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Captain Robert Robinson
Captain Robert Robinson (1685? – May 7, 1762) was born in Miller Place, New York. A Queen Anne's War veteran, he is considered to be one of the founders of the hamlet of Yaphank, Suffolk County, New York, in 1726. He married Mary Davis in 1703. Captain Robinson died May 7, 1762, in Pipestove Hollow, Mount Sinai, New York Mount Sinai is a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) located within the Town of Brookhaven, in Suffolk County, New York, United States. The population was 12,118 at the 2010 census. The hamlet is located on the North Shore of Long Island. .... His father was John Robinson (1654–1734), a member of the General Assembly of 1691 from Queens County. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Robinson, Robert 1680s births 1762 deaths People from Miller Place, New York Queen Anne's War People from Yaphank, New York People from Mount Sinai, New York ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miller Place, New York
Miller Place is a Hamlet (New York), hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) in the Brookhaven, New York, Town of Brookhaven, Suffolk County, New York, United States, on the North Shore of Long Island. Miller Place has been inhabited since the 17th century and is named for the Miller family that included many of its initial settlers. For most of its history, the community functioned as an agriculture-based society. Despite preserving much of its historic identity, changes in the 20th century have transitioned the hamlet into a desirable and densely populated suburban area. The population was 11,723 at the 2020 census. The hamlet borders the areas of Sound Beach, New York, Sound Beach, Mount Sinai, New York, Mount Sinai, Rocky Point, New York, Rocky Point, Middle Island, New York, Middle Island and Coram, New York, Coram. Miller Place and Mount Sinai have historically been linked, with residents sharing such institutions as the Mount Sinai Congregational Church, located on the ham ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Queen Anne's War
Queen Anne's War (1702–1713) was the second in a series of French and Indian Wars fought in North America involving the colonial empires of Great Britain, France, and Spain; it took place during the reign of Anne, Queen of Great Britain. In Europe, it is generally viewed as the American theater of the War of the Spanish Succession; in the Americas, it is more commonly viewed as a standalone conflict. It is also known as the Third Indian War. In France it was known as the Second Intercolonial War. Outline of the war The war broke out in 1701 and was primarily a conflict among French, Spanish and English colonists for control of the North American continent while the War of the Spanish Succession was being fought in Europe. Each side was allied with various Indigenous communities. It was fought on four fronts: # In the south, Spanish Florida and the English Province of Carolina attacked one another, and English colonists engaged French colonists based at Fort Louis de la Louis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yaphank
Yaphank () is a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) in Suffolk County, New York, United States. The population was 5,945 at the time of the 2010 census. Yaphank is located in the south part of the Town of Brookhaven. It is served by the Longwood Central School District, except for extreme southwestern Yaphank, which is served by the South Country Central School District. In the 1930s, Yaphank was a center of American Nazism where Camp Siegfried drew up to a thousand weekly visitors from New York City for pro-Nazi rallies and vacationing. History Captain Robert Robinson came to Yaphank and built his Dutch Colonial house with the building dated at 1726. He was then granted permission to dam the Carmans River to build a mill across the street from his house. The construction of this mill in 1739 was considered the founding date of the Hamlet of Yaphank. In the mid 18th century, John Homan built two mills along the Carmans River, which runs directly through the center of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mount Sinai, New York
Mount Sinai is a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) located within the Town of Brookhaven, in Suffolk County, New York, United States. The population was 12,118 at the 2010 census. The hamlet is located on the North Shore of Long Island. Mount Sinai was first settled in the 1660s and was known by the name of ''Old Mans'' until a name change in the 1840s. Initially an agricultural hamlet, it transitioned into a popular resort town in the late-19th century and developed into a suburb of New York City in the mid-20th century. While primarily a residential community, the hamlet contains Mount Sinai Harbor and its popular public beach, Cedar Beach. History Mount Sinai was founded in the 1660s. Origins The area now known as Mount Sinai was originally called ''Nonowatuck'', or "stream that dries up", by the Seatocot family of Native Americans who lived here. The first European settlers were Colonial settlers living in what is now Setauket, who obtained a deed from these loca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Robinson (1654–1734)
John Robinson may refer to: Academics *John Thomas Romney Robinson (1792–1882), Irish astronomer and physicist *John J. Robinson (1918–1996), historian and author of ''Born in Blood'' *John Talbot Robinson (1923–2001), paleontologist *John Alan Robinson (1930–2016), British and American philosopher, mathematician, and early computer scientist *John D. Robinson (psychologist) (1946–2021), psychologist and professor of psychiatry and surgery at Howard University *John Martin Robinson (born 1948), English Officer of Arms and historian *John C. Robinson (biologist) (born 1959), American ornithologist and environmental activist *John R. Robinson, American accountant, professor at the University of Texas at Austin *John Robinson (Australian statistician), professor at Sydney University and 2008 recipient of the Statistical Society of Australia Pitman Medal Arts and entertainment Music *John Robinson (organist) (1682–1762), English organist *John Robinson (drummer) (born 1954 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
