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THE BRONX TIMES REPORTER V.I.M.
St. Peter’s Episcopal Church’s churchyard is directly adjacent to the land some believe contains
more unmarked graves from an old Quaker cemetery. Schneps Media / Patrick Rocchio
Grave concerns continue
over proposed housing site
BY PATRICK ROCCHIO
Grave concerns have arisen at a
proposed affordable housing development
site.
A descendent of one of the founding
families of the Bronx has written
to the Episcopal Bishop of New York
expressing his concern that his greatgreat
grandmother and other ancestors
may be buried in vacant parcel of
land next to St. Peter’s Church’s cemetery
in Westchester Square.
The church wants to lease the
property to a private developer who
intends to build an 11-story affordable
housing complex on the parcel.
John Arnow, whose family name is
memorialized on Arnow Avenue and
once owned Arnow Mansion on Williamsbridge
Road, has located documents
that may contain a list of individuals
interred at the site along
with a hand-drawn map of the Quaker
Burial Ground.
These recently found papers purportedly
prove that there were indeed
interments at Quaker/Fox Cemetery
that fall within the planned development’s
footprint.
Arnow’s documents provide a comprehensive
list of scores of burials,
and a map that appears to show the
burial area for two different Quaker
meeting houses that once used the
property.
However, the documents do not
identify the exact locations of the
burial sites, said Arnow.
Arnow said he is requesting DNA
testing on all remains found at the location,
adjacent to St. Peter’s Church
churchyard at 2500 Westchester Avenue,
during the excavation.
In a letter sent to the Right Reverend
Andrew ML Dietsche, of the Episcopal
Diocese of New York, Arnow
states that while it would be great
for the church to develop the land if
it were vacant, his genealogical research
indicates otherwise.
“The future plans to lease the
Quaker/Fox Burial Plot south of
St. Peter’s Church for a large construction
project, is based on the assumption,
the ‘hope’ that there are
no bodies buried in the Quaker/Fox
Cemetery,” stated Arnow, adding
“However, this assumption, that the
Quaker/Fox Cemetery land is vacant,
is a false assumption and the enclosed
copies of documents and records that
I am providing you prove so.”
As previously reported in the
Bronx Times, according to the parish,
tests on the ground known to the
community as ‘lot 6’ were conducted
and indicated that there were no bodies
buried there.
A spokesman for the Episcopal Diocese,
Nicholas Richardson, said it
plans to review Arnow’s documents
but couldn’t offer more comment without
further investigation.
He said that the Episcopal Church
wouldn’t develop the land if it is determined
to be a cemetery.
He also said that the bishop would
have to sign off on any projects undertaken
by its parishes.
St. Peter’s Church developed the
housing proposal at the parish level.
Richardson confi rmed that the
parish has received Arnow’s letter
and his supporting documents.
Jason Labate, the parish lawyer,
released a statement on the latest
news:
“St. Peter’s takes its responsibility
as the steward of its cemetery and
surrounding land very seriously,” it
read. “The bishop has forwarded Mr.
Arnow’s documents to the parish.
Continued on page 76
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