Van Nest – Weston Burying Ground
The Van Nest - Weston Burying Ground is in Hillsborough Township, New Jersey on the border with Manville. It is also referred to as the Van Nest Burying Ground and the Frelinghuysen Burying Ground. The cemetery is located on Millstone River Road (County Route 533) and the corner of Schmidt Street. It resides on the edge of Kupper Airport (Central Jersey Regional Airport). On the opposite side of the Millstone River and slightly north is the Davis Burial Ground in Zarephath, New Jersey. It has a similar brick wall surrounding the cemetery and dates from the same era. Van Nest - Weston Burying Ground was surveyed in 1912 by E. Gertrude Nevius of East Millstone and was published in the Somerset County Historical Quarterly. Between 1912 and 2008 there are 42 identifiable burials.
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