Old Upper Springfield Friends Burying Ground
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Upper Springfield Meetinghouse | |
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| Nearest city | Wrightstown, New Jersey |
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| Built | 1727 |
| NRHP reference No. | 79001479[1] |
| Added to NRHP | August 24, 1979 |
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Old Upper Springfield Friends Burying Ground is a cemetery located in Springfield Township and Wrightstown, in Burlington County, New Jersey, United States.
The cemetery and the accompanying meeting house were placed on both the New Jersey (state ID # 875) and the National Register of Historic Places (Reference # 79001479) in 1979.[2]
Notable burials
[edit | edit source]- Thomas Newbold (1760-1823), represented New Jersey in the United States House of Representatives from 1807 to 1813.[3]
- George Sykes (1802-1880), represented New Jersey's 2nd congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1843 to 1845, and was reelected in 1845 to fill a vacancy, serving until 1847.[4]
See also
[edit | edit source]References
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- ^ New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places Archived 2011-06-04 at the Wayback Machine, New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection - Historic Preservation Office, updated August 6, 2007. Accessed August 25, 2007.
- ^ Thomas newbold, Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Accessed August 26, 2007.
- ^ George Sykes, Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Accessed October 4, 2023.
External links
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Categories:
- Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in New Jersey
- Cemeteries in Burlington County, New Jersey
- Cemeteries on the National Register of Historic Places in New Jersey
- National Register of Historic Places in Burlington County, New Jersey
- Springfield Township, Burlington County, New Jersey
- Wrightstown, New Jersey
- 1727 establishments in New Jersey
- Pre-statehood history of New Jersey
- Cemeteries established in the 1720s