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The Battle of Setauket (August 22, 1777) was a failed attack during the American Revolutionary War on a fortified Loyalist outpost in Setauket, Long Island, New York, by a force of Continental Army troops from Connecticut under the command of Brigadier General Samuel Holden Parsons.
Bethel–Christian Avenue–Laurel Hill Historical District is a Setauket, Long Island, New York neighborhood that was nominated [2] for preservation as an endangered historic site in 2017. [ 3 ] The Bethel–Christian Avenue–Laurel Hill District on Long Island's north shore has roots back to the 1600s, when displaced African-American slaves ...
The area was split in 2020 into two separate CDPs: Setauket and East Setauket [3] despite many in the community still considering it one locality. Setauket was founded as an agricultural community in the mid-17th century, and was a regional center of activity during the American Revolutionary War noted for the Culper spy ring and the Battle of ...
Three Village Historical Society is a historical society headquartered in East Setauket, New York, that preserves the history of the villages of Old Field, Poquott, the Setaukets, and Stony Brook. [1] The society educates visitors about local history through events, walking tours, and educational programs.
Inscription: Largest and most costly on Long Island. Used 1717-1861. Here were ordained Samuel Buel, Samson Occom, Lyman Beecher and Stephen Mershon State Education Department 1935: 9: Town Church site 1975: 39 James Lane, South Hill Cemetery Village of East Hampton, New York: Site of the first town church. Built by town 1651. Used until 1717.
In December 1777 the regiment was involved in a failed expedition to Long Island (a more elaborate attempt on Setauket than that of the previous August) in which Colonel Webb was captured. The regiment spent the winter of 1777–78 at West Point , where it assisted in the construction of fortifications (including the Webb redoubt, probably ...
East Setauket is a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) on Long Island, in the town of Brookhaven, Suffolk County, New York, United States. It was first listed as a CDP in the 2020 census. Before that it was part of the Setauket-East Setauket CDP. The community is in northwestern Suffolk County, in the northwest part of the town of Brookhaven.
Fort Franklin was erected by the British in 1778, as part of a network of fortifications along the north shore of Long Island during the Revolutionary War, and named for Benjamin Franklin's Loyalist son, Sir William Franklin. [1] It was raided in 1779, resulting in the capture of many of the Loyalist garrison, but not the fort itself. [2]