The Mary Ellis grave is an 1828 gravestone located in the parking lot of a Loew's movie theatre in New Brunswick, New Jersey.
After Mary Ellis's burial, the family home and property eventually became the site for the Great Eastern Discount Department Store and, after that went out of business in the early-to-mid-1970s, the Route 1 Flea Market. Currently, and since about the late 1990s, the site contains an AMC Theater.
The grave remained in what became a parking lot for many businesses. It rests about seven feet (2.1 m) above the level of the parking lot ever since the site was re-graded for development.
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Burials
Death order
- Mildred Moody (1746-1816) who married Thomas M. Evans
- Thomas M. Evans (1790-1820)
- Mary Ellis (1750-1828)
- Margaret Ellis (1767-1850) who married Anthony Walton White (1750-1803) General of the United States Army
- Eliza Mary White (1792-1861) who married Thomas M. Evans
- Elizabeth Margaret Evans (1813-1898)
- Isabelle Johanna Evans (1815-1901)
Birth order
- Mildred Moody (1746-1816) who married Thomas M. Evans
- Mary Ellis (1750-1828)
- Margaret Ellis (1767-1850) who married Anthony Walton White (1750-1803) General of the United States Army
- Thomas M. Evans (1790-1820)
- Eliza Mary White (1792-1861) who married Thomas M. Evans
- Elizabeth Margaret Evans (1813-1898)
- Isabelle Johanna Evans (1815-1901)
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Mary Ellis
Mary Ellis (1750-1828) was a spinster in New Brunswick, New Jersey. According to oral tradition, she was seduced by a sea captain who vowed to return to marry her. He never returned and she would come to the spot where her grave now stands, each day, to look for his ship in the Raritan River in New Brunswick.
Her story has been suggested as the inspiration for the 1972 pop song "Brandy (You're a Fine Girl)". The lyrics tell of Brandy, a barmaid in a port town. She wins the admiration of many of the sailors, but cannot return their feelings -- the love of her life was unwilling to abandon his true love, the sea.
References
External links
- Loew's Cemetery at Findagrave.
- Mary Ellis at Findagrave.
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