History of Long Island : from its earliest settlement to the present time /

Introduction

PON the writer of this has devolved the task of editing the present or second volume of the "History of Long Island." While overseeing and aiding in all, his principal labor has been that connected with the history of his native county of Suffolk. In this field it has been his chief desire and plan not to follow and repeat former histories, but to add as much new material as possible, and the reader must judge as to the degree of success which has crowned his effort.

It is painful to reflect that of the very limited editions of Hon. Silas Wood's "Sketch of the Early Settlements of Long Island," a large part were never sold, and that its honored author never realized sufficient to recompense him for the expenses of printing. Almost the same may be said of Benjamin F. Thompson's "History," for the profits of that masterly work never yielded a reward at all proportionate to the time and labor expended in its production. These works are now so dispersed as to be difficult of access. In view of these facts the publishers of the present work are to be highly commended for their enterprise, and the writer has taken a genuine interest in aiding them in their work.

Since the publication of the histories above referred to, a marked change in public sentiment has taken place. There was never a time when the general interest in Historical and Genealogical information was so deep as at present, and a book is valued in proportion as it abounds in facts adding to the store of present knowledge. Another consideration which presents itself is the fact that the greatly increased advantages for education, as afforded by Academies and their successors, the Union Schools, have produced a vastly increased number of intelligent readers able to fully appreciate the labor and importance of historical research.

Among the new material contained in this volume may be mentioned the very extended accounts of the Patentship of Moriches and of all the region on the south side of Long Island from East Hampton to the former Queens County. The early land grants for these necks of land, now valuable and rapidly increasing in value, are given in detail, with their subsequent sales and transfers. The account of Humphrey Avery 's Lottery is a most interesting episode in the history of one of the most flourishing villages in Suffolk County, and is very characteristic of the former days.

In one respect it would seem as if recent historical research came too late. Long and very expensive law suits have been the result of a too limited knowledge of the prin-

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INTRODUCTION.

ciples upon which all the towns in Suffolk County were founded. The publication of the Town Records shows that, in the beginning, all the lands were purchased by a few persons who were, in the fullest extent, the town, and were the sole owners of the lands they had purchased and paid for. All other persons who settled in the towns were not owners, but simply neighbors, and had no share in the undivided lands unless they purchased such a part. So long as any lands of any importance (in the eyes of the first settlers) still remained undivided, the lists of the Proprietors and the rights they possessed were preserved with minute care and accuracy. But, after the lands were divided, this was no longer done, and, at the present time, although there is a large amount of property of great present and prospective value, which in reality belongs to the descendants and successors of the original Proprietors, yet it is now utterly impossible to tell who they are.

The origin and growth of the newspaper press in Suffolk County has been fully given. The pioneer newspaper, founded by Frothingham in 17!tl, is now represented by twenty-five papers, and the number seems likely to increase, while far the largest number are well supported. The Bibliography of the County is a most interesting and valuable addition to our knowledge on that subject.

Among those to whom especial thanks are due for valuable assistance in this work a very prominent place must be given to Mr. William Wallace Tooker, of Sag Harbor, whose learned researches in regard to the Indian language have given his name a well deserved prominence. To him also we are indebted for most of the information concerning the early newspapers and books issued in the early days.

To Mr. Orville B. Ackerley, for many years Clerk of Suffolk County, we owe many thanks for free permission to examine his volumes of copies of ancient deeds and documents which he has been collecting for long years, furnishing material that cannot be found elsewhere.

Mr. Nat C. Foster, of Riverhead, has been long identified with the Agricultural Society and the Historical Society of Suffolk County. This work has been greatly benefited by his contributions, and he well deserves the thanks of all sons of Suffolk County.

The writings of Rev. Dr. Epher Whitaker, a valuable mass of historical matter, have been freely drawn upon, with the permission of that eminently scholarly writer.

The earlier chapters of this volume, including those pertaining to the present Nassau County, and the chapter of War history, are from the pen of Captain F. Y. Hedley, of the editorial staff, a most capable writer, with whom the association of the writer has been most harmonious. The chapter on Catholic Church history is from a contribution by Marc F. Vallette, LL. D. , President of the Brooklyn Catholic Historical Society, and a writer of acknowledged credibility.

William S. Pelletreau.

Southampton, Long Island, January 11, 1903.

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"Come ye who have gone forth from this fair Isle,

To win friends, fortune, fame — in other climes- Back to your early haunts and homes awhile, Unroll with us the records of old times ; Call to the fresh young hours now fleeting fast, 'Ho, hurrying train, what of the dim old Past?'

"What of the dim old Past? Why seek to stay

The rushing Present, with such bootless quest? Ask the gray gravestones crumbling in decay,

Who sleep beneath, in deep and dreamless rest ? Ask tireless ocean, booming on the shore, Who trod these wave-washed sands in days of yore?

"WTho trod these wave-washed sands? High hearts of old! Strong men of giant minds, and stalwart mould, By goading wrongs to. daring deeds impelled,

Patient of toil — in danger calm and bold- Wise, wary, watchful, weighing all things well, Men whose stern will oppression could not quell.

"'Neath these gray stones, who sleep in dreamless rest? Men faithful, fervent, eloquent, sincere,

Names loved and lispt in childhood's earnest tones- Names breathed in prayer from altars and hearthstones."

(Written in 18W, by Miss Cornelia Huntington, and sung at the two hundredth celebration of the settlement of the town of East Hampton.)

Chapter I

Eastern Long Island — Its Physical Characteristics — Notable Landmarks and Points of Interest — Ancient Windmills — Stories of Shipwreck and Piracy — Light Houses and Life Saving Stations — Shipbuilding in Olden Times — Old Time Shipbuilders and Sailors — Modern Yachting 1

Chapter XVIII

In Times of War— Early Militia Organizations— Dawn of the Revolution — Preparing for the Fray- Suffolk County Troops in the Battle of Brooklyn — The British Occupation — The War of 1812 — The Civil War — The Spanish-American War

Index

Aboriginal Remains. — 157; in Southampton, 312. Agricultural Societies. — Queens-Nassau, 77; officers

of, 81; of Suffolk County, ,389. Amagansett. — 873.

Amityville.— 196.

Andros, Governor. — Grant from, 293.

Aqu> bogue.— 400.

Art Gallery, Southampton. — 309.

Babylon. — Descriptive, 189; Land Titles, 190; Early Homes, 193; Churches. 195; Villages, 196.

Babylon, Village of. — 251; Newspaper, 509.

Baptist Church. — At Oyster Bay, 138; in Suffolk county, 162; at Babylon, 195; at Patchogue, 278; at Greenport, 428.

Bayles, James M. — Shipbuilder, 45.

Bayles, Richard M. — 509; 522.

Bayswater Yacht Club. -108.

Beecht-r, Rev. Lyman. — 363; his successors, 364;

printed Sermons, 514.

Bethpage.— 154.

Bibliography. — 511.

Bible Societies.— The Long Island, 62; the Suffolk

County, 163.

Birds of Long Island. — 19.

Blydenburgh, Isaac— 217.

Bowne, John.— 67.

Bradford, William.— At Oyster Bay, 131. Brewster, Nathaniel.— 270.

Bridge Hampton— 322.

Brookhaven. — Early local laws, 53; Land controversies, 217; Descriptive, 252; Early settlers, 253; Deeds and grants, 256; Diagram, 258; Land division by Richard Smith and Matthew Howell, 261; Diagram of Mastic lands, 264; Abstracts of dt-eds, 267; Winthrop patent, 268; Early churches, 270; Setauket, 271 ; Stony Brook, 273 ; Fort Jefferson, 274 ; Patchogue, 276: Moriches, 279.

Bryant, William Cullen. — Home at Cedarmere, 114; Bryant Circulating Library, 116.

Buel, Rev. Samuel. — 362; his sucessors, 363; in Revolutionary War, 484; sermons of, 516.

Burgess, Bishop. — 101.

Burling, Walter R.— 510, 528.

Cammann, Edward C. — 105.

Canoe Place Division. — 334.

Carpenter, Joseph. — 150; builds a mill, 151.

Carll, Jesse. — Shipbuilder, 45.

Cauldwell, Mrs. M. B.-312.

Churches.— The Primitive, 59; at Huntington, 183; at Southampton, 300; at Sag Harbor, 326; at Catchaponack, 338; in East Hampton, 359; in Riverhead, 389: atSouthold, 420.

Clinton Academy. — 865.

Cold Spring Harbor. — 187.

Congregational Church. — In Suffolk County, 162; at

Patchogue, 277; at Greenport, 427. Conklin, Jacob. — 47; his property, 193. Conklin, Nathaniel. — 194.

Conkling, John. — 175; Acquisition at Southold, 405.

Cook, Capt. Joel.— 194.

Cooper, James M. — Quoted, 192.

Country Road. — Lawsuit concerning, 238.

Courts. — In Hempstead, 55; in Suffolk County, 167;

in Smithtown, 199.

Cow Neck.-- 112.

Cox, Rev. Philip.— 153.

Cutchogue. — 419.

Davenport, Rev. James. — His visionarv religionism, 423.

Deeds. — Early form of, 179.

Deer Hunting. — 19.

Denton, Rev. Richard. — 87.

Dering, Thomas. — 456.

Dickerson, Philemon. — At Southold, 408.

Dosoris. — 149.

Dwight, Rev. Dr. Timothy. — Visit to Long Island, 69.

East Hampton. — Constitution of, 52; Desciptive, 346; Indian deed, 349; first seti lers, 350; the early local government, 355; land division, 358; the first church, 359: Clinton Academy, 365; the first school, 367; Montauk deed, 368 ; Lion Gardiner, 376.

Eastern Long Island. — Physical Characteristics, 1; Climat c conditions, 3; Towns of, 12.

East Norwich. — 153.

Eburne, Samuel. — Purchase in Brookhaven, 255. Erskine, Sir William. — 482.

Estates, Notable.- 17.

Far Rockaway. — 11; Pettit and Thompson quoted,

107; Bayswater Yacht Club, 108. Fairs. — In Colonial times, 57; in Nassau County, 76. Farmingdale. — 155.

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INDEX.

Farrett, James. —127; deed to Undertakers at Southampton, 286.

Fisher's Island. — 438.

Floral Park.— 124.

Floyd, Richard.— 254.

Flushing Battery.— 488.

Fort Neck.— 246; 433.

Frank linvi lie. — 436.

Freeport. — 102.

Friends, The. — At Hempstead, 95; at Westbury, 125;

at Oyster Bay, 132; at Jericho, 154; Rev. Elias

Hicks, 154; trial of Humphrey Norton, 419;

in Revolutionary War, 478.

Fordham, Robert. — 83; his associates, 84. Frothingham, David. — 504; prints first book on Long

Island, 511; prints a magazine. 513.

Garden City. — The Cathedral, 96; Bishop Littlejohn,

100; Bishop Burgess, 101.

Gardiner, David. — "Chronicles" by, 521. Gardiner's Island. — Title to, 375.

Gardiner, Lion. — Acquires Gardiner's Island, 376;

his life and death, 376; his descendants, 377. George's Neck. — 247.

Gibbs, Andrew. — Patent to, 242; personal history, 243; deed from Indians, 256.

Glen Cove. — 149; early emigrants, 150; Glen Cove Manufacturing Company. 152; Glen Cove Mutual Insurance Company, 153.

Godwin, Parke. — His home near Roslyn, 117.

Goodyear, Stephen. — Purchases Shelter Island, 445.

Great Neck.— 112.

Greenport. — 126; newspapers, 508.

Griffin, Augustus. — Journal by, 520.

Hale, Nathan.— Monument to, 486.

Halsey's Manor. — 256.

Hand, Nehemiah. — 43.

Harrison, President. — Genealogy of, 407.

Hashamamock. — 415.

Head of the Harbor.— 219.

Heartte, Nehemiah.— 193.

Hedges, Henry P. — Works by, 522.

Hempstead. — Early Courts. 55; Geographical, 82; Early Settlers, 83; Early religious conditions, 88; the present village, 93; other villages: Garden City, 96; Rockville Centre, Freeport, 102; New Bridge, Seaford, Bellmore, Valley Stream, Ridgewood, Wantagh, Baldwin's, Norwood, 103; Long Island Camp Meeting Association, 105; in Revolutionary War, 465.

Hewlett Family. — 103; Monument erected by Abraham Hewlett, 109.

Hicks, Elias. — 154; his Journal, 520.

Hicksville — 154; Prime quoted, 155.

Holdsworth, Jonas. — Contract as school teacher, 184.

Hosford, Miss. — Relic of Captain Kidd, 47.

Horse Neck — 176.

Horton. Barnabas. — At Southold, 407; his home lot, 411, will of, 440; old homestead, 441.

Howell Family. — At Southampton, 296.

Howell, George R. — As author, 521.

Huntington. — Early court records, 55; descriptive, 172; early deeds, 174; first grants, 1665; "Yorkers' Patent," 178; Early school, 184; Villages, 185; in Revolutionary War, 467; in the Civil War, 490; Newspapers, 507.

Huntington Bay. — 186.

Huntting, Rev. Nathaniel. — 362; his successors, 363. Hyde Park.- 124.

Islip — 233; early land grants, 235; contested titles, 238; Diagram, 239; Gibb Patent, 242; Mowbray Patent, 243; Willetts Patent, 246; list of Freeholders, 248; village of Islip, 249; Babylon and Sayville, 251; Newspaper, 510.

Jackson, Richard.— Deed from James Farrett, 403. Jackson, Robert. — 95.

James, Rev. Thomas. — 360.

Johnson, Jerome B. — 73.

Jones, J. Wesley.— Founder of United States Life Saving Corps, 38.

Keyes, Dr. E. L.— Home at Water Mill, 319.

Laws, Early. — 52.

Leverich, Rev. William.— At Oyster Bay, 132; referred toby C. S. Street, 179; as a lawyer and litigant, 181.

Libraries. — In Nassau county, 75; in Suffolk county, 166.

Life Saving Service. — 28; Raynor R. Smith, 29; Life Saving Stations on Long Island, 31; Life Savers and their equipment, 32; United States Life Saving Corps, 37.

Light Houses. — 25; at Sandy Hook, 26; on Long Island, 27; at Sands Point, 110.

Lindenhurst. — 197.

Littlejohn, Bishop.— 100.

Lloyd's Neck. — 175.

Long Island. — Physical characteristics, 1 ; Camp Meeting Association, 105.

Long Island Bible Society. — Organization, 61. Li itteries. — 104.

Louden, John. — 196.

Loughhn, John — Bishop of Brooklyn, 532.

McDonnell, Charles — Second Bishop of Brooklyn, 545. Mackay, Clarence. — Estate at Roslyn, 120. Manhasset. — Indian tradition, 13; early newspapers, 122.

Mansions on Long Island, 15.

Manufacturers, early. — 161.

Mapes, Thomas. — 254.

Masonic. — Lodge at Hempstead, 92.

Massapequa. — 197.

Mastic. — Land diagram, 264.

Matinecock. — 147.

Meadow Brook Hunting Club. — 18. Mechanics, Pioneer. — 64.

Mecox.— 321.

Meigs Expedition. — Celebration of, 326. Menhaden Fishing. — 498.

Merrick. — 104; Free Circulating Library, 105; Long Island Camp Meeting Association, 105.

Merritt, Israel J. — Wrecking operations, 39.

Methodist Episcopal Church. — Of Hempstead, 91; at Rockville Centre, 102; at Merrick, 105; Philip Cox, 113; at Oyster Bay, 134; at Glen Cove, 151 ; at East Norwich, 155; in Suffolk county, 162; at Babylon, 195; at Hauppauge, 218; at St. James, 220; at Smithtown branch, 222; at Blydenburgh's Landing, 223; at Islip, 249; at Patchogue, 277; at Southampton, 305, 320; at Sag Harbor, 328; at Quogue, 341; at Greenport, 428; on Shelter Island, 462.

Mills, Historic— 20.

Mills, Richard.— 298.

Mills, Timothy.— 220.

INDEX.

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Miller, Andrew.— 254.

Miller's Place.— 275.

Mineola. — Letter from Queen Victoria, 12; county seat

of Nassau county, 124.

Montauk.— Deed to, 368.

Moriches.— Patentship of, 257; the villages, 279; Newspapers, 509.

Mott, Adam.— Will of, 111.

Mount Sinai— 275.

Mowbray, John. — Patent to, 243; disposes of land, 244;

line of descent, 248.

Murray, Lindley. — '^50.

Nassau County. — Its creation, 74; Civil List, 75; Statistics, 76; Agricultural Society, 76. New Jersey. — S- ttlement of, 67. New Lights. — 133.

Newspapers. — at Babylon, 195; of Suffolk county, 504. \ Nicolls, William. — Personal history, 234; his land purchases, 235.

Nicolls, William (2d). — Inheritance from his father, 236; Act of Legislature for relief of, 237.

North Hempstead. — Boundaries, 110; the first settlers, 111; early churches, 113; home of William Cullen Bryant, 115; the Mackay estate, 120.

Northport — 187; Newspaper, 509.

Norton, Humphrey, the Quaker. — Trial of, 419.

Noyack.— 332.

Onderdonk, Henry, Jr. — As an author, 520. Osborn, Selleck. — 505.

Oystering.— 113; 501.

Oyster Bay. — 127; first land grant, 128; settlement in 1653, 129; first freeholders, 130; William Bradford, 131; Rev. William Leverich, 132; early churches, 133; present village of Oyster Bay, 134; Theodore Roosevelt, 135; villages, 149; in Revolutionary War, 464.

Oyster Ponds.-418.

Palmer, Captain John. — 106.

Paper Mill, First in New York. — 114. Parrish, Samuel L.— 299; 311.

Patchogue. — 277; Newspapers, 508; 510. Paulding, Admiral. — 490.

Payne, John Howard. — 15.

Pearsalls.— 102.

Peconic. — 436.

Pettit, William S.— Quoted, 106.

Piracy. — 38; Captain Kidd, 46; Lion Gardiner visited by pirates, 46; relic of Captain Kidd, 47; the "San Antonio," 47; the "Vineyard" and the"Haidee," 48.

Plum Island.— 438.

Port Jefferson. — 273; Newspapers, 509. Port Washington.— 122.

Presbyterian Church. — Christ's First Church, Hempstead, 87; at Roslyn, 113; at Oyster Bay, 134; at Glen Cove, 151 ; Organization of Presbytery, 162 - at Babylon, 195; in Islip, 250; at Setauket, 271; in Southampton, 301, 320; at Sag Harbor, 326'. at Quogue, 337; in East Hampton, 360; in South; old, 421; on Shelter Island, 461.

Prime, Rev. N. S. — 187; history by, 519.

Protestant Episcopal Church. — St. George's, Hempstead, 89; at Manhasset, 113; at Glen Cove, 151; in Suffolk county, 162; at Babylon, 195; at St. James, 220; St. John's, Islip, 249; Caroline Church, Setauket, 271; at Patchogue, 278; St.

Andrews', Southampton, 307; at Sag Harbor, 327; in East Hampton, 365; at Greenport, 428; on Shelter Island, 462.

Queen Victoria. — Letter from, 12.

Quogue — Purchase of, 315, 333; village of, 336.

Reformed Church.— At North Hempstead, 113; in

Islip, 250.

Richbill, John -175.

Riverhead. — Aboriginal remains, 380; boundaries, 381;

Indian deeds, 382; Diagram of Land Grant, 385;

pioneer settlers, 388; Agricultural Society, 389;

Historical Society, 395; Savings Bank, 400;

Newspapers, 508.

Roads, Ancient and Modern.— 8.

Robin's Island. — 436.

Rockville Centre.— 102.

Rogers Memorial Library, Southampton. — 310.

Roman Caiholic Church.— At Westbury, 113; at Babylon, 195; at Hatchogue, 278; at Sag Harbor, 328; General History of, 524.

Roosevelt, Theodore. — Address by, 61; Home at Oyster Bay, 134; his ancestry, 135; his entrance upon public life, 138; his military career, 140; elected Governor, 143; Vice-President, 144; President, 145; as an author, 146.

Roslyn.— 117.

Saggaponack. — 322.

Saghtekoos.— Patent to Stephanus Van Cortlandt, 245.

Sag Harbor.— 323; old bill of lading, 324; early settlers, 326; churches and schools, 327; Sag Harbor Savings Bank, 329; Newspapers, 504.

Sailors, Old Time. — 45.

Sands, Col. John —470; harries Tories, 475.

Schools.— of Nassau County, 75; at Smithtown Branch, 222; in Brookhaven, 271; in Patchogue, 279; in Southampton, 298 ; at Sag Harbor, 328 ; at Catchaponack, 338; in East Hampton, 367; at Greenport, 428.

Scott, Capt. John.— 205.

Seabury, Rev. Samuel. — 90.

Sea Algae. — 5.

Sea Cliff.— 153.

Sea Shells.— 3.

Seaman, Capt. John. — at Hempstead, 93. Setauket. — 271; newspapers, 508.

Shelter Island.— Commission to James Farrett, 443; sale to Stephen Goodyear, 445; Nathaniel Sylvester, 447; his history, 451; the Dering family, 456; the Nicoll family, 457; first town meeting, 458; the early church, 459.

Sherrawog. — 219.

Shipbuilding and Shipbuilders.— 41 ; at Sag Harbor, 42; at Setauket, Port Jefferson and Greenport, 43; Nehemiah Hand, 43; James M. Bayles, 45; Jesse Carll, 45.

Shipwrecks.— 22; Monument to the lost of the "Bristol" and "Mexico," 24.

Skinner, Col. Abraham. — 193.

Slavery on Long Island. — 182.

Smith, Adam. — Ancient Farm Map, 227.

Smith, Caleb.— 217.

Smith, Ebenezer. — Land Plat, 226.

Smith, Jesse. — Inn at Babylon, 195.

Smith, John.— 103.

Smith, Jonas. — Friends' School, 222.

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Smith, Josiah. — Commands Militia, 470; at Battle of Brooklyn, 471.

Smith, Ra)nor R. — Medal for life saving, 29.

Smith, Richard. — 198; Land Controversies, 204; His home and family, ^06 ; will of his widow, 209; Deed made by Richard Smith, 212; sells land to Samuel Eburne, 25-5; land division, 261.

Smithtown.— First Settlers; 199; Land Titles, 200; First Mill, 215; Smithtown Branch, 220; Early Church, 221; Ancient Maps, 226-7-8; in Revolutionary War, 468; in Civil War, 491; newspapers, 510.

Smithtown Bianch.— 220.

Social Conditions. — In Colonial times, 68; after the

Revolution, 69.

Society of St. Johnland. — 167.

Southampton. — Descriptive, 282; First grantees, 285; List of inhabitants, 290; Division of Lands, 292; Gov. Andros' Grant, 294; the Town Trustees, 295; schools, 299; churches, 300, ancient bill of lading, 324; the Quogue Purchase, 333 ; the modern village, 310; in Revolutionary War, 469; Newspapers, 510; Town Records, 521.

Southampton Undertakers. — 283.

Southold. — 402; Grant by James Farrett, 403; founding of the town, 406; descent of President Harrison, 407; the early settlers, 408; Indian deeds, 413; division of lands, 418; the early church, 420; Greenport, 426; Orient, 432; Horton homestead, Southold, 441; in Revolutionary War, 469.

Southold Academy. — 425.

Spain, War with. — 492.

Speonk. — 343.

Spooner, Alden. — 505; prints a grammar, 515.

Standish, Miles.— 122.

State Hospital for Insane. — 168.

St. George's Manor. — 266.

Street, Charles R.— Quoted, 179.

Suffolk County. — 157; William Wallace Tooker quoted, 157; early history, 160; visited by Washington, 162; First Sunday School, 163; Educational, 164; Libraries, 166; Political Divisions, 166; Almshouse and other charitable institutions, 167; Civil List, 168; Rev. Epher Whitaker, quoted, 168; Newspapers, 504; Bibliography. 511.

Suffolk County Agricultural Society. — 389. Suffolk County Historical Society. — 395. Sunday School, first in Suffolk County. — 163. Sylvester Manor Estate. — 16".

Sylvester, Nathaniel. — At Shelter Island, 447; his history, 451; his descendants, 455.

Talmadge, Colonel Benjamin. — 273. Talmadge, Rev. Benjamin. — 273. Taverns. — 58.

Taxation. — Under Colonial Rule, 66. Teachers' Associations. — In Suffolk County, 164. Thanksgiving Day. — Gov. Stuyvesant's Proclamation, 58.

Thomas, Dr. T. Gaillard. — at Southampton, 307; quoted, 310.

Thompson, Benjamin F. — History by, 519. Thompson, Charles G. — 378.

Tooker, John. — 254; sale to Samuel Eburne, 255. Tooker, "William Wallace. — Quoted, 157; as author, 523.

Town Meeting.— 182.

Town Trustees. — Origion of, 295.

Training Days. — 57.

Tredwell, Mrs. Amanda. — Letter from Queen Victoria, 12.

Underhill, Capt. John.— 148.

Vail, Aaron S.— 225.

Wainscott. — 379.

Wales, Salem H.— 311.

War of 1812.— 487.

War, The Civil.— 487; Flushing Battery, 488.

War, Revolutionary. — 463; Oyster Bay, 464; Hempstead, 465; Suffolk county, 466; Huntington, 467'. Smithtown, 468; Southold, 469; Southampton, 470; Colonel Sands, 470; Colonel Josiah Smith, 471; operations of his regiment, 472; British occupation, 474; Whale-boat campaign, 480; Operations of the patriots, 481; Sir William Erskine, 483; Nathan Hale, 485.

Warrata.— 261.

Washington, General. — At Hempstead Harbor, 114;

Visits Suffolk County, 162.

Water Mill -318.

Wave Crest.— 109.

Wells, William.— At Southold, 407. Westbury. — 124; Friends' School, 125. Whale Fishing.— 328; 494.

Wheatly Hills.— Palatial Homes, 17. Whitney, Henry.— 181; buvs land, 190. Whitaker, Rev. Epher.— Quoted, 49; 168; Pastor at

Southold, 425; Quoted, 463; as an author, 520. Willetts' Point. — Fortifications, 11. Willetts, Thomas and Richard.— Grant to, 246; land

transfers, 247.

Winnecomac Patent.— 228; Land Title Controversies, 230.

Winthrop Patent.— 268.

Wood, Jonas.— 200.

Wood, Silas. — As author, 518.

Woodbury. — 155.

Woodford, Stewart L.^91.

Woodhull, Nathaniel.— 255.

Woodhull, Richard.— Purchases land in Brookhaven,

253; his colleagues, 254; receives patent, 255. Wrecking. — 39.

Wright, Peter.— Settles at Oyster Bay, 130. Wyandanch Club House.— 224.

"Yorkers' Patent."— 178.

Youngs, Colonel John. — 409.

Youngs, Rev. John.— At Southold, 406; Indian deed to, 413- his tomb, 421 ; his successors in the ministry, 421.

Long Island Militia. Colonial, 560. Revolutionary Soldiers, 561.

Civil War Soldiers, 575.

BIOGRAPHICAL.

Ackerly, The Family, 637

Beers, Daniel, 648 Belford. Joseph M., 651 Benjamin, Moses F., 645 Benjamin, Richard H., 671 Browning, J. H. B., 656 Brush. George R., 655

Cocks, George W., 661

Davison, Robert A., 674

Eastman, H. M. W., 68s Edwards, Lewis A., 647

Floyd, David G., 626 Floyd, William, 594 Foster, Nathaniel W., 659

Gardiner, John Lyon, 625 Gardiner, Samuel B., 624

Hal lock, George W., 649 Hallock, Lucius H., 650 Halsey, James M., 684 Hawkins, Jedediah W., 632 Hedges, Henry P., 617 Hewlett, George M., 651 Hewlett, Whitehead H., 651 Hicks, Benjamin, 609 Hicks, Elias, 605 Hicks, The Family, 608 Hicks, Whitehead, 609 Hopkins, Samuel J., 673 Horton, David P., 683 Huntington, Abel, 610

Huntington, The Family, 610

Jayne, Benjamin F., 633 Jayne, Scudder, 681 Jermain, John, 623 Jones, John D., 640 Jones, Walter, 670

King, John A., 593 King, John A., 592 King, Rufus, 589 King, The Family, 589

Miller, George, 596 Moore, William H. H., 666

Osborn, Thomas, 645

Pelletreau, Robert S., 631 Pelletreau, The Family, 631 Perkins, J. Henry, 646 Phyfe, James W., 639 Post, Albert J., 652 Post, Regis H., 678 Post, The Family, 629

Reeve, Benjamin H., 621 Reeves. Henry A., 618 Reid, John R., 619

Sage, DeWitt C., 677 Schroeder, Frederick A., 679 Seabury, Adam, 665 Seabury, Robert, 663 Seabury, The Family, 664 Seaman, Elias H., 672

Seaman, Robert, 672 Smith, Edward H. L., 643 Smith, Elijah, 650 Smith, Jacob, 654 Smith, James W., 635 Smith, John L., 639 Smith, Richard H., 627 Smith, Richard B., 642 Smith, Robert R., 635 Smith, William S., 634 Smith. Wilmot M., 622 Stone, Charles S., 650 Strong, Selah, 616 Strong, Selah B., 613 Strong, Selah B., 615 Strong, Thomas S., 613

Terry, Llewellyn F., 629 Terry, Stuart T., 642 Thomas, T. Gaillard, 676 Titus, George P., 670 looker, William W., 682 Topping, George C, 659 Topping, Nathaniel. 658 Topping, The Family, 658 Tuthill, James H., 616

Underhill, Samuel, 636

White, George G., 653 White, Gilbert H., 654 Wickham. William, 621 Willets, Edward, 666

Young, Thomas. 668 Youngs, The Family, 597