Place: Southampton, NY

Founding Name
Southampton

Southampton was  founded in 1640 when settlers from (link is external)Lynn(link is external)Massachusetts, established residence on lands obtained from local Shinnecock Indian Nation.   The first settlers included eight men, one woman, and a boy who came ashore at Conscience Point. These men were (link is external)Thomas Halsey(link is external)Edward Howell, Edmond Farrington, Allen Bread, Edmund Needham, (link is external)Abraham Pierson the Elder, Thomas Sayre, Josiah Stanborough, George Welbe, Henry Walton and Job Sayre.(link is external)[4] By July 7, 1640, they had determined the town boundaries. During the next few years (1640–43), Southampton gained another 43 families.

From 1644, the colonists established an organised whale fishery, significant in the (link is external)history of whaling as the first in New England. They chased (link is external)pilot whales ("blackfish") onto the shelving beaches for slaughter, a sort of (link is external)dolphin drive hunting. They also processed (link is external)drift whales they found on shore. They observed the (link is external)Native Americans' hunting techniques, improved on their weapons and boats, and then went out to (link is external)ocean hunting.(link is external)[5]

The first (link is external)meeting house was on a hill that is the site of the current (link is external)Southampton Hospital. The town's oldest existent house is the (link is external)Halsey House at 249 Main Street, which was built by Thomas Halsey, one of the first Englishmen to trade with the Shinnecocks.(link is external)[6]

(link is external)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southampton,_New_York

Date
1640-Present
Chosen Name
Southampton
Full Name
Southampton Town
Founding Date (text)
1640-04-17
End Date (text)
9999-12-31
Date of Establishment (text)
1640-04-17
Notes
Associated with Connecticut
Jurisdiction Type
Town
State
Connecticut
Boundary Events
Name at the time Change Start Date End Date Boundary Event
Southampton First settled 1640-04-17 1650-09-15 Southampton_Southampton_1640-04-17_1650-09-15
Southampton Claimed by Connecticut by Treaty of Hartford 1650-09-15 1662-04-23 Southampton_Southampton_1650-09-15_1662-04-23
Southampton Claimed by Connecticut by royal charter. 1662-04-23 1664-03-12 Southampton_Southampton_1662-04-23_1664-03-12
Southampton Assigned to Yorkshire shire 1664-03-12 1683-11-01 Southampton_Southampton_1664-03-12_1683-11-01
Southampton Assigned to Suffolk County 1683-11-01 1789-04-01 Southampton_Southampton_1683-11-01_1789-04-01
Southampton Recognized as a town by state law. 1789-04-01 1859-03-16 Southampton_Southampton_1789-04-01_1859-03-16
Southampton Southampton lost to Shinnecock Reservation https://encyclopedia.nahc-mapping.org/node/9938 1859-03-16 1887-10-12 Southampton_Southampton_1859-03-16_1887-10-12
Southampton Maritime limits extended to state line 1887-10-12 9999-12-31 Southampton_Southampton_1887-10-12_9999-12-31
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Citation
History of Long Island, Vol. 1, Ross, Chap. LXXII p. 1035