Herkimer Family Photos
Herkimer Home Burial Ground
The Herkimer Home Burial Ground, also called the Herkimer Homestead Cemetery, is located near Gen. Nicholas Herkimer's home in Little Falls, NY. Nicholas was buried here as well as his brother, George Herkimer, and George's wife, Alida Schuyler, in addition to other Herkimer relatives. The grave of General Herkimer remained unmarked until 1847, when a grandnephew purchased headstones for him, his first wife, Maria Dygert, and for George and Alida.
The pictures below (unless otherwise noted, were taken during a trip by Sandra Koehler Lee and her family in July 2016. Sandra is a 5th great granddaughter of George Herkimer.
The pictures below (unless otherwise noted, were taken during a trip by Sandra Koehler Lee and her family in July 2016. Sandra is a 5th great granddaughter of George Herkimer.
Photos of others buried in the Herkimer Burial Ground can be found here. I'm not sure if or how they are related to the Herkimers.
Gen. Nicholas' Home in Little Falls, NY
Fort Herkimer Church and Cemetery
Fort Herkimer Church in German Flatts, Herkimer, New York was the site of the original fort Herkimer and stone house built by Johan Jost Herkimer, father of Gen. Nicholas Herkimer. Nicholas Herkimer and his brother George (my direct ancestor) were born here. Several of my relatives including, including my ancestor Johan Jost Herkimer (father of general Nicholas Herkimer and George Herkimer etc.) are buried in the cemetery. I was able to visit the cemetery and grounds on July 7, 2016 and took the series of photos below. The Observer-Dispatch took some great photos of the church in 2015, which can be seen here.
There is some question as to whether the parents of Nicholas and George Herkimer, Johann Jost Herkimer and Catherine Petrie, are buried here I've found the following sources that show they were.
There is some question as to whether the parents of Nicholas and George Herkimer, Johann Jost Herkimer and Catherine Petrie, are buried here I've found the following sources that show they were.
- In Incidents in the Lives of Some of the Early Settlers of the Mohawk Valley, by Charles Bell, on page 407, it says, "On the north side of the church, you will find two graves marked with wreaths, the resting place of the parents of General Nicholas Herkimer." The markers located on the North side of the church (see photo below) must have replaced the wreaths mentioned by Charles Bell.
- The Mohawk Valley Herkimers & Allied Families, by Hazel Patrick, Jane Spellman & William Watkins, on pages 144-5, says, "The Dutch Reformed Church of German Flatts (Fort Herkimer Church), built in, or before 1767, the 2nd oldest church structure in NYS and the oldest building Herkimer Co., still stands a few hundred yards east. The burying ground surrounding it is the resting place of Johan Jost & many of his descendants."
- A cenotaph on the south side of the Fort Herkimer church says: "This cenotaph was erected as a memorial to the Herckhimer Family, by Eliza M. Fox, who was a relative of Gen. Herckhimer. The Herchhimer Family to whose memory this stone was erected are interred at the North side of the Fort Herkimer Church."