About Bruynswick Rural Cemetery
Bruynswick Rural Cemetery is a cemetery near Watchtower, Ulster County, New York. It lies about 2.6 mi southwest of Watchtower. The grounds sit at about 338 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 3 notable people buried here, including Cornelius C. Schoonmaker, Jacobus Bruyn and Charles DeWitt Bruyn. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 944988. The nearest other listed cemetery is Watchtower Farms Cemetery, about 1.7 mi to the west. The nearest cremation provider we know of is DeWitt-Martinez Funeral and Cremation Services in Pine Bush, about 5.5 mi away. It is one of 83 cemeteries we list in Ulster County, and 32 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in Ulster County dates to 1845. 10 of the 83 listings in Ulster County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Watchtower. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Bruynswick Rural Cemetery
Among them: 1 US representative.
- Cornelius C. Schoonmaker1745-1796Member of the United States House of Representatives
- Jacobus Bruyn1707-1781American politician
- Charles DeWitt Bruyn1784-1849American politician
People whose Wikidata entry gives Bruynswick Rural 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
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What Bruynswick Rural 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
- Watchtower Farms CemeteryWatchtower, NYChristian cemetery1.7 mi
- Mulford CemeteryWallkill, NYCemetery2.3 mi
- New Hurley CemeteryWallkill, NYCemetery3.8 mi
- Dubois CemeteryNew Paltz, NYCemetery4.9 mi
- New Prospect CemeteryPine Bush, NYChurch cemetery5.7 mi
- Modena Rural CemeteryClintondale, NYCemetery5.8 mi
- Enderly family burying groundNew Paltz, NY · est. 1845Cemetery6.4 mi
- Wallkill Valley CemeteryWalden, NYCemetery6.9 mi
- Howell CemeteryPine Bush, NYCemetery6.9 mi
- Plattekill Valley Community CemeteryPlattekill, NYCemetery7.5 mi
Funeral homes near Bruynswick Rural Cemetery
- DeWitt-Martinez Funeral and Cremation Services5.5 miCremation provider · Pine Bush · (845) 744-2787
- Millspaugh Funeral Directors6.4 miFuneral home · Walden · (845) 778-3200
- Gridley-Horan Funeral Home6.6 miFuneral home · Walden · (845) 778-3811
- William M Gagan Funeral Home6.7 miFuneral home · Pine Bush · (845) 744-6008
- Copeland-Hammerl Funeral Home8.3 miFuneral home · New Paltz · (845) 255-1212
- Overhiser Funeral Home9.0 miFuneral home · Montgomery · (845) 457-3012
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