Two De Kay Family Burying Grounds
Town of Vernon
Sussex County
New Jersey
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The first of the Two De Kay Family Burying Grounds is located midway between the Reid Creamery and the De Kay depot of the Lehigh and Hudson Railroad, and on the north side of the Highway. The second is located on the north side of the railroad about a mile northeast of the depot, on the Ely Estate. Both are located in the Town of Vernon, Sussex County, New Jersey
The asterisk (*) indicates that no stone was found for the individual so designated, his name and relationship appearing on the stone of a member of his family.
DE KAY PLOT NO. 1
- DE KAY, Capt. George, died Nov. 26, 1757, age 29 yrs.
- DE KAY, Thomas, Esq., died Mar. 16, 1830, age 71 yrs.; wife Hannah, died Mar. or May, 1848, age 85 yrs. 3 mos. 2 days.
- DE KAY, Thomas, died Jan. 17, 1758, age 60 yrs. 11 mos.; wife Christian, died Sept. 6, 1784, age 77 yrs. 7 mos. 4 days.
- DE KAY, Major Thomas B., died Sept. 3, 1863, age 71 yrs. 6 mos. 8 days; 1st wife Clarissa, died Feb. 15, 1828, age 30 yrs. 9 mos. 18 days; 2nd wife Sarah Eliza Cowdrey, born Aug. 5, 1810, died Apr. 28, 1890, age 79 yrs. 8 mos. 23 days; dau. Christina, died Sept. 6, 1866, age 23 yrs. 4 mos. 6 days; son William T., died Sept. 4, 1846, age 8 yrs. 3 mos.; dau. Sarah A., died Apr. 30, 1835, age 2 yrs. 11 mos. 4 days; dau. Emma C., died May 21, 1835, age 1 yr. 3 mos. 22 days; son Willie C., born Aug. 9, 1847, died Feb. 4, 1853; dau. Julia M., died Mar. 8, 1861, age 6 yrs. 6 mos. 17 days.
- DE KAY, Thomas S.*; wife Elizabeth, died Jan. 31, 1850, age 32 yrs. 5 mos. 8 days; dau. Georgianna, died Jan. 7, 1847, age 8 yrs.; dau. Elizabeth, died Apr. 17, 1851, age 1 yr. 2 mos. 21 days; infant son.
- DE KAY, William, died Aug. 31, 1825, age 39 yrs. 9 mos. 17 days.
- MCCAMLY, Henry W.*; wife Catherine J.*; infant dau., died Dec. 12, 1835, age 3 days. 6 hrs.
- WELLING, Alanson A., died Aug. 18, 1842, age 36 yrs. 11 mos. 5 days.
- WELLING, Charles, died Apr. 16, 1830, age 45 yrs. 11 mos. 16 days; wife Mary, died Feb. 8, 1848, age 59 yrs. 10 mos. 25 days.
- WELLING, Henry; son Ross, died Feb. 7, 1843, age 16 yrs.
- WELLING, Thomas, died Nov. 23, 1829, age 22 yrs. 2 mos.
DE KAY PLOT NO. 2
- DE KAY, Edwin, died Mar. 18, 1813, age 6 mos. 18 days.
- DE KAY, Mary Reynolds (see William W. De Kay).
- DE KAY, Capt. Thomas, died May 8, 1818, age 57 yrs. 1 mo. 8 days; wife Hester, died Apr. 10, 1836, age 65 yrs. 6 mos. 28 days; dau. Sarah M. (see Van Houten).
- DE KAY, William W., died Feb. 26, 1806, age 69 yrs. 8 mos. 6 days; wife Mary, died Sept. 28, 1807, age 71 yrs. 2 mos. 12 days; dau. Mary Reynolds, died Feb. 15, 1831, age 64 yrs. 4 mos. 12 days.
- VAN HOUTEN, ----; wife Sarah M. (dau. of Capt. Thomas and Hester De Kay), died May 18, 1838, age 43 yrs. 8 mos. 9 days.
