February 10, 2008 Historic Moment

DID YOU KNOW... Our first pastor, the Reverend Rysdyck, died while preparing his sermon on November 20, 1790. He was survived by his wife and six children. He was buried under the pulpit of the original New Hackensack Reformed Church according to Dutch practice at that time. When the original church was taken down and replaced in 1835, the remains of Reverend Rysdyck were removed to our cemetery and placed in what is known as the Pastor's Plot. The inscription and name on the headstone are still readable today.