Brookhaven Town History

Brookhaven Town History

-- General

• Black History Commission (Town of Brookhaven)
• Brookhaven, New York (Wikipedia)
• Brookhaven Town History (Town of Brookhaven. Town Historian) - See also "History" tab at top of page for information on the Town Patent (1686), its geography & demographics
• David Overton Audio Files (Sachem Public Library) - 132 audiofiles on various thematic aspects of Brookhaven Town history or its villages histories; by the late Town Historian
• Historic Distric Advisory Committee (Town of Brookhaven) 
• Past Presidents (Brookhaven Town Fire Chiefs Council)
• Patchogue Hebrew Cemetery (Holtsville, NY) - includes many reburials
• Research Tool for Use with Brookhaven Town Cemetery [Register], comp. by Osborn Shaw, Brookhaven Town Historian, ca. 1938-39
• Thomas R. Bayles Pamphlets (Longwood Public Library)

• Brookhaven Land Deeds and Documents Collection (SUNY at Stony Brook.  University Libraries.  Special Collections & University Archives.  Manuscript Collection 415)
• Records:  Town of Brookhaven (Brookhaven/Southaven Hamlets) -early Indian deeds
• Records of the Town of Brookhaven, [v. 1:] Up to 1800 (1880) (Stony Brook University Libraries.  Online Resources.  Research Websites.  Long Island Books Available Online)
• Records of the Town of Brookhaven [v. 2: 1798-1856] (1888) (Internet Archive)

• Research Tool for Use with Brookhaven Town Cemetery [Register] (Long Island Genealogy.com; original print copy prepared by the Brookhaven Town Historian)

• William "Tangier" Smith (Wikipedia)
• St. George Manor (Brookhaven/Southaven Hamlets) - a/k/a Manor of St. George 
• Thomas R. Bayles Pamphlets, comp. by Cynthia Wandursky Sciacca (Longwood Public Library)
• Slavery in Brookhaven Town:  History of Suffolk County (1882) (Longwood's Journey)
• Town of Brookhaven's 17th Century Local History, by Beverly Tyler (Brookhaven Travel Guide. Virtual Tourist)   
• Town of Brookhaven's 18th Century Local History, by Beverly Tyler (Brookhaven Travel Guide. Virtual Tourist) 
• Vote of the First Company in Brookhaven, New York [May 17, 1775] (Northern Illinois University.  Libraries.  American Archives.  Documents of the American Revolution, 1774-1776)
• Vote of the Second Company in Brookhaven, New York [May 17, 1775] (Northern Illinois University.  Libraries.  American Archives.  Documents of the American Revolution, 1774-1776)
• Vote of the Third Company in Brookhaven, New York [May 17, 1775] (Northern Illinois University.  Libraries.  American Archives.  Documents of the American Revolution, 1774-1776)
• Vote of the Fourth Company in Brookhaven, New York [May 16, 1775] (Northern Illinois University.  Libraries.  American Archives.  Documents of the American Revolution, 1774-1776)
• William Floyd (U.S. National Park Service.  Fire Island National Seashore.  History and Culture)
• William Floyd Estate's "Old Mastic House" (U.S. National Park Service.  Fire Island National Seashore. History and Culture)
• Letter from Major Benjamin Floyd of Brookhaven, Suffolk County, New-York, to Mr. Rivington [March 6, 1775] (Northeastern Illinois University.  Libraries.  American Archives.  Documents of the American Revolution, 1774-1776)
• Declaration of Inhabitants of Brook-Haven, Suffolk County, New York [March 10, 1775](Northeastern Illinois University.  American Archives.  Documents of the American Revolution, 1774-1776)
• Brookhaven (New-York) Committee [June 8, 1775] (Northeastern Illinois University.  Libraries.  American Archives.  Documents of the American Revolution, 1774-1776)
• Meeting of the Committee of Brookhaven [June 27, 1775] (Northeastern Illinois University.  Libraries.  American Archives.  Documents of the American Revolution, 1774-1776) - adopting the resolutions of the Continental Congress, locally, June 27, 1775
• Letter from Major Benjamin Floyd of Brookhaven, Suffolk County, New-York to Mr. Rivington [March 3, 1775] (Northeasterm Illinois University.  Libraries.  American Archives.  Documents of the American Revolution, 1774-1776)
• Suffolk County (New-York) Committee to Committee of Brookhaven [May 5, 1775](Northeastern Illinois University.  Libraries.  American Archives.  Documents of the American Revolution, 1774-1776)
• Memoir of Col. Benjamin Tallmadge, Prepared by Himself, at the Request of His Children (1858)
• Hannah Jones Floyd (History of American Women Blog.  Wives of the Signers)
• The Setauket Spies, by Beverly C. Tyler (Three Village Historical Society.  Local 18th Century History.  History Close at Hand)
• Elijah Churchill (Wikipedia)
• June 27, 1779 - George Washington to Benjamin Tallmadge (University of Michigan.  School of Information.  Spy Letters of the American Revolution, from the Collections of the Clements Library.  From the Clinton Collection)
• The Culper Gang (University of Michigan.  School of Information.  Spy Letters of the American Revolution, from the Collections of the Clements Library.  Stories of Spies and Letters)
• Burning of the Hay at Coram, by Thomas R. Bayles (Longwood's Journey)

• Part I:  Brookhaven's Geological Formation and Geographical Orientation [in Brief], to ca. 10,000 Years Before Present
• Part II:  Brookhaven Prehistory, An Undersung Heritage, ca. 12,500 Years Before Present to ca. 1497 A.D. / C.E.
• Part III:    Contact Era, 1497-1665
• Part IV:   A Battle Over Anglicization, 1655-1663
• Part Va:  New Netherlands to New York, January to August, 1664; and Part Vb:  Folded into Ducal New-York, 1664-1673
• Part VI:   No Dutch Treat for You!:  New Belgium:  A Second Conquest, Threat, & Surrender,1673-1674
• Part VII:   From Stuart to Orange Sovereignty, 1675-1691
• Part VIII:  The Late Imperial Colonial Era, 1691-1775
• Part IX:  Revolutionary Brookhaven, 1775-1783
• Part X:  Brookhaven in the Lost Years:  Early & Antebellum U.S., 1784-1861
• Part XI:  Brookhaven in the Civil War, 1861-1865
• Part XII:  From the Gilded Age to Khaki, Jazz, & White Sheets, 1866-1929