Ashbrook's Burial Ground

On a high bank along Timber Creek stood the Indian village of Armewamex in 1626. In 1730 John Ashbrook reserved in his will “one whole acre where the burying place now is for the use of the neighborhood,” making it the oldest known public burial ground in Camden County. On the night of Oct. 22-23, 1777, Colonel Von Donop’s Hessian Brigade camped on this hillside following the battle of Fort Mercer. Those interred here and their families include John Ashbrook, first settler, assemblyman, “Ye High Sherife,” and freeholder; Isaiah Marble, militiaman, Revolutionary War captain, War of 1812 captain, and “Ye collector of taxes”; William Zane, Esq., president of the township committee, presiding officer of the board of freeholders, and justice; and forty to fifty Hessian soldiers who died of wounds from the battle of Fort Mercer, their names known only to God.

Glendora, New Jersey · United States