d. March 30, 1883.
Sigler, Thomas, d. February 28, 1842, aged 75.3.24.
Sigler, Thomas, b. November 12, 1793, d. February 17, 1868 (Erected by his sister Elizabeth Cooper).
Simonson, Rhoda, b. September 1, 1815, d. March 5, 1879 “Mother”.
Simonson, George*; wife Emaline, d. December 1, 1879, aged 40.8.4.
Simonson, Jesse, “Co. A, 39th N. J. Inf.”
Speer, Elizabeth (see John D. Sigler).
Spear, Jane (see John H.)
⁴Spear (Speer), John H., d. May 5, 1845, aged 58.2.11; wife Mary d. June 20, 1825, aged 37.6.19; daughter Fanny, d. November 18, 1826, aged 8.5.0; daughter Jane d. August 26, 1837, aged 21.4.21.
Speer, John R., d. April 30, 1853, aged 63.3.0; wife Leah, d. November 28, 1846, aged 56.10.25.
Speer, Maria (see Samuel Sigler).
Speer, Rynier, d. December 29, 1825, aged 58.2.18; wife Mary, d. November 12, 1842, aged 74.10.26.
Spear, Samuel, d. October 16, 18500, aged 78.2.24; wife Mary, d. March 21, 1856, aged 79.0.19; son John, d. May 4, 1824, aged 8.8.0.
Stag, James M.*; wife Sarah*; son William Henry, d. March 19, 1831, aged 0.6.15.
Stegman, Lieut. J. H., “Co. C, 47th Ohio Inf.”
Thompson, Nathaniel, d. December 30, 1849, aged 49.5.26.
Thompson, Rev. William, d. September 25, 1846, in 34^th year, “Pastor of the Reformed Dutch Church of this Place.”
Trautman, John Jacob*; wife Ana Maria, d. July 10, 1847, aged 58.10.133
⁵Tyler, Samuel, b. December 18, 1798, d. May 4, 1834.
Vanderlyn, James A., d. March 1, 1845, aged 36.9.21.
6Van Giesen, Cornelius, d. October 23, 1819, aged 67.2.29; wife Sophia, d. January 9, 1848, aged 85.10.15; son Isaac, d. May 20, 1815, aged 22.1.23; son Rynier, d. March 15, 1814, aged 30.1.15.
Van Giesen, Horace*; wife Getty, d. Jan 14, 1843, in 35^th year.
Van Giesen, Isaac (see Cornelius Van Giesen).
Van Giesen, John, d. January 2, 1848, aged 34.6.29.
Van Giesen, Rynier (see Cornelius Van Giesen).
Van Houten, Garret*; wife Mary Garrabrant, d. February 8, 1866, aged 61.7.8.
Van Houten, Rachel (see Elias J. Vreeland).
Van Riper, Leah Maria (see Alfred Cockefair).
Van Winkle, Abraham, b. June 24, 1810, d. January 4, 1887; wife Supriney, b. 811, d. August 18, 1885, aged 74.4.18.
Van Winkle, Abraham*; wife Phebe Jane, b. December 20, 1846, d. July 14, 1880; daughter Ellen Supriney, b. October 11, 1871, d. February 17, 1871.
Van Winkle, Garret J., d. June 12, 1863, aged 63.6.2.
Van Winkle, Henry, d. March 29, 1823, aged 60.2.16; wife Setye, d. December 9, 1846, aged 80.0.21.
Van Winkle, Jacob, d. June 6, 1858, aged 68.0.8.
Van Winkle, James, d. July 5, 1838, aged 78.4.15; wife Margaret, d. January 16, 1847, aged 82.3.20.
Van winkle, James G., b. 1835, d. 1910; wife Hannah J. Cueman, b. 1833, d. 1909, son Garret Henry, d. February 21, 1871, aged 8.6.14.
Van Winkle, Lydia, d. November 29, 1810, d. August 30, 1880.
Van Winkle, Margaret, d. February 5, 1860, aged 58.20.12.
Vreeland, Cornelia J. (see Abraham Garrabrant).
Vreeland, Elias E., d. October 1, 1892, aged 43.6.0; son Frankie, d. aged 8 years (on Elias J. Vreeland monument).
Vreeland, Elias J., d. February 28, 1895, aged 78 years; wife Rachel Van Houten, d. August 18, 1902, in 84^th year (Elias E. Vreeland on same monument. See also Abraham Garrabrant).
Wakeman, Richard*; wife Leah*; son Abraham Sylvester, d. Sept 12, 1835, aged 1.4.5; daughter Jane Lorania, d. July 17, 1845, aged 5.4.19; daughter Sarah Elizabeth, d. October 7, 1848, aged 2.8.3.
Yereance, Laura J. (see Sylvanus Cockefair).
Yorks, Cornelius*; wife Jane, d. June 7, 1829, aged 43.3.17; son Jacob, d. October 22, 1824, aged 1.7.7; daughter Harriet, d. October 17, 1819, aged 1.4.11; daughter Harriet, d. May 1, 1817, aged 0.6.26.

¹ Stone broken, year missing
² Stone not found July 12, 1925
³ Inscription completely scaled off from James Sigler’s stone
⁴ Inscription partly scaled off from Fanny Speer’s stone
⁵ Stone not found July 12, 1925
⁶ Inscription partly scaled off from Isaac’s stone; and completely from Rynier's