Ashbrook’s Burial Ground

Ashbrook's Burial Ground
Station Ave. and Melvin Ave.
Map / Directions to the Ashbrook Burial Ground

The Ashbrook Burial Ground is Camden County's oldest known public burial ground. It takes its name from John Ashbrook, who is believed to be the area's first settler. The stone shown above left states that In 1730, John Ashbrook willed "one whole acre where the burying place now is for the use of the neighborhood."

After the Battle of Red Bank, on October 22, 1777, Colonel von Donop's Hessian Brigade stopped in this area briefly, after retreating over the nearby Clement's Road Bridge. They then continued their retreat to Haddonfield. Approximately 40 to 50 Hessian soldiers who died from wounds suffered at the Battle are buried here in unmarked graves.

There is also one American Revolutionary War soldier buried here, Captain Isaiah Marple (1750 - 1817), of the New Jersey Militia. He also later served in the War of 1812. [1]