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From: Michelle <>
Subject: Re: Fwd: [NJHUNTER] German church in Alexandria TWP
Date: Sat, 21 Aug 1999 11:46:57 -0400


Pam Bush wrote:
>
> Sandy,
> This church is very much alive with a new roof and new addition within the
> last year. It is the Alexandria Presbyterian Church, formerly the
> Presbyterian Church of Mount Pleasant, on Route 519 across from the
> Alexandria Cemetery. The church is actually in Holland Twp but the cemetery
> is in Alexandria. The early church records were microfilmed by the LDS and
> are available for loan at your nearest family history center.
> in Snell, pp. 426-27 for Holland Township you will see its history,
> starting before 1760 as the "Dutch and English Presbyterian Church and
> Congregation of Alexandria." It served two congregations under one roof,
> German speaking and English speaking. In 1802 the German congregation
> through their pastor, requested that they be transferred from the German
> Reformed Synod in Philadelphia to the care of the Presbytery of New
> Brunswick, and the two branches were united into one congregation. Many of
> the German parishioners are buried across the street in the cemetery. Some
> of the German parishioners, with surnames like Eckel and Ulmer, became
> Presbyterian trustees and elders in the church.
> Pam Bush
~SNIP~

Do you know if the cemetery records are filmed as well?

-- Michelle Tucker
Carteret, NJ
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