c 1762
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The Jan VanAken family begins to use a quarter acre
plot along the road to the Greenkill Ferry as a family ground.
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c 1770
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The VanAken family allow friends and neighbors including
the Freer family to be buried in their family ground.
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06 November 1804
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The Trustees of the Corporation of Kingston deed
to Peter VanAken the quarter acre plot for use as a community "burying yard"
for the residents of Saint Remy for $1. (4/235)
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10 September 1852
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Abraham VanAken and deeds an additional quarter acre
plot adjoining the burying ground to William M. Freer Trustee of the "Greenkill
Burying Ground" for $15. (83/561)
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Additional VanAken lands are added to the burying
ground. It now runs to the top of the hill.
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1892
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The Saint Remy Rural Cemetery Association is formed.
Owners of plots in the "old" section are encouraged to add their lots to the
association's lands and care for a small fee.
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17 May 1938
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The Pokonoie Tribe of Redmen sells 0.83 acres adjoining
the southerly side of the Cemetery and surrounding the Roosa Family Ground
to the Cemetery Association for $800. (595/391)
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30 June 1986
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The Saint Remy Fire District sells about one acre
adjoining the southerly side of the Cemetery to the Cemetery Association for
$1. (1622/188)
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