Ilas Wood's Sketch of the Town of Huntington, L. I

Excerpt from Ilas Wood's Sketch of the Town of Huntington, L. I: From Its First Settlement to the End of the American Revolution Among the earliest settlers on Long Island was Jonas Wood, who came from Halifax, England, and was among the first residents of Hempstead in 1644. He removed to Southampton about 1649 and became the owner of land in the right of "his father-in-law, Mr. Sticklin, of Hempstead." From Southampton he removed to Huntington, about 1655, and was one of the original purchasers of Copiage and the five necks east, in 1657. Tradition states that he was drowned in Peconic River, between the 20th of April and the 18th of May, 1660. Joshua Wood, one of his descendants, was born October 12, 1716, and died September 6, 1779, aged 63. He married Ruth Wood, who was born May 26, 1724, and died August 29, 1807, in her 84th year. Their children were Samuel, Selah and Silas. Of these children, the youngest, Silas Wood, who has left a lasting fame as the Historian of Long Island, was born at West Hills, in the town of Huntington, September 14, 1769. At the early age of 16 he entered Princeton College, pursued a full classical course, and graduated from that institution with high honors. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.