About Beekman Cemetery
Beekman Cemetery is a cemetery near Ten Mile Run, Somerset County, New Jersey. It lies about 1.8 mi southeast of Ten Mile Run. The grounds sit at about 98 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 3 notable people buried here, including Abraham Christopher Beekman, Christopher Beekman and Christopher Columbus Beekman. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1989519. The nearest other listed cemetery is Rocky Hill Cemetery, about 1.6 mi to the south. The nearest funeral home we know of is Hillsborough Funeral Home in Hillsborough, about 4.2 mi away. It is one of 59 cemeteries we list in Somerset County, and 55 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Ten Mile Run. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Beekman Cemetery
Among them: 1 Revolutionary War veteran.
- Abraham Christopher Beekman1787-1877
- Christopher Beekman1733-1829(1730-1829) suffered losses at hands of British
- Christopher Columbus Beekman1774-1860
People whose Wikidata entry gives Beekman Cemetery as their place of burial, ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions cover them. Names link to Wikipedia where an English article exists. Plot locations are not included; ask the cemetery office.
Map
40.42768, -74.63000
What Beekman Cemetery offers
Not available: we have no confirmed information yet about accepting new burials, cremation options, cremation niches, mausoleum, columbarium, chapel, green burial, veterans section, office on site, parking, wheelchair accessible, restrooms. If you work there or know it well, tell us what it offers.
Nearby cemeteries
- Rocky Hill CemeteryTen Mile Run, NJCemetery1.6 mi
- Ten Mile Run CemeteryTen Mile Run, NJCemetery1.8 mi
- Hill CemeteryHillsborough, NJCemetery2.6 mi
- Harlingen Reformed CemeteryHillsborough, NJCemetery3.4 mi
- Kingston Presbyterian CemeteryKingston, NJPresbyterian cemetery3.7 mi
- Unionville CemeteryHillsborough, NJCemetery3.8 mi
- Pleasant Plains CemeteryFranklin Park, NJCemetery3.9 mi
- Blawenburg CemeteryPrinceton, NJCemetery4.0 mi
- Princeton Abbey and CemeteryKingston, NJCemetery4.9 mi
- Princeton Cemetery29 Greenview Avenue, Princeton, NJCemetery5.3 mi
Funeral homes near Beekman Cemetery
- Hillsborough Funeral Home4.2 miFuneral home · Hillsborough · (908) 874-5600
- Kimble Funeral Home5.3 miFuneral home · Princeton · (609) 924-0018
- Star of David Memorial Chapel of Princeton5.4 miFuneral chapel · Princeton · (609) 924-0245
- Mather-Hodge Funeral Home5.4 miFuneral home · Princeton · (609) 924-0242
- Star of David Memorial Chapel of South Brunswick5.5 miFuneral chapel · South Brunswick · (732) 329-0990
- M.J. Murphy Funeral Home5.5 miFuneral home · Monmouth Junction · (732) 329-2000
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