About Trinity Churchyard
Trinity Churchyard is a baptist cemetery near New York City, New York County, New York. Wikidata records 21 notable people buried here, including Alexander Hamilton, William Livingston and John Peter Zenger. The nearest funeral home we know of is Ansu Funeral Home in New York, about 0.7 mi away. It is one of 11 cemeteries we list in New York County, and 112 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in New York County dates to 1869. 4 of the 11 listings in New York County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, New York City. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Trinity Churchyard
Among them: 4 writers, 2 business leaders, 2 Revolutionary War veterans, 1 Civil War veteran, 1 governor, 1 journalist.
- Alexander Hamilton1757-1804American Founding Father and statesman (1755/1757-1804)
- William Livingston1723-1790American politician
- John Peter Zenger1697-1746German printer and journalist in New York City
- Luther Martin1748-1826American politician and leading Anti-Federalist
- George Templeton Strong1820-1875American lawyer and diarist
- John Watts de Peyster1821-1907Author, General, Historian
- Morgan Dix1827-1908American theologian and priest
- Frederic de Peyster1796-1882American lawyer
- John Henry Hobart1775-1830Episcopal Bishop of New York
- Benjamin Moore1748-1816Episcopal bishop of New York
- Michael Cresap1742-1775Continental Army officer
- Anthony Lispenard Bleecker1741-1816United States banker, businessman
Show all 21 notable burials
- Charles McEvers1739-1808
- John Alsop1697-17611697 - 1761
- John Ogilvie1722-1774American Anglican priest
- Margaret Marston Philipse Ogilvie1727-1807(172_-1807)
- Mary Crooke Marston1706-1773
- Mary Watts1749-1820Eldest daughter of William Alexander, Lord Stirling
- Moses Rogers1750-1825American merchant (ca. 1750-1825)
- Robert Livingston Ireland1867-1928American businessman
- Robert Watts1743-1814American businessman
People whose Wikidata entry gives Trinity Churchyard 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
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What Trinity Churchyard 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
- Trinity Church CemeteryNew York City, NYChurch cemetery0.0 mi
- Saint Paul's Church CemeteryNew York City, NYChurch cemetery0.3 mi
- St. Paul's ChurchyardNew York City, NYChristian cemetery0.3 mi
- First Shearith Israel Graveyard59 Saint James Place, New York, NYJewish cemetery0.8 mi
- New York Marble Cemetery41 1/2 2nd Avenue, New York City, NYCemetery1.6 mi
- New York City Marble Cemetery74 East 2nd Street, New York City, NYCemetery1.7 mi
- Second Cemetery of Congregation Shearith IsraelNew York City, NYJewish cemetery2.0 mi
- Third Cemetery of the Spanish and Portuguese SynagogueNew York City, NYJewish cemetery2.5 mi
- Jersey City CemeteryJersey City, NJMunicipal cemetery2.6 mi
- Old Bergen Church CemeteryJersey City, NJChristian cemetery3.1 mi
Funeral homes near Trinity Churchyard
- Ansu Funeral Home0.7 miFuneral home · New York · (646) 838-5182
- Chinese Wah Lai Funeral Home0.8 miFuneral home · New York · (212) 962-2230
- Wah Wing Sang Funeral Home0.8 miFuneral home · New York · (212) 962-0273
- Ng Fook Funeral Service, LLC0.8 miFuneral home · New York City
- Ng Fook Funeral Inc0.8 miFuneral home · New York · (212) 374-1003
- Boe Fook Funeral Services1.2 miFuneral home · New York · (212) 966-0218
Listings from our sister site, Funeral Home Directory USA, sorted by straight-line distance. Call ahead: services, prices and hours are not shown here.
Frequently asked questions
Is Trinity Churchyard a Baptist cemetery?
Our records list a Baptist affiliation, based on the recorded religion of the cemetery. Burial rules for people outside the congregation vary, so ask the cemetery.
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