"Old Cemetery", also sometimes referred to as "Old Raritan Cemetery" or the "Bridge Street Cemetery", is located at the intersection of South Bridge Street and 5th Street. It is distinct from the Old Dutch Parsonage Cemetery, located at Washington Place and South Middaugh Street, founded in 1751.[1] Old Cemetery traces its founding to about 1813, when John Whitenack purchased 1 acre (4,000 m2) of land on Bridge Street for a burying ground on behalf of the First Dutch Church of Raritan. The earliest burial is allegedly William Hartwick's child.The earliest burials were near the front of the cemetery on Bridge Street, and are quite close to the wall. Many of the earliest names belong to the Dutch settlers of the area: Freylingheysen, Hardenburgh, and Voorhees. In 1847, John C. Garretson agreed to donate about 1 acre (4,000 m2) of land around the cemetery's edges. Gradually, additional land was purchased, until the cemetery had 3 to 4 acres (12,000 to 16,000 m2- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somerville_Cemetery,_Somerville