On Fri, 13 Oct 1995, Richard F. Veit wrote in part:
 
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> Graves in colonial NJ were oriented in practically every imaginable
> direction.  However, the vast majority are aligned east to west.  It is
> commonly thought that the heads  of the deceased were at the east and their
> feet at the west, that way the deceased could sit up looking east at the
> second coming of the Lord.
 
Obviously the people of New Jersey need to have their heads examined!
Puts new meaning into the phrase "eyes in the back of one's head"!
 
Richard Wright