About Christ Church Cemetery
Christ Church Cemetery is a church cemetery near Manhasset, Nassau County, New York. The grounds sit at about 141 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 8 notable people buried here, including John Hay Whitney, Sandra Helen Payson and Benjamin Kissam. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 2501696. The nearest other listed cemetery is Manhasset Friends Meeting House Cemetery, about 0.2 mi to the east. The nearest funeral chapel we know of is Fairchild Sons Funeral Chapel in Manhasset, about 0.4 mi away. It is one of 92 cemeteries we list in Nassau County, and 87 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in Nassau County dates to 1658. 7 of the 92 listings in Nassau County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Manhasset. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Christ Church Cemetery
Among them: 1 business leader, 1 physician, 1 World War II veteran.
- John Hay Whitney1904-1982American diplomat, publisher, aviator
- Sandra Helen Payson1926-2004American arts patron
- Benjamin Kissam1753-1808
- Daniel Whitehead Kissam Jr.1792-1835American physician
- John Kissam1748-1828American farmer and militiaman
- Joseph Kissam, II1731-1815
- Josephine Boyer1887-1972Interior decorator
- Theodorus van Wyck1668-1753
People whose Wikidata entry gives Christ Church 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
40.79362, -73.69687
What Christ Church 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
- Manhasset Friends Meeting House CemeteryManhasset, NY · est. 1730Quaker cemetery0.2 mi
- Lakeville A.M.E. Zionist Church CemeteryLake Success, NY · est. 1820Church cemetery1.4 mi
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- Nassau Knolls CemeteryPort Washington, NYCemetery2.1 mi
- All Saints CemeteryKings Point, NYCemetery2.3 mi
- Monfort CemeteryBaxter Estates, NY · est. 1737Christian cemetery2.7 mi
- Hempstead Harbor Burying Ground124 Hillcrest Avenue, Roslyn, NYCemetery2.7 mi
- Methodist CemeterySearingtown, NYMethodist cemetery2.8 mi
- Zion Episcopal CemeteryUniversity Gardens, NYEpiscopal cemetery3.1 mi
- Free Church CemeteryBaxter Estates, NYChristian cemetery3.2 mi
Funeral homes near Christ Church Cemetery
- Fairchild Sons Funeral Chapel0.4 miFuneral chapel · Manhasset · (516) 627-2000
- Sinai Chapels1.5 miFuneral home · Great Neck · (516) 487-9769
- Riverside-nassau North Chapels1.5 miFuneral home · Great Neck · (516) 487-9600
- Shastone Memorials2.2 miMonument dealer · Great Neck · (516) 487-4600
- Roslyn Heights Funeral Home2.3 miFuneral home · Roslyn Heights · (516) 621-4545
- North Shore Chapel & Graveside Services2.3 miFuneral home · Roslyn Heights · (516) 621-8832
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