Long Island Genealogy

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  • Jeannine

    Yours is the line I keep "bumping into" but I've yet to determine a connection. In particular, I am researching William POWELL who married Abigail BRUSH and lived in NYC. I find them as late as 1850 but nothing beyond. I've not been able to determine any other children other than Pearsall Brush POWELL (b 1798), who is my husband's direct-line POWELL (3ggrandfather). I think that looking for Powells on Long Island is like looking for "John Smith" in "England"!
  • Joan Foster

    I agree about hunting for particular Powells on Long Island. My Powells there seem to be just with those three, Thomas, Abigail and the one daughter Abigail; surprisingly enough, I have (so far) run into no connection with Thomas and Abigail's other children, nor any other LI Powell lines. Do you know anything about my Pearsalls? Or those associated Willets, Cocks & Titus lines?
  • Jeannine

    Just found this marriage announcement in The Huntington Long Islander, Friday, August 30, 1839; Page: 3:
    "On the 21st inst at the Friends Meeting House, Westbury, Jacob H. Willets of Bayside, L.I. to Sarah A. daughter of John W. Powell, of the former place."
  • maggie

    i am looking for adriaen Hegeman born 1649 die 1725 longisland
  • Dale L Hall

    Just a quick note; I have a list of burials at the Bayville cemetery up to the early 1890's There are several HEGERMAN family members buried there. The earliest burial is 1832, john son of Hiram & Charlotte. If you need more info. let me know Dale
  • maggie

    i have seen john blythe dobson
  • maggie

    looking for Jan Hegeman born 4/1/1716 die 1770 flatbush king .hopeing to he has a stone that i can see
  • Christine Kay Olsen-Needham

    I have a bunch of mostly Dutch ancestors from Long Island. These are all from the 1600's and 1700's. The names include: BROKAW / BROUCARD, VAN MIDDLESWARDT, VAN NESTE, BOGAERT, & CROCHERON.
  • James P. LaLone

    VERY interested in the HAGAMAN / HAGE(R)MAN families. So much info conected to Adrian the first immigrant & a lot of people I don't have connected yet. I collect them all. Jim.
  • maggie

    there were Hagamans in monroe co green co ny
  • James P. LaLone

    This is an announcement of a documentary film Hart Island: An American Cemetery which is now available for streaming, download and iPod. http://www.newfilmmakersonline.com/movie-download/8514,2542/Melinda... The first 5 minutes of the film can be watched for free. Hart Island is America’s largest cemetery. Be sure to scroll down the page and read the information about the island on the right hand side. If you have lost your family in New York City, information about Hart Island might be helpful to you.
  • Frances Hagaman Vannest Powell

    I'm researching the Powell's (descendents of Thomas Powell, b. 1641), the Hegeman/Hagaman/Hagerman/Hageman's, (descendents of Adriaen Hegeman) and the Vannest/VanNes/Van Neste's. Looks like I came to the right place!
  • Frances Hagaman Vannest Powell

    Some of us have started a website (just barely started) at www.hagaman.net for everyone of any spelling variation, whether of Dutch or German descent, to post their genealogy research or links to any research or source documents that would help other Hagaman researchers. It's free and all those interested in the Hagaman, etc. family are invited to join in. If you need help posting, the web master, Tim Hagaman's email address is on the first page of the genealogy section and he'll be glad to help you.
  • Joan Foster

    Frances, I'm interested in Thomas Powell's & Abigail Wood's daughter Abigail, who m. Richard Willets. Is that your line? What do you know about Thomas (1641) and Abigail Wood themselves?
  • Frances Hagaman Vannest Powell

    Jeannine, Joan, and other Powell researchers - Have you been to the Vedder Genealogy/Historical Library in Green County, New York? Or contacted them? Do you know about the 3X5 cards, the extensive research don on all the Powell descendants of Thomas Powell of Long Island that has been done, complete with document ion? I realize there is a copy of the book showing the fronts of the 3x5 cards in the Salt Lake City archives, and the NY historical Society or library, but the book doesn't show the backs of the cards on which all the documentation is carefully noted, along with additional information. I went there (to the Vedder library) and spent several days scanning much of my husband's direct line - Thomas> Thomas> Moses > James > Moses > etc. The research also includes information about those they married and who their spouses parents were.
  • Frances Hagaman Vannest Powell

    Joan, Here's what I have on Thomas and Abigail Wood themselves:

    Sources listed below were compiled by George and Alice Peters "Powells of the Hudson Valley".

    Records Harol and Smith p. 202
    Charles Powell Book
    Powell Family by Mary Powell Bunker

    Marriage to Abigail Wood in "Encyclopedia American Quaker Genealogy"

    Record of Pewter Dish supposedly handed down from Thomas Powell 1 through 10 generations and beyond Frank Omar Powell 10. Inscribed with each genertion owner.

    In letter from Hazel E. Shaw, Feb 8, 1971 (Thomas Powell married 1st Abigail Woods, daughter of Jonas Halifax Woods and Joanna Strickland.)

    In letter from Norman Powell, Springfield, Mass., March 10, 1971, gives information from Marge Kleinkauf (Abigail Wood married Thomas Powell 1664. She was born 3-22-1646.) from "Wood Genealogy."

    In NY Genealogy and Biography Record, Vol. 6 p. 98 in NY State Library, Albany, NY, Quaker marriages in Vic. of NY (2nd day of 9th mo. called Nov. 1690 at Westbury, Thomas Powell, late of Huntington on LI married Eliz. Phillips of Jericho on the same island.

    "Book" town of Huntington LI, NY, Records 1653-1688 by Ch. R. Street, Vol. 1, 1887, page 56, footnote." In NY State Library, Albany - Discusses life in Huntington of Thomas Powell. Believes he is son of Thomas Powell who went to Barbados in 1635 on warrant of Earl of Carlisle. Thos.1 probably came to Long Island with Jonas Wood of Halifax with whom he lived 9 years.)

    Telephone call from Annabelle Powell (Cormier) discussed Ancestry of Thomas Powell 1, believes he came to Long Island from Barbados; she discounts all other theories.

    Info. from J. Hollyer, Canada, about C. Berkley Powell who is supposed to have papers claiming that Thomas Powell came from Nanteos, Aberystwyth, Wales.

    Excerpt from "Guide to Huntington" by Hist. Soc. 1948 states house at 434 Park Ave. is oldest house in town, part built before 1663 when John Westcott sold it to Thomas Powell, the Quaker. House was 1 1/2 stories raised to two full stories.

    In Booklet "Guide to Huntington, Long Island" published by the Huntington Historical Society 1948 - (No. 434 Park Ave. is the oldest house in Huntington, part may have been built before 1663 when John Westcott sold it to the Quaker, Thomas Powell. In 1695 Thomas Powell sold it to Joseph Wood, the weaver.")

    In Booklet "Our Town Huntington, 1953 publ. by Huntington Tercentenary Inc., p. 35, is a picture of a house captioned "Thomas Powell, the Quaker lived in this house" etc., with data of previous reference.

    In letter January 18, 1977 from Marjorie Kleinkauf (Powell 9) of Middletown, R.I., she writes "I have book by Audrey Sidebottom of Wales, says she believes Thomas Powell came from the Powells at Holt but there was a connection to the Powells at Nantos, Aberystwyth, etc., etc."

    Mentioned in news clipping from the "Long Islander" of Huntington LI, NY, May 18, 1935 (Thomas Powell was a Quaker, sold home in Huntington in 1689 and went to Bethpage, which he purchased in 1695. This Powell house was the birthplace of John B. Jarvis, engineer. Port Jervis is named after him. Thomas probably came from Bermuda with Jonas Wood, Thomas Mathews and others.)

    In letter October 11, 1980, from Marjorie Kleinkauf (Powell 9) discusses Ancestry of Thomas Powell 1. Mentions Powell chart received from Audrey Sidebotham, England. Believes Thomas 1 was son of Capt. Thomas Powell, son of John Powell of Holt, Wales. Capt. Thomas had brothers Joseph, Alexander, sister Dorcas. Capt. Thomas was born in Holt, went to England, then Barbadoes. Thomas 1 may have been born at sea, was left by Capt. Thomas at Huntington in 1653.

    Excerpts from letters of M. Kleinkauf 9 and Ella F. Frey dealing with ancestry of Thomas 1, but with many errors and extraneous information so no conclusions can be accepted.

    Records of the town of Huntington, LI, NY, dealing with activities of Thomas Powell, shown pamphlet "History of Thomas Powell" by John Kingsley Powell, in Bronck House Library. Thomas Powell was recorder, constable, overseer, commissioner, special represetative of the town, assessor, trustee, bought land at Bethpage. (Update by L. McCulloch.)

    From the Davol-Willits Genealogy: "Thomas Powell, born 8th month, 1641, testified in Huntington, LI in 1662, that he had lived with Thomas Mathews for nine years and 'never knew my master's books to be questioned.' Capt. Thomas Mathews was a sea captain and was delivering goods along the shores of Long Island as early as 1649. In 1663, Thomas Powell purchased land in Huntington of John Westcoat, who bought it of Richard Ogden. In May, 1664, he was admitted freeman by the Court of Connecticut as from Huntington, LI and was made Recorder for the latter town in 1663 and served for nearly twenty years; served also as Constable from 1667 to 1682; Overseer from 1671 to 1681 and Commissioner from 1684 to 1686 inclusive. In 1669 he acted as Attorney for Thomas Mathews and sold land in Oyster Bay. He became interested in the Society of Friends before 1676 and for a number of years refused to contribute towards the salary of the minister and when chosen Constable in 1682, he could not accept the office being 'scrupulous of swearing as the law di...
    His will dated 3rd day of 1st mo., 1719/1720, was proven May 27, 1722 and in it he states that he was 'late of Bethpage, now of Westbury in the town of Hempstead." He mentions his children as Thomas, Abigail Willits to whom he bequeaths 'one wainscoat chest and a box of small drawers that was her mothers,' John, James, Caleb, Wait, Elisha, Sarah, Amy, Elizabeth, deceased wife of Samuel Titus, Mercy, Phebe Willis, Rachel Willis. He named his executors, his brother Thomas Townsend, friend Benjamin Seaman and son-in-law William Willis."
  • Frances Hagaman Vannest Powell

    Joan, I didn't copy the information from the back of the Peter;s research cards on Abigail Powell Willets other than the dates for her birth, death and marriage. However, if you go to the Vedder library on the web at "http://www.vedderlibrary.org/" and email them, they'll have a volunteer copy the fronts and backs of all the 3x5 cards for Abigail and her husband, as well as their children, for a small cost for the copying, and mail them to you. They'll do that for all the relations, too, but you have to give them the names, they won't just do it for "all descendants of" a couple.
  • Joan Foster

    Frances, Thanks so much for this great stuff, and for the resource about the Vedder Lib. cards. I live in Oregon, and my long-distance traveling days are pretty much over so I have to go online for this material. I just have minimal Powell material from some old family documents and my much-thumbed copy of Hinshaw. My interest is in Richard & Abigail's daughter Mary Willets, who m. Thomas Williams. I 'm really grateful for all your effort.
    2 queries if you know: In your notes (letter from Hazel Shaw 1971), Thomas's wife Abigail Woods was daughter of Jonas Halifax Woods and Joanna Strickland. 1. Are you pretty convinced that Jonas was Abigail's father? 2. Might Joanna Strickland be a daughter of (or related to) John Strickland? I have an unknown-first-name Strickland (presumed daughter of John. This Strickland daughter m. Capt. John Seaman. I am descended from two children of theirs, Elisabeth (who m. John Jackson) and Jonathan who m. unknown and had son John Seaman (husband of Hannah Williams).
    I'm off to vedder lib (online) tomorrow.
    Thanks again, Joan
  • Frances Hagaman Vannest Powell

    Joan,
    Yes, Abigail Woods was daughter of Jonas Halifax Woods and Joanna Strickland. John Strickland was Joanna's grandfather. Her father was Samuel Strickland. From Mary Powell Bunker's book Long Island Genealogies: Families of Albertson, Andrews, Bedell, Birdsall, etc. etc. The Powell family takes up most of the book, but the Willits, Willis's, Seaman's and other families are all also included. The Strickland's are on page 291 under the Searing family, for some reason. It's hard to separate the families because they all intermarried for centuries. You can access the complete book free on the web. Try under http://books.google.com and do a book search. I would give you a link, but the links seem to disappear in these messages when I try them.
    You should find a gold mine in this book.
  • Janice Bernath

    My 3x GGF was John Hickman Wansor and for years we've wondered if that middle name was a corruption of Hegeman - still don't know, and can't find his parents. He was married to Catherine Baker; they lived in Lattingtown, married in the early 1800s. Looking for the Bakers, too, since we've never been able to find her parents; at the time of her marriage she was living with the family of Jobe Merritt of Peacocks Point (Glen Cove), and lived about a mile away from there after her marriage. Also looking for the Baileys - My GGGrandmother was Jeannette (Janette, Genet) Bayles/Bailey, married to Samuel Coles/Cocks Weeks. Samuel born abt. 1796, Janette b. abt. 1819/1820 in Cedar Swamp (her dates from a census sometime after 1850); my aunt tells me her family owned a farm called 'Bailiwick' - not sure of the spelling. That would be along where 107 is now, just past Glen Cove I think, in Brookville. My ancestors really were in the witness protection program! Looking for a little direction on the Baileys, if anyone has a clue, and on the Wansors, thought to be descended from Anthony son of Jan Wanshaer, the original immigrant to New Netherlands c. 1642. Unfortunately, I was never able to find anything useful on my families from Mary Powell Bunker's book. Also, my cousin and I both think a link to the Townsends and Underhills came through Janette Bailey's family, since our GGrandfather (son of Janette and Samuel) was named Townsend Bailey Weeks; he married Sarah Jane Wansor of Bayville (Arlington Rd.), daughter of John Wansor and Esther Germaine. Thanks for any clues; seems the genforum messsage boards pretty much dried up in recent years. I know there have to be other relatives out there somewhere! Thanks!
  • Joan Foster

    Frances,
    Thanks so much. I admit I haven't worked with this material for some years now. I am familiar with Mary Powell Bunker's book; I used it a lot for my multiple Seamans, Tituses, Merritts, Willises & Willets back then, but apparently didn't run across this Strickland material and some of the other of minor names (at least I didn't make note of them). I'll revisit it. It is interesting that on p. 291, MPB says Elisabeth was dau of Samuel Strickland and thus grand dau of John. I took my information from MPB's p. 134, which says Elisabeth was dau of John Strickland. Requires further study. These folk are all tangled indeed, but I love them.
    Janice,
    I looked briefly in my Underhill books as I am entangled with them as well. I could find 1. Townsend Fleet Bailey (m Carrie Youngs); 2. Townsend Bailey, son of Samuel & Elizabeth [Finch] Bailey, who m. Mary (dau of Andries Seaman & Sarah Underhill; 3. Townsend Weeks who m. Theodosia Underhill; 4. Some Wanzer-Wansors (Anna C., Charity, Daniel, Julia, Moses, Sarah (m James Burr (son of Daniel Burr & Sarah Underhill), & William. (This source indicates that Sarah Wansor could be interpreted as Sarah Warren as well.) if any of this helps, I could do further lookups, but need your dates to see if any of it fits. Your guess of your being entangled with these Underhills etc. sounds good, but I couldn't directly and quickly confirm it. I also have Merritt in my line, but Jobe doesn't ring a bell. Do you know anything more about him? I have some questions about early Merritts as well (MPB above doesn't help my particular query about them, though it has lots of good stuff about my line.)
    Joan
  • Carol Peckham Poulos

    This is the same area that my ancestors were from. My gggrandmother's sister, Mary MANN, married William UNDERHILL in Oyster Bay on Oct 31, 1845. My direct ancestors were John MANN and his wife Jane JONES, John DAVIS and his wife Freelove DILLINGHAM (Lattingtown) and Alexander FLEMING and his wife Hannah BARD (Lattingtown) and on the other side of the family, I have Henry LATTIN (originally LATTING). Does anyone else connect to these ? Our ancestors were probably neighbors !
  • Joan Foster

    Hi Carol,
    Your William Underhill was son of Samuel & Elizabeth Baker; Samuel was son of Daniel & Deborah Burr; Daniel was son of Daniel & Sarah Townsend; Daniel was son of Peter & Penelope Alling; Peter was son of David & unknown 1st wife; David was son of the (in)famous Capt. John & Elizabeth Feake (probably the youngest child (his 9th, her 5th) b. 1672. This is according to v. V of The Underhill Genealogy. So yes, you are also involved in this entangled, mostly Quaker group. I am descendant of Capt. John & Elizabeth Feake's first son (his 5th child, her 2nd), Nathaniel, so we are (distantly) related, and probably in other ways than this Underhill line.
  • Jeannine

    Frances ... I was unaware of the Vedder Library resource. Thank you for noting it here. We live on Vancouver Island (on the other coast) and it is my dream to travel to NY some time in the next couple of years. Thank you for sharing this info with us.
  • Carol Peckham Poulos

    Thank you Joan. I also descend from John and Elizabeth Feake through their son John (b. abt. 1639) and his wife Elizabeth PRIOR.
  • Frances Hagaman Vannest Powell

    Jeannine - The Green County Historical Society, which is a part of and located at the Vedder Library in Green County is a wonderful research resource for that area of the country. Their volunteers are also at the Vedder Library on a regular basis and are available to do lookups. Green County is really well organized. I didn't find Clinton County, across the river, as well organized when I was there several years ago, with volunteers on duty regularly, but they did have books published of records. I bought one of each that were available while I was there, since my husbands 4th and 5th great grandfathers were named in them. The graveyards in the area were invaluable, along with the many, many small state historical sites and museums, and especially the docents at the Bethpage state living museum on Long Island.
  • Christine Kay Olsen-Needham

    Hey Frances! I have some Van Nests on my mom's side, WAAAAY back in New York in the 1600's. Related to the Deckers and Brokaws and Op Den Graffs in my tree.
  • Judi Palmquist

    Bennett-Stillman marriage took place in East Hampton, LI in 1846, Esther Bennett, daughter of Henry Bennett & Abagail Edwards. I am unable to find them in 1850 census and by 1860 they had moved ti Wi. Their children were Alice, Henry B., Lydia, Charles; the rest may have been born in WI.
  • Lisa A. (Thamm) Spegal

    I saw this link in a list I subscribe too for NY and thought it might be worth reading for ya'll if you didn't already know:

    http://jewishgen.blogspot.com/2010/02/nara-ny-concerns-with-potenti...
  • Judi Palmquist

    Forgot yo give first names, sorry about that. The one I'm looking for is David B. Stillman, who marrried Esther on the date given below. He says his Civil War records that he was born in New York. but I am unable to locate the right David b. in 1824.
  • Barbara M Leydecker

    I'm looking for a Long Island catholic cemetery which would have been around in 1874 and still accepting burials in 1927. Any ideas?
  • PM Wanser

    Do you know what area of Long Island the cemetery is located (North Shore, South Shore, East End)? St. Patrick's in Brookville (North Shore) could fit the description.
  • John J. Tierney

    @Barbara M Leydecker:
    Pardon me for a generic answer, but LI is a fairly large area so if you have possibilities of a more specific location it would help.

    Here's a listing of LI cemeteries:
    http://longislandgenealogy.com/cemindex.html

    Look at the ones in the 516 (Nassau) and 631 (Suffolk) area codes. Also check 718 if Queens is a possibility. (Calvary in Queens was extremely active in that time period, but you will need a death or burial date for them as they cannot look up by name.)

    You can also check out a some listings by county:
    http://www.interment.net/us/ny/index.htm

    Finally you can find more listing using this Google search:
    http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=long+island+ny+cemeteries+...
  • Frances Hagaman Vannest Powell

    Hey, Christine, sorry I took so long to answer. I've traced my Vannest's back to Peter Bergen Vannest b. 1809 in New Jersey, and his father was Jacob Vannest, time and place of birth unknown to me right now. I feel sure, given their migration patterns that they were part of the New Netherlands group originally, as were my Hagaman ancesters. I just haven't spent as much time on the Vannest's as I have on the Hagaman's. Do you have early information on Van Nest?
  • Barbara M Leydecker

    I know it's not much information. All I know is my great great grandfather died in NYC in early 1874 and his widow died in Rochester in 1927. Her family shipped her body to be buried in Long Island. I'm guessing they would only spend that money if it was to bury her next to her husband.
  • John J. Tierney

    @Barbara M Leydecker
    Well, I'm not sure of any cemeteries further into the current Nassau & Suffolk counties that were active in 1874. But, when it came to folks dying in NYC, Queens is a good place to look and First Calvary is owned by the Archdiocese of NY. Again, you need death or burial date for them to look anything up.

    Some more info on First Calvary:
    http://www.bklyn-genealogy-info.com/Cemetery/Calvary.hist.html

    I was also going to suggest you look at the NYC death indexes at www.italiangen.org so you could try to find a death certificate number for your g-grandfather but those indexes don't go back to 1874.

    But, good to know if any later searches come up for you. Good luck!
  • Barbara M Leydecker

    @John Tierney
    Thanks for the links, they may come in handy!
    I think I am going to try to find a certificate giving permission to transport the body from Rochester to Long Island. Perhaps the cemetery will be on there, or at least the LI funeral home.
  • Christine Kay Olsen-Needham

    Hi Frances! Yes, I have info on early VanNest family. My tree is on ancestry.com. Are you on there too? I can send you an invitation to view my tree, if you like.
    My nearest VanNest is Judith VanNest who was born 30 Sept, 1685 in New Amsterdam, NY. and died 19 Oct, 1762 in Somerset Co., NJ (Judith married Peter Broucard/Brokaw) She was the daughter of Pieter Pietersen VanNest born 1653 in Somerset, NJ and Margaret Crocheron born 1664 in Flatbush, Kings, NY.
    Pieter VanNest's father was also Pieter Pietersen VanNest born 1625 in Albany, Albany, NY and died 20 Mar, 1697 in Brooklyn, Kings, NY. He married Judith Rapalje born 5 July, 1635 in Fort Orange, Albany, NY.
    This Pieter's father was Pieter VanNest born 1600 in Nes, Ameland Island, Friesland, Nederlands and died 1665 in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederlands. I don't know the name of his wife, but she was born in 1604 also in Nederlands and died 1690 In Amsterdam. They were married in 1624.
    Pieter's father was Antonin VanNeste born 1534 but I don't know where and died 1619 in Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederlands. Pieter's mother is unnamed.
    Antonin's father is unnamed, but his mother is Ergeae C born in 1505 but I don't know where.

    My Dutch branches are very tangled and inter-married. Here are some of the names in that part of my tree: VanNest, Broucard/Brokaw, Crocheron, Rapalje, Trico, Decker, Bogaert, Swartwout, Van Middleswardt, Le Fever/Le Febre, Custard/Kuster, Davis (Norwegian), and Op Den Graeff. Do any of these names appear in your tree?
  • Frances Hagaman Vannest Powell

    Hi Christine,
    Yes, I'm also on Ancestry. My family tree's not on there - I made the mistake of putting all of my husband's and my genealogy on one tree and it was too big to download to Ancestry.
    My 3rd great grandfather was Jacob Vannest. His son, Peter Bergen Vannest, born in 1809 in New Jersey. Peter married Rhoda Ketchum and their son, David, was my great grandfather. David has been a frequently used name in our Vannest line, along with Peter and Jacob.

    Peter and Rhoda migrated to Ohio after marriage. Their other children’s names were Phebe J., Lewis, Cornelius, John, Tipton, Luther?, and Sarah E. All the children were born in Ohio. David and Tipton both moved on to Iowa when grown. David, my great grandfather, married Mary Jane Miller, and they had Jacob Tipton Vannest, my grandfather, who married Lucy Boyd Clements.

    One of my other Dutch lines is Hagaman, descendents of Adriaen Hegeman, who immigrated from the Netherlands to New Amsterdam, then Flatbush, then his grandchildren to New Jersey to Somerset County area. The Vannests and Hagamans appear to have mingled more than once, for the name Hagaman Vannest shows up in the census.

    I have one Swartwout, Nora, born June 6, 1969 in Michigan, married 1890, died 22 Mar 1945 in Merced County, California. She married Robert Weyer in Doniphan County, Kansas. Other than that, the only name that appears is a Davis in 1926.
  • Judi Palmquist

    My search here today is for a decendant of Randolph Westerfield living on Long Island, I know that this woman's name is Frances as was her mothers. Her Uncle Randolph Jr. was a friend of mine here in CA. Randy Westerfield was married to Barbara, she died in 2000 and Randy at age 92 or 93 in 2006? I have many papers that I would likee her to have.
    Judi
  • Donna Gates-Smeall

    Much of my mother's family emigrated to New York from England, Germany and Ireland. They ended up in Huntington Station, Westchester County, NY. Family name is Wessel/Wefsel/Wessells/Wessell. If anyone has any genealogical records for these family names, I would gladly trade GEDCOMs via CD ROM so we can update our genealogies.
  • Michael Wood

    I am having a very difficult time locating any info on the parents of Joseph Wood, Born January 25th, 1755 in Long Island. Joseph Wood was Christened in March 1755 at the First Church, Huntington, Suffolk, New York, per my research and findings in "The New York genealogical and biographical record, New York Genealogical and Biographical Society."

    Any Help would be greatfully appreciated!
  • John J. Tierney

    @Michael I live down the road from the Old First Church in Huntington. Have you inquired with them if they have records available?

    While I live here I don't have any ancestors from the area so am not sure about records availability here in general. But I'd be glad to stop by at the church and take a look if so.

    (I do know the current church was built in 1784 after the British tore down the previous one, so older records may have been destroyed at that time as well.)

    Also, in case you haven't checked there are a few Woods buried in the Huntington Historic cemetery across and down the road a bit. You can find a listing on Findagrave here: http://bit.ly/bGgJFV

    It is a fairly well covered cemetery on Findagrave, but I just added a few new stone photos and can look for more if needed.

    You can use the messaging features here on the group to contact me if you like... Good luck!
  • Carol Peckham Poulos

    I want to mention a good resoucre for all researching Long Island. There is a website in which many libraries have been contributing, www.longislandmemories.org If you haven't checked it out, you should do so and check back frequently as new things are being added weekly. There are old photos, postcards, digitized newspapers, etc.
  • Patricia Lee Allen

    Hi! I am researching Cornell, Denton, Wanser and Trueman names-
  • Charity Johnson

    Researching mostly Quakers (Hicks, Hauxhurst/Hawxhurst, Seaman, Townsend, etc) on LI, but also searching for Egberts and a certain John Copes--who remains elusive.
  • Janice Bernath

    Hi, I have some Hauxhursts from early days in Locust Valley. My main family name is Weeks/Weekes; major brick walls are Wansor, Bailey, Baker, Longworth. The Bailey/Baylis/Bayles family had a farm in Cedar Swamp (Brookville). Our Wansor line goes back to 1785 with the birth of John Hickman Wansor (always wondered if the middle name could have been a corruption of Hegeman), but we can't get back any further so no parents for John Hickman Wansor. John Hickman Wansor and his wife Catherine Baker lived in Lattingtown; later our line through their son John lived in Bayville. Earliest Bailey is 2x great grandmother Janette Baylis/Bailey who married Samuel Coles Weeks. A cousin and I think the Townsends and Underhills come through the Bailey line, but we're at a loss. Janette Bailey's parents might have been Samuel Bailey and Elizabeth Finch. Janette was born about 1820.
  • Paul Caverly

    Caverly/Cavalier/Cavalie, Huguenots of Oyster Bay, Musketa Cove.

    Peter Gerardus Cavalier (1672-1699) m Belitje Klaarhout abt 1692 and possibly was also married to Cornelia Bosch.

    Peter Caverly (1694-1747) m Jane in abt 1720. Lived Mosqueta Cove, L I, New York and Oyster Bay. Children baptized in St. George Church at Hempstead, Long Island. NY Indorsed Land Records 1643-1803. 1730, Petition of Peter Caverly of Oyster Bay, in Queen's County, praying a patent for a ferry between neck of land in that town called Caverly's Island and Rye. Descendants later moved up the Hudson River to Marlborough, Ulster County, NY.

    Fron author Stephen Davids - Long Island's Fort Franklin, became the centre point for the largest of all the American Revolution's refugee camps.  In September of 1776, the British had secured both New York City and Long Island as their strongholds in the Thirteen Colonies. To guard the outer frontier, the king’s army built garrisons along the northern coast of Long Island. Of all these British outposts, Fort Franklin on Lloyd’s Neck was the largest.  By the late 1770s, hundreds of loyalist refugees had fled across Long Island Sound and found sanctuary near the garrison's protective walls. Living in tents or huts, the loyalists no doubt saw their stay as a temporary situation. They would be safe, they reasoned, until the might of Great Britain utterly defeated the rebels.

    While all the loyalists who sought sanctuary at Lloyd's Neck can never be completely determined, the records of the claims made to the loyalist compensation board reveal the names of some of the refugees. They include: Lyon, Bates, Hoyt, Dibblee, Hubbard, Pickett, Frost, Seely, Raymond, Fowler, Whelpley, Clarke, Whitney, Miles, Ketchum, Dickson, Chace, Roberts, Slocum, Corey, and Caswell. Most were from Connecticut, but there were loyalists from Rhode Island, New York, and Massachusetts as well. In the spring and summer of 1783, the refugees of Lloyd's Neck boarded evacuation ships and sailed north to Nova Scotia. Having created a loyalist community on Long Island, many of them decided to continue living together in the new settlements. Most of the loyalists buried in the graveyard in Kingston, New Brunswick, for example, had once sought refuge at Lloyd's Neck. 

     

  • James P. LaLone

    Discover the Van Dusens of New Amsterdam – 1627-2011
    http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/24/nyregion/the-story-of-the-van-dus...
  • Barbara M Leydecker

    Emily Zengel Steininger Russwurm died August 8, 1927 in Rochester, New York.  She was buried in Long Island, but I do not know where.  I am looking for suggestions as to the cemetery.  She may be buried next to her first husband, Caspar Steininger, who died in 1874.