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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 ...
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 ...
Sitting adjacent to the park on the East side is the Patriot's Hollow State Forest. It is home to "Patriot's rock", which was once a meeting place of the Setalcott Indians and the site of Reverend Nathaniel Brewster's first sermon. During the Revolutionary war, it was the site of a skirmish with Tory forces garrisoned in the nearby Presbyterian ...
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.
Strongs Neck is a hamlet and peninsula just south of Long Island Sound and hamlet in Suffolk County, New York, United States, on the North Shore of Long Island. [1] Strongs Neck is part of the Town of Brookhaven. Census data is included in Setauket-East Setauket, New York. It was originally known as Little Neck.
After the war, Roe continued to operate his tavern in Setauket. [1] He became a captain in Lieutenant Colonel David Pierson's New York militia regiment in Suffolk County, New York, [6] in 1787. [1] He and his family settled the area which would become the town of Patchogue on Long Island's south shore in 1798. [1]