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SOUTHAMPTON , a township of See also:Suffolk See also:county, New See also:York, occupying the western See also:part (W. of See also:Easthampton) of the See also:south-eastern See also:peninsula of See also:Long See also:Island, S. of the Peconic See also:Bay and N. of the See also:Atlantic Ocean. Pop. (1900), 10,371; (1910), 11,240. Separated from the ocean by a narrow See also:beach only, in the south-western part .of the township are the nearly landlocked See also:East Bay and Shinnecock Bay, and farther east are Mecox Bay, (landlocked) and other ponds near the ocean. At See also:Canoe See also:Place, an old See also:portage, Shinnecock Bay and Peconic Bay are less than 3 m. apart. On the See also:northern See also:shore of the township are the small settlements called See also:Flanders, See also:Southport, Sebonac, See also:North Haven and North See also:Sea. Nearer the south shore and served by the Long Island railway are Speonk, Westhampton, Quogue, See also:Good Ground, Shinnecock Hills, Southampton (pop. in 1910, 2509), See also:Water See also:- MILL
- MILL (O. Eng. mylen, later myln, or miln, adapted from the late Lat. molina, cf. Fr. moulin, from Lat. mola, a mill, molere, to grind; from the same root, mol, is derived " meal;" the word appears in other Teutonic languages, cf. Du. molen, Ger. muhle)
- MILL, JAMES (1773-1836)
- MILL, JOHN (c. 1645–1707)
- MILL, JOHN STUART (1806-1873)
Mill and Bridgehampton, from which there is a See also:branch See also:line of the Long Island railway to Sag Harbor. Good sailing and sea-bathing are obtained at several places; and the See also:golf links of the Shinnecock Golf See also:Club, at Shinnecock Hills, is one of the best in the See also:country. The first " summer cottages" were built near the See also:village of Southampton in the latter part of the See also:decade 187o-188o, and the summer See also:colony was long called the "New York Annex" or the "Annex." The village of Southampton has been called the See also:Newport of Long Island; in it is the See also:Rogers Memorial Library (1893). The See also:whale See also:fishery was formerly important; it began here about 166o. The Shinnecock See also:Indians long took part in it and many of the men of the tribe were lost in the See also:wreck of the " Circassian " here on the 31st of See also:December 1876. The Indians now on the See also:reservation are mostly mixed bloods with a large proportion of See also:negro See also:blood. Southampton was settled in s64o, probably before See also:Southold, by a " See also:company of undertakers " formed in See also:March 1639 at See also:Lynn, See also:Massachusetts, who received from See also:- JAMES
- JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
- JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
- JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
- JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
- JAMES, EPISTLE OF
- JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
- JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
- JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
- JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)
James Forrett, See also:agent of the proprietor, See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
William See also:Alexander, See also:Lord See also:Stirling, a patent dated the 17th of See also:April 164o for 8 m. square of See also:land and whose See also:deed from the Indians is dated the 13th of December 1640. Their first See also:attempt to See also:settle was broken up by the Dutch. The name may have been taken in See also:honour of See also:- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
Henry Wriothesley, See also:earl of Southampton. The See also:settlement was a commercial See also:- SCHEME (Lat. schema, Gr. oxfjya, figure, form, from the root axe, seen in exeiv, to have, hold, to be of such shape, form, &c.)
scheme, and in spite of the rigid See also:Puritanism of See also:Abraham See also:Pierson, their first pastor and a sympathizer with New Haven, the See also:people voted to attach themselves to See also:Connecticut (1645). The See also:Mosaic See also:law was adopted for the See also:government of the township. In 1678 See also:Governor See also:Edmund See also:Andros, in a See also:note to the See also:home government, said: " Our principall places of See also:trade are New York and Southampton, except See also:Albany for the Indyans." The village of Southampton was incorporated in 1894.
See Geo. R. See also:Howell, See also:Early See also:History of Southampton, L.I. (2nd ed., Albany, 1887), and the See also:Town Records (4 vols., Sag Harbor, 1874-1879), with notes by W. S. Pelletreau.
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