Mary Bonsall

1753–1842 (age 89)

Photograph of Mary Bonsall

Biography

Mary Bonsall was born in 1753 and witnessed the upheavals of the colonial era, the Revolutionary War, and the birth of the republic. Her long life meant she could offer steady companionship to neighbors at St. Mark's Church in-the-Bowery as the city matured around her.

She passed in 1842 and was laid to rest in the churchyard that holds so many of her contemporaries, abiding evidence of the generations that formed New York's civic and spiritual foundation.

Also buried at St. Mark's Church in-the-Bowery Churchyard

Ogden Hoffman
1793–1856 (age 63)
St. Mark's Church in-the-Bowery Churchyard
Ogden Hoffman was a New York City lawyer and judge during the early 19th century.
Peter Gerard Stuyvesant
1778–1847 (age 69)
St. Mark's Church in-the-Bowery Churchyard
Peter Gerard Stuyvesant (1778-1847) was a New York City merchant and descendant of Dutch colonial leaders.
Josiah Ogden Hoffman
1766–1837 (age 71)
St. Mark's Church in-the-Bowery Churchyard
Josiah Ogden Hoffman (1766-1837) was a Newark-based lawyer and New York state attorney general.
Philip Hone
1780–1851 (age 71)
St. Mark's Church in-the-Bowery Churchyard
Philip Hone was a New York City merchant, philanthropist, and mayor of New York City.
Hannah Tompkins
1781–1829 (age 48)
St. Mark's Church in-the-Bowery Churchyard
Hannah Tompkins (1781-1829) of New York City, who served as the first lady of New York and was married to Vice President...
Cornelius Schermerhorn
1756–1826 (age 70)
St. Mark's Church in-the-Bowery Churchyard
Cornelius Schermerhorn was a person who lived from 1756 to 1826.