Hopper Family Burial Ground, Glen Rock, NJ
The Cemetery is located in Glen Rock, New Jersey, off of Spotswood Road and next to the play field behind the Coleman School.
The gravestone inscriptions were recorded by the Glen Rock Historical Society and transcribed by Richard F. Hahn of the Genealogical Society of Bergen County (GSBC). Original transcription materials are held by the GSBC in the Bolger Heritage Center, Ridgewood Public Library.
The following table lists the facts recorded on the tomb stones when they were still readable in an earlier time. It contains the following surnames: HOPPER, DEMAREST, VAN EMBURGH, SPEAR, COURTER, GOETSCHIUS, ACKERMAN, WESTERVELT, LYDECKER, WILLIAMS, VOORHIS, and VAN WAGNER.
| Name | Date of Death | Age at Death | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anne Hopper | Feb 2, 1839 | 88y, 3m, 27d | |
| Jacob Demarest | Dec 22, 1832 | 11y, 3m | Son of James & Ann Demarest |
| Peter Hopper | Aug 28, 1818 | 73y, 6m, 26d | |
| John VanEmburgh | July 13, 1852 | 28y | Son of James J. and Anna Demarest |
| Maria Hopper | Mar 30, 1851 | 4y, 6m, 13d | Daughter of Garret H and Eliza Hopper |
| Theunis Hopper | July 29, 1854 | 4y | Child of Garret H. And Eliza Hopper |
| Eliza Spear | Mar 5, 1897 | born Feb 7, 1814 | Wife of Garret H. Hopper |
| James J. Demarest | Aug 6, 1849 | 56y, 7m, 2d | |
| Henry J. Hopper | Feb 5, 1849 | 42y, 1m, 22d | |
| Sophia Courter | Mar 4, 1860 | 84y, 6m, 16d | wife of Aaron Courter |
| Aaron Courter | Feb 28, 1862 | 85y, 2m, 5d | |
| Caroline Hopper | Oct 25, 1897 | 78y, 1m, 28d | |
| Maria Goetschius | June 15, 1889 | 79y, 2m, 12d | wife of Abraham H. Hopper |
| Garret H. Hopper | Jan 10, 1870 | 60y, 1m, 8d | |
| Peter Hopper | Mar 3, 1879 | 73y, 4m | |
| Ann Hopper | Dec 27, 1888 | 74y, 7m, 17d | |
| Henry G. Hopper | June 22, 1859 | 24y, 3m, 13d | |
| Dorcas Ackerman | Aug 11, 1866 | 92y, 11m | wife of Garret P. Hopper |
| John A. Hopper | May 25, 1863 | 22y, 6m, 14d | Civil War casualty |
| Henry P. Hopper | Mar 28, 1870 | 85y, 11m | |
| Abraham Hopper | Mar 20, 1856 | 48y, 6m | |
| Elizabeth Ann Hopper | Mar 10, 1868 | 19y, 7m, 17d | |
| Garret J. Hopper | Sep 12, 1876 | 55y, 1m, 23d | |
| Eliza Westervelt | Oct 22, 1894 | 68y, 8m, 22d | wife of Garret J. Hopper |
| Garret P. Hopper | May 12, 1852 | 82y, 3m, 13d | |
| Albert J. Hopper | Nov 5, 1818 | 38y, 11m, 28d | |
| Elizabeth Ackerman | Jan 17, 1864 | 87y, 1m, 8d | wife of Henry P. Hopper |
| Jacob Demarest | Apr 23, 1829 | 65y, 8m, 27d | |
| John J. Lydecker | Aug 14, 1846 | 52y, 10m, 4d | |
| Sarah M. Hopper | June 2, 1819 | 30y, 12m, 12d | Wife of James Williams |
| John H. Hopper | Aug 7, 1859 | 71y, 2m, 7d | |
| Mary Voorhis | Apr 7, 1870 | 84y, 1m, 20d | wife of John H. Hopper |
| Clarence Williams | July 19, 1873 | 2 months | Son of James and Sarah Williams |
| Baby | May 4. 1828 | 2 months | Son of Garrett and Jemime VanWagoner |
| Catherine Hopper | Aug 9, 1838 | 40y, 11m, 12d | wife of John J. Lydecker |
| Kacia Demarest | Aug 4, 1849 | 76y, 3m, 27d | |
| Ann VanEmburgh | Apr 19, 1833 | 35y, 10m, 14d | wife of James Demarest |
