Edmund Petty

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Died AE 63 yrs., 11 mos. 24 days.

BIRTH: Also shown as Born Middle Island, Suffolk, New York, United States.

Edmund married Caroline. Caroline was born Cal 1810, , , New York, United States; died Aft 1 Jun 1900. [Group Sheet]

1. Georgiana Petty was born 1841, Bellport, Suffolk, New York, United States; died 27 May 1904, Bellport, Suffolk, New York, United States.

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Inscription:
Age 66 y

Daniel married Susannah Hawkins. Susannah (daughter of Robert Hawkins and Deliverance Davis) was born 30 Jun 1773, Yaphank, Suffolk, New York, United States; died 23 May 1839, Middle Island, Suffolk, , New York, United States; was buried , Union Cemetery, Middle Island, Suffolk, , New York, United States. [Group Sheet]

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Inscription:
Widow of Daniel Petty Age 67 y

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-PETER WENNER, of Hicksville, has purchased the old Daniel PETTY farm of
350 acres at Middle Island for $9,000. This farm has been in the PETTY
family since 1772.

Source: Brooklyn Standard Union, 1 April 1906, LONG ISLAND NOTES
Plowed Fields and Historical Archaeology:The Petty Homestead, Department of Anthropology, SUNY at Stony Brook

The area presently known as Middle Island was settled by farmers from Setauket around 1730. Originally, this settlement was known as Middletown because of its geographic location. Later the name was changed briefly to Brookhaven until 1820, when it acquired its present name of Middle Island.

The first structure associated with the project area illustrated on the 1838 U.S. Coast map (Figure 3), indicates a road leading to a structure owned by "D. Petty". This single structure is set back approximately 1600 feet from the Middle Country Road within a cleared area probably used for farming.

A deed and title search of the project area revealed that the owner of this 1838 structure was Daniel Petty Jr. eldest son of Daniel Petty, Sr. The last will and testament of Daniel Petty, Sr., dated February 15. 1799, provides insight into the lives of the first documented residents of the area now Birchwood Park. While the project area was originally part of the Brookhaven Purchase in 1655, title to the land prior to 1776 is uncertain. It is most likely, however, that Daniel Petty, Sr. was in possession of this parcel by at least 1776 when his name appears in the census of the township of Brookhaven (Anon. 1984).

http://www.longwood.k12.ny.us/history/midisl/kent.htm

Inscription:
Age 54 y

Daniel married Sarah Brown. Sarah was born Cal 1745, , , Suffolk, New York, United States; died 9 Apr 1823, , Town of Brookhaven, Suffolk, New York, United States; was buried , Union Cemetery, Middle Island, Suffolk, New York, United States. [Group Sheet]

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"He owned the Yaphank grist mill and saw mill, the old Gerard Place, in Fireplace, and probably all of the extensive land holdings owned by Robert Finlely Hawkins, his great-grandson. Robert was a 'Signer of the Association' May 1, 1776, and his wife, Deliverance, donated a gun to the cause of the Colonists, according to Frederick Mather's Refugees From Long Island to Connecticut In 1776, p. 1057.

Died "in the 84th. year of his age" on gravestone

"The Hawkins family cemetery is located on what was the Robert Hawkins farm in Yaphank. It is now on the East side of Yaphank-Middle Island Road approximately 100 yards south of Raymond St.. All stones were copied by Elbert N. Carter on
August 5, 1962. They were rechecked again on July 25, 1971."

Robert married Deliverance Davis Abt 1761. Deliverance was born Cal 1742, Yaphank, Suffolk, New York, United States; died 13 Nov 1808, Yaphank, Suffolk, New York, United States; was buried , Robert Hawkins Family Burial Ground, Yaphank, Suffolk, New York, United States. [Group Sheet]

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Died "in her 67 year of her age'' on gravestone

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Died at home of son, Benjamin Petty

John married Charity. [Group Sheet]

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"Zachariah settled at Oak Island on the Smith Patent, east of Yaphank, and north of where now is the L.I.R.R. on the road to site of Camp Upton. Later he moved into the Glover house further south on the same property, just east of Carman's Mill, on the east side of Carman River, north of the railroad at South Haven. Just south of the railroad on the east side of the river was Zach's Landing, named after this Zachariah Hawkins, probably because it was from here that he shipped to New York City the cord wood that he cut nearby, there being an inlet at this time from the ocean to the bay just west of Smith's Point. It was also probably near this landing in the woody swamp by the river that Zachariah hid the horses and cattle of General John Smith during the American Revolution to prevent their capture by the British. Zachariah had been placed in charge of the General's extensive property at Smith's Point at St. George's Manor or Tangier. In 1796 he was living again at Oak Island according to the will of William Smith of the Manor of St. George at Smith's Point. In addition to furthering the efforts of General Smith during the Revolution, Zachariah as a patriot signed the Association Papers June 8, 1775, and again in May, 1776. He died about 1800 on the Smith property at South Haven and letters of administration of his estate were granted May 5, 1800, to his son Nathaniel and his grandson Zachariah Hawkins."

Zachariah married Abigail Jayne 1738, Yaphank, Suffolk, New York, USA. Abigail (daughter of William Jayne, II and Elizabeth Woodhull) was born Abt 1714, Setauket, Suffolk, New York, United States; died Bef 1780, , Suffolk, New York, United States. [Group Sheet]

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Born 1723?