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Villages and Hamlets Southampton, Suffolk County, New York
Watermill
This was settled very early, the grist
mill being erected there by Edward Howell in 1644, and the land
being taken up by the sons of the first settlers. It is in the
parish of Southampton village. It maintains a prosperous
district school and has a population of nearly 200.
Sagg
This village was settled as before
stated about 1660. The earliest settlers were Josiah Stanborough,
John and Elnathan Topping, Henry Pierson, Christopher Learning
and Rev. Ebenezer White. Theophilus, son of Major John Howell,
settled here quite early on land now occupied by Gr. Clarence
Topping. Daniel Hedges came here about 1702 from East Hampton
and was the progenitor of those of the name in Southampton.
Among the oldest epitaphs in the village burying ground are the
following:
"Here lies buried the body of
Theophilus Howell, Esq. Aged 77 years; deceased March
the 12, 1739."
"Coll. Henry Peirson deceased November the 15 in the 50
year of his age. 1701."
"Mr. Peregrine Stanborough, Deacon in the Parish.
Departed this life Jan. the 4, 1701, in the 62 year of
his age."
"Here lies the Body of Captain Elnathan Topping, who
departed this life March the 26 anno Domini 1705, aged
64 years."
"Here lieth the Body of John Topping, Justice of the
Peace, aged fifty years, who departed this life in the
29 day of May in the year 1686."
"Here was layed the body of Mr. Nathaniel Busco, who
dyed August the 21st Anno 1714, in the 67 year of his
age." |
Noyac
Isaac Jessup settled here in 1712. His
homestead continued in this family till about 1800, when Silas
Jessup sold it to Jeremiah Osborn and after the death of his son
Judge John S. Osborn it was sold to David Wiggins. A fulling
mill was built here about 1690 by John Parker and in 1718 was
owned by Jonah Rogers. The place is now well known from the fine
trout ponds stocked and owned by G-. W. Thompson.
Canoe Place
This is on a peninsula between the
Shinnecock and Peconic bays, called Niamuck by the Indians, and
Canoe Place by the settlers from the fact that canoes were drawn
here from one bay to another by the Indians. The present hotel
property was sold by the trustees of the proprietors in 1739 to
Jeremiah Culver. Until the revolution his house was the only
habitation between Riverhead and Southampton. From the
revolution to the present day the successive owners have been
Major George Herrick, John Howell, grandfather of Charles Howell
late of Ketchabonuck, George Seaman and Israel Conkling.
Squiretown
This is a small hamlet near Peconic bay
north of Good Ground. The first settler was Ellis Squires who
came from East Hampton.
Good Ground
This thriving village has sprung up
since 1800. It contains a Methodist church built in 1863 and a
school-house. It is so named from the fact that it is an oasis
amid the barren pine lands that surround it.
Ponquogue, formerly Paugonquogue
This is a small hamlet on the Shinnecock
bay and has a fine light-house erected in 1857. The Bay View
Hotel erected here in 1875 is a large structure and attractive
to sportsmen on account of abundant game in the vicinity.
Atlanticville
Formerly Fourth Neck contained in 1880 a
population of 267. It has a small Methodist church and a
school-house. The creek on the east called by the Indians
Achabacawesuck has been abbreviated to Weesuck by the later
inhabitants. A large boarding-house frequented by sportsmen is
located on Tiana bay, owned by Benjamin F. Squires.
Quogue
This neck of fertile land was known as
Quaquanantuck by the Indians, but as life was too short to
grapple with the polysyllabic names of the aborigines, it soon
dwindled to Quaqua and finally to Quogue, its present
appellation. Settlements began here about 1740 by the Cooks,
Fosters, Howells and Posts from Southampton. Among the epitaphs
of the old burying ground we give the following:*
"Here lies the body of Jonathan
Cook, who departed this life March 7, 1754, aged 54
years."
"In memory of Elizabeth, wife of John Foster, who
departed this life the 18th of March 1773, in the 78th
year of her age."
"In memory of Mr. Elisha Howell, who died Sept. 7, 1777,
in the 73rd year of his age.
"In memory of Abigail, wife of Captain John Post, who
died March, 17, 1772, in the 67 year of her age."
Captain John Post, the first settler here, died Jan. 3,
1792, aged 92.
"In memory of Mr. Nathan Herrick, who died March 24 A.
D. 1783, in the 83rd year of his age." |
This village has now numerous large
boarding-houses and is a favorite summer resort as the neck of
land extends down to the shores of the ocean with Shinnecoek bay
on the east and Quantuck bay on the west.
Quiogue
This is a small village between Aspatuck
and Quantuck Rivers, on land formerly called Little Assup's
Neck. Here stands the Presbyterian church of the parish of West
Hampton and Quogue where Rev. Wm. B. Reeves, M. D., after
preaching twenty years as stated supply was finally installed as
pastor in 1875.
Ketchabonack
This is a district with farm houses
scattered here and there, lying next west and north-west of
Quogue. Jonathan Raynor was probably the first white resident,
having a homestead here in 1738; now occupied by Elisha Raynor.
In this locality the late Governor John A. Dix had a country
seat and near this was the summer house of Joseph Alden, D. D.,
ex-president of the State Normal School at Albany. Mr. Mortimer
D. Howell has a large boarding-house; has for several years been
a popular summer resort for people of the city.
Onuck and Potunk
These are two necks of land west of
Ketchabonack. Onuck or Wonunk was as early as 1738 occupied by
Isaac Halsey, and is still the residence of his descendants.
Potunk was settled some time previous to the revolution and one
of the first to move here was John Jessup, whose homestead was
occupied by his grandson Deacon John S. Jessup who but a few
years ago full of honors for a life of integrity went over to
the majority. West Hampton.
There is no one village of this name at
present, but it is the name of a station on the Long Island
railroad and also is applied as a name to all that district
generally between Quogue and Speonk.
Beaverdam
A grist mill was built here on the mill
stream as early as 1748. "Before the mill-dams were built on
Beaverdam and Speonk rivers the old country road crossed these
streams near their heads, and it is supposed, at the same places
the Indians had their crossings. After the dams were built the
roads were turned so as to cross them. At the old road, some
distance north of the mill at Beaverdam, is the corner between
the ' Upper Division ' and the ' Last Division ' in Quogue
purchase. A line running from the center of the dam to the
bridge at Riverhead separates Quogue and Topping's purchases,
and this dam is also the corner of the 'Speonk Division,' and
'Last Division' in the latter." * A Presbyterian church was
erected here somewhat previous to 1758. Among the old monuments
in the burying ground are the following:
"In memory of Stephen Jagger
Esq., who died April 10 1796 in the 77th year of his
age."
"In memory of Ephraim Halsey, who died August 20th 1764,
aged 71 years.''
"In memory of Cornelius Halsey, who died April 19, 1782,
in the 61 year of his age." |
The people of West Hampton have honored
themselves in erecting a monument to the memory of the soldiers
from that neighborhood whose lives were sacrificed in the
slaveholders' rebellion. It is of brown stone, about sixteen
feet high and has the following inscriptions:
"West Hampton's tribute to the
patriotism and bravery of her sons who in the warrior
the preservation of the Union heroically fought and
honorably fell."
| Captain Franklin B.
Hallock |
Sergeant Cyrus D.
Tuthill |
Corporal Hiram A. Wines |
Reeves H. Havens
Timothy W. Robinson |
Thomas M. Smith
Edward Stephens |
James E. Griffing
Henry S. Raynor |
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Speonk
This village was settled about 1740 and
the earliest settlers were Abraham Halsey (son of Thomas, son of
Thomas the first of the name in Southampton), John and James
Tuthill, Joseph Rogers, from Bridgehampton 1760, and the
Phillips family, consisting of four brothers, William, Josiah,
Joseph and Moses, from Brookhaven in 1757. The village has a
Methodist church and school-house and the population in 1880 was
196.
Waterville
The westernmost village on the south
shore of the town is. Waterville, formerly Seatnek. It has a
population of about 200-engaged in farming and fishing.
Flanders
This is a small settlement in the
north-west section of the town near Riverhead. The first house
was erected here about 1770 by Josiah Goodale. Families of
Squires and Fanning came soon after. The population is 126.
Footnote:
* W. S. Pelletreau, to whom we are indebted for many facts in
this sketch of the villages.
* W. S. Pelletreau.
Southampton
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