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SOUTHOLD , a township of See also:Suffolk See also:county, New See also:York, occupying the See also:peninsula at the N.E. of See also:Long See also:Island, and including the islands E.N.E. of this peninsula, See also:Plum Island, on which defences protect the eastern entrance to Long Island See also:Sound, Little See also:Gull Island, on which there is a lighthouse, See also:Great Gull Island, and See also:Fisher's Island. Pop. (1900), 8301; (1910, U.S. See also:census), 10,J77. Excluding the islands to the See also:east, the township is about 25 M. long and its See also:average width is 2 m.; the Sound See also:shore is broken only by Mattituck and See also:Goldsmith's inlets, but the See also:southern shore is broken with bays and necks of See also:land. The See also:surface is hilly, with occasional glacial boulders. The Long Island railway serves the See also:principal villages of the township, Mattituck, Cutchogue, Peconic, Southold and See also:Green-See also:port (pop. in 1910, 3089), and from Greenport steamers run to Shelter Island, Sag Harbor, New See also:London and New York. Beyond Greenport are the villages of East See also:Marion and Orient. Greenport has some See also:shipping and some See also:oyster See also:fisheries, See also:asparagus is grown at Mattituck, and Peconic See also:Bay is noted for its scallops. Southold is a summer resort, and it is historically interesting as one of the first See also:English settlements on. Long Island. The first permanent See also:settlement here was made in 164o; land wasbought from the See also:Indians in See also:August (a See also:lease from 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, had been secured in 1639), and on the 21st of See also:October 164o a Presbyterian See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
church was organized under See also:John Youngs, who came from New Haven and had been connected with a St See also:Margaret's church in Suffolk, See also:England, probably at Reydon, near Southwold; and it is possible that the settlement was named from Southwold, though as it was commonly called " the See also:South Hold " by See also:early writers and a settlement on Wading See also:River was called See also:West Hold, the name was probably descriptive. A See also:- MEETING (from " to meet," to come together, assemble, 0. Eng. metals ; cf. Du. moeten, Swed. mota, Goth. gamotjan, &c., derivatives of the Teut. word for a meeting, seen in O. Eng. Wit, moot, an assembly of the people; cf. witanagemot)
meeting-See also:house was built in 1642, and biblical See also:laws were enforced. Southold was originally one of the six towns under the New Haven See also:jurisdiction, but in 1662 was placed under See also:Connecticut; in 1664 it objected strongly to the See also:transfer of Long Island to the See also:duke of York; in 167o refused to pay taxes imposed by See also:Governor See also:Francis See also:Lovelace of New York; in 1672 petitioned the See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king to be under Connecticut or to be a See also:free See also:corporation; in 1673, when the Dutch got See also:control of New York, withstood the Dutch commissioners, with the help of Connecticut; and, in 1674, after English supremacy was again established in New York, still hoped to be governed from Connecticut. The township was chartered by Governor See also:Edmund See also:Andros in 1676. Greenport was not settled until the first See also:quarter of the 19th See also:century, and was incorporated as a See also:village in 1838.
See Epher See also:Whitaker, See also:History of Southold, L.I.: Its First Century (Southold, 1881) ; Southold See also:Town Records (2 vols., Southold, 1882-1884), and an address by C. B. See also:Moore in Celebration of the 250th Anniversary of the Formation of the Town and the Church of Southold, L.I. (Southold, 189o).
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