NEW YORK MARBLE CEMETERY WALL TABLETS
The Marble Cemetery has no individual headstones. The north and south portions of the aboveground ashlar walls surrounding the half-acre vault area hold plaques of Tuckahoe marble engraved with the names of the early 19th century vault owners (who in many cases are buried elsewhere) and the vault numbers. The names of the persons buried in the 156 vaults are NOT inscribed anywhere except the written registers. The position of each plaque on the wall indicates the location of each corresponding vault. The walls are deteriorating and many of the family plaques are fallen, broken, or missing. As a rule, the south wall plaques are in better shape than the north wall ones. About a dozen stones are in near-perfect condition. It is known what was probably engraved on each plaque, so some plaques can be “read” that otherwise would be illegible. The stones are listed here in numeric vault order, which is different from their geographic arrangement. Slashes indicate separate lines of engraving. Dashes indicate illegible portions of lines. The V-cut Roman lettering is uniform: the top line(s) is the purchaser’s name, in the center is Vault in large letters, and at the bottom is No followed by the numeral.
In the center of the East Wall is a large, completely illegible marble plaque, which once said “New York Marble Cemetery ~ A Place of Interment for Gentlemen.” The West Wall, which is gone, once held a large Index Stone with the original owners’ names in alphabetical order. The stone fell long ago and cracked into a number of small pieces, two pieces of which can still be clearly read. As the Cemetery is restored, it is hoped that more missing pieces will be found.
1. Illegible 2. /VAULT/ 3. --- HOW/ [Fallen] 4. Missing 5. ----MARSH/ [Fallen] 6. ANTHONY LAMB/VAULT/No 6 [Fallen] 7. DAVID ANDREWS/ VAULT/ No 7 [Very faint] 8. GEORGE BOWEN/ RICHARD B. BROWN/ VAULT/ No 8 [An earlier owner's name has been erased] 9. JOHN MORRRISON/ VAULT/ N-- 10. URIAH SCRIBNER/ VAULT/ No 10 [Excellent] 11. PETER OGILVIE/ VAULT/ No 11 [Excellent] 12. ASA H. CENTER/ VAULT/ No 12 [Excellent] 13. WILLIAM OSBORN/ VAULT/ [Faint] 14. WILLIAM MCINTOSH/ VAULT/ No 14 [Faint] 15. THOMAS LORD/ VAULT/ No 15 16. /VAULT/ No 16 17. ---ROBBINS/VAULT/No 17 [Fallen] 18. Missing 19. DAVID B. OGDEN/ VAULT/ No 19 20. SAMUEL JONES/ VAULT/ No 20 21. ASAPH STONE/ VAULT/ No 21 [Faint] 22. BENJAMIN BAILEY/ VAULT/ No 22 23. JOHN C. MORRISON/ VAULT/ No 23 24. --- MANY/ VAULT/ [Very faint] 25. JAMES KENT/ VAULT/ No 25 26. GEORGE GORDON/ VAULT/ No 26 [Excellent] 27. GEORGE CURTIS/ VAULT/ No 27 [Different carver?] 28. DANIEL FANSHAW/ VAULT/ No 28 29. WILLIAM ---/ VAULT/ [Very faint] 30. GEORGE GRIFFIN/ VAULT/ No 30 [Cracked] 31. DAVID JO---/ VAULT/ No 31 32. CHARLES WARDELL/ BENJAMIN R. ROBSON/ VAULT/ No 32 33. ELISHA PECK/ VAULT/ No 33 [Newer stone] 34. JOHN W. WOOD/ JOHN B. BROWER/ VAULT/ 35. ELISHA RIGGS/ VAULT/ No --- 36. EDWARD BANKER/ VAULT/ No 36 [Fallen] 37. DAVID LEE/ VAULT/ No 37 [Recarved?] 38. PAUL SPOFFORD/ THOMAS TILESTON/ VAULT/ No 38 [Excellent] 39. JOHN W. LEAVITT/ VAULT/ No 39 [Recarved?] 40. JOHN NEILSON/ VAULT/ No 40 [Excellent] 41. RALPH OLMSTED/ VAULT/ No 41 [Excellent] 42. HEMAN AVERILL/ HENRY COIT/ JOSEPH OTIS/ AUGUSTIN AVERILL/ VAULT/ No 42 [Excellent] 43. ROBERT MCJIMSEY/ VAULT/ No 43 [Fallen] 44. BOONEN GRAVES/ [Fallen; cracked] 45. / VAULT/ No 45 46. Missing [Possibly the unidentified fallen stone with an erasure, stacked with 36, 83, & 87] 47. Missing 48. ANDREW C. ZABRISKIE/ VAULT/ No 48 [Reset in wall in position for No. 99] 49. JOHN COOK HALSEY/ VAULT/ No 49 [Newer stone; Halsey Genealogy says 1927] 50. ELIS---/---/---SON/ [Does not say Lucia Grosvenor Williams] 51. No 51/ PERKINS NICHOLS/and/ MRS. SARAH F. CADLE [Smaller stone made after 1880; reset low in wall] 52. DAVID HOSACK/ [Reset low in wall] 53. Illegible 54. Missing 55. SAMUEL M. THOMPSON/VAULT/No 55 [Fallen; cracked in half] 56. / VAULT/ No. 56 57. Missing 58. JOSEPH V. VARICK/ VAULT/ No 58 [An earlier owner's name has been erased] 59. VAULT/No 59 [Fallen; only bottom half is extant] 60. ABIJAH FISHER/ VAULT/ No 60 61. --- ROSE/ ---MASON ROSE/ 62. WILLIAM NEWCOMB/ VAULT/ [Recarved?] 63. HENRY MARVIN/ GILBERT DEVOE/ VAULT/ No 63 [Cracked] 64. --- JUDSON/ 65. PETER VAN ZANDT/ [Very faint] 66. HENRY FANNING/ JOHN STEARNS/ ADOLPHUS LANE/ [Faint] 67. Illegible 68. MOSES H. GRINNELL/ VAULT/ [Very faint] 69. NATHANIEL COGSWELL/ [Fallen; pieces missing; recut in 1910] 70. M--- MONSON/VAULT/No 70 [Fallen; faint] 71. PETER DEMILL/ VAULT/ No 71 [Excellent] 72. JOHN SAMPSON/ SAMUEL TISDALE/ VAULT/ [Faint] 73. --- WILLIAMS/ RICHARD WILLIAMS/ THOMAS WILLIAMS/ [Very faint] 74. Illegible 75. HENRY TROWBRIDGE/ --- COMSTOCK/ 76. THADDEUS PHELPS/ VERDINE ELSWORTH/ VAULT/ 77. DANIEL BOARDMAN/ VAULT/ No 77 [Excellent] 78. Illegible 79. ABRAHAM FARDON/ VAULT/ No 79 80. Illegible 81. JAMES ---/ VAULT/ No --- [Very faint] 82. Missing 83. BENJAMIN WRIGHT/ JAMES WRIGHT/ VAULT/ No 83 [Fallen; broken] 84. Missing 85. Illegible 86. Missing 87. AUGUSTUS WYNKOOP/ VAULT/ [Fallen; broken] 88. Missing 89. AARON CLARK/ VAULT/ No 89 90. Illegible 91. Illegible 92. JAMES MURRAY/ HAMILTON MURRAY/VAULT/ No 92 [Fallen] 93. ---N BUCK/ VAULT/ [Cracked] 94. Missing 95. Missing 96. Illegible 97. WILLIAM GREEN/AP--- / [Fallen] 98. PETER ---/ [Fallen] 99. JOHN --- SHEPARD/ NATHANIEL COSKRYS/ VAULT/ No 99 [Reset in position for No. 48] 100. Illegible 101. --- F. RANDOLPH/ 102. GEORGE D. PHELPS/--- RANDOLPH [Fallen] 103. Missing. Never reset into wall from Dead House façade. 104. ---KERNOCHAN/--- [Fallen; chipped] 105. WILLIAM CRUIK---/ VAULT/ No 105 106. ROBERT CENTER/ SETH GROSVENOR/ VAULT/ No 106 107. ALLISON POST/ VAULT/ 108. Illegible 109. Illegible 110. ---ER-/ VAULT/ 111. Illegible 112. Illegible 113. / VAULT/ 114. PETER VANDERVOORT/ VAULT/No 114 [Fallen] 115. OB---/ [In the wall position for V. 116] 116. /VAULT/ [In the wall position for V. 115] 117. Illegible 118. Illegible 119. ---ALL/ VAULT/ [An earlier owner's name has been erased] 120. GEOR --LASS/ 121. ---RIG--/ [Fallen; broken; lower two-thirds missing] 122. Missing 123. Illegible 124. Illegible 125. Illegible 126. Illegible 127. BENJAMIN DEFOREST/CHARLES DEFOREST/ [Faint] 128. Illegible 129. Illegible 130. Illegible 131. ---GSLEY/ 132. Illegible 133. --- BROWN/VAULT/No 133 [Fallen] 134. Illegible 135. Missing 136. Missing 137. Missing 138. --- GREENWAY/ [Fallen] 139. Missing 140. FR---/VAULT/No 140 [Fallen] 141. Illegible 142. G G AND ---/ [Fallen] 143. Illegible 144. Illegible 145. --- STRONG/ 146. Illegible 147. Illegible 148. Illegible 149. ---M VAN---/ 150. ---ARD-/ 151. Illegible [Fallen] 152. ---N---/ 153. Missing 154. Missing 155. JOHN HAGGERTY/VAULT [Fallen] 156. Illegible [Fallen]
2 Feb 2002
Anne W. Brown