Upper Burying Ground of Germantown (Partial), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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                       Upper Burying Ground of Germantown 
                              (aka Ax’s Cemetery)
                            East side of Main street
                            above the Concord school 

From (http://files.usgwarchives.net/pa/philadelphia/history/local/hgermtwn01.txt):

The Upper Burying Ground of Germantown, sometimes called Ax's burying
ground, from John Frederick Ax, who had charge of it from 1724 to 1756, is
on the east side of Main street, above the Concord school.  Here are buried
many of the early settlers of Germantown and their descendants.  The oldest
known grave is that of Cornelius Tyson, who died in 1716.  

Also, from "Historic Germantown" (http://www.ushistory.org/germantown/upper/ubury.htm)

".....Here are buried fifty-two known and five unknown soldiers of the Revolution, as well 
as eleven from the War of 1812 and one from the Mexican War. The burying ground was created 
in 1692 and the high front wall was completed in 1724. The burying ground was created from a 
deed by Paul Wulff. It had its own trustees who kept their own records, but didn't actually 
start keeping records until 1761. The burying ground was run by John Frederick Ax from 1724 to 1756."


Name                          Date of Birth       Date of Death       Comments                       Contributor     
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TROUT, HANS GEORG .(george)   about l690 Germany  1745                Son of Johann Heinrich Traut  
                                                                      Deacon of Church of Brethren   
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TROUT, Sarah Jacobs           unknown             before l745         Wife of George Trout  
                                                                      (married at First Presbyterian
                                                                      Church Philadelphia) 
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Last updated: 7/21/2007