Ascension Cemetery The cemetery one-quarter mile north of the Church of the Ascension had been established in the early 1840s. Robert Livingston Pell donated some land on the northern edge, The cemetery figures in many of the deeds because the southern border of the cemetery lies along the division line of lot #11 and lot #12 of the three mile or River lots of the New Paltz Patent, and formed the division between the Russell properties and the Pratt properties. Few of the families which figure in our history are buried there, as most of them lived in New York City and were probably buried there. However, Dr Richard Gordon and his wife are buried in the southeast corner. I was unable to locate any Pell burials. However, there are Beavers and Terpennings. The cemetery is well cared for, but the extreme western section is overgrown, and the ground is covered with pachysandra. The monuments in that section seem much older than those in the eastern half. There are still burials in the cemetery. One interesting row is for seven Sisters or Nuns. I have not been able to locate their convent. One source suggested Vails Gate near Newburgh, a second source suggested Kingston.