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11/13/1643 John Carman and Robert Fordham negotiate sale for 64,000 acres of land on Long Island, to become Hempstead

11/16/1644 Director General William Kieft issues a patent granting John Carman and settlers rights and title for Hempstead

4/1/1644 John Carman crosses the Long Island Sound with the first thirty-plus families from Stamford to settle Hempstead

1/1/1647 Hempstead is divided among sixty-plus original freeholders

1/1/1659 Edward Raynor settles in Washburn’s Neck

1/1/1686 Hempstead Township grants John Pine permission to build a grist mill on Tredwell’s land

1/1/1715 The Carmans build a homestead in Coe’s Neck

1/1/1756 John Carman sells right of way through meadow on Hick’s Neck to Thomas Tredwell

1/1/1783 Daniel Raynor builds a homestead on South Main Street, opposite Mill Road

1/1/1784 Washburn’s Neck becomes known as Raynor South

1/1/1790 President George Washington visits Raynor South

1/1/1795 Jacob Bedell builds the Bell Oaks house in Raynor South

2/4/1805 Susan Carman (Bergen) is born at the Carman homestead

7/20/1814 George W Bergen is born in Brooklyn

6/29/1818 Susan Carman (Bergen) is born

1/1/1820 First Freeport public school built at Church and Main Streets in Raynor South

9/25/1821 Samuel S Carman is born

4/13/1826 William Raynor is born

1/1/1829 Daniel Raynor purchases the saw and grist mills on Mill Road from Joseph Swezey

1/2/1837 Ship Mexico wrecks on east end of Long Beach Island, 116 freeze to death, Raynor Rock Smith of Raynor South rescues 8

9/7/1838 Thomas Carman sells wood lots in Coe’s Neck

1/1/1839 Daniel Smith opens broom factory on Coe’s Neck

1/1/1839 Ancient Native American shell heaps noted on Tredwell farm

1/1/1839 Thomas Carman and family move back to Coe’s Neck area from Brooklyn

1/1/1839 Thomas Carman and his family return to Coe’s Neck

7/19/1839 George W. Bergen marries Susan Carman (Bergen)

2/10/1841 Daniel Smith’s Coe’s Neck Broom factory closes

5/10/1843 Captian Thomas Raynor makes regular runs between Raynor South and New York on the sloop Native

1/5/1846 D Wesley Pine is born in Raynor South

8/14/1846 Bergen R Carman is born

3/3/1851 Mary E Randall (Miller) is born

8/22/1853 Residents vote to change name from Raynor Town, Raynor South and South Hempstead to Freeport

1/1/1858 Freeport Post Office opens

6/3/1858 Advertisement: Carman & Raynor Lumber

1/1/1859 Map- Freeport, Coe’s Neck, Millburn, Baldwinville, Christian Hook, Rockville Centre, Merrick 1859

7/20/1859 First Presbyterian Church begins construction

1/1/1860 The Southards build the Hillcrest house on their farm

5/13/1860 First Presbyterian Church is completed

1/1/1868 The South Side Railroad connects to Freeport

1/1/1869 George W. Bergen builds an estate in Freeport

1/1/1870 Map- Freeport 1870

1/1/1872 George W. Bergen and Susan (Carman) Bergen begin living in Freeport full time

1/1/1873 Map- Freeport, Millburn, Baldwins, Greenwich Point 1873

1/1/1875 Susan (Carman) Bergen erects the Elizabeth Carman Chapel

2/11/1878 Samuel Smith of Coe’s Neck perishes during the night

10/2/1879 A Body Found In A Box

10/30/1881 Victim of a Quack – Identifying the Corpse Found in the Swamp

11/27/1881 The Mystery Yet Unsolved -Was it Ella Clark’s Body Found in the Swamp?

5/5/1881 Sister Jo Accuses Deacon Seaman of Backsliding – Samuel S Carman is implicated

8/28/1881 Mystery In Freeport – The Mutilated Body Of A Woman Found In A Swamp

8/31/1881 The Mystery at Freeport – Efforts to Fix the Identity of the Body Found in the Swamp

9/4/1881 The Freeport Mystery – Coroner’s Inquest on the Mutilated Body Found in a Swamp

1/2/1882 The Randall & Miller Company is established

2/19/1882 Brooklyn’s Water Supply

11/25/1883 The Freeport Ghost Caught

8/6/1883 He Soon Tired of his Wife

5/21/1884 Shot at by Envious Brother

7/31/1884 Long Island Snakes

1/1/1885 The Bell Oaks House is moved

12/26/1885 Thieves steel tools from Samuel S Carman

3/20/1885 John J Randall purchases a house for a summer residence

6/21/1885 John J Randall purchases 100 acres of farmland

10/26/1886 Marietta R Miller (Wetmore) is born

1/1/1887 John J Randall and William G Miller build matching houses

1/1/1888 William G Miller elected village president, 6th term

1/1/1889 William G Miller elected village president, 7th term

3/16/1889 William G Miller purchases 18 acre farm from Captain Thomas Raynor

1/1/1890 John J Randall builds Woodbine estate

3/12/1890 Plans for Atlantic Avenue to continue west from Whaley’s Lane through Baldwin

3/13/1890 Funding for bridges along Atlantic Avenue to cross Emory Creek and Milburn Creek

3/29/1890 William G Miller purchases 200 acres of farmland from Samuel S Carman

6/5/1890 Randall & Miller purchases farmland from Samuel S Carman- to become Woodcleft

7/27/1890–7/27/1890 Beauties of Freeport

7/27/1890 Plans announced for Randall & Miller’s Woodcleft area

8/16/1890 Killed At A Cemetery Gate

3/20/1891 Samuel S Carman dies

1/1/1892 Carman Cornelius elected village president

10/18/1892 Freeport is incorporated

3/1/1892 Census: Freeport

1/1/1893 William G Miller elected village president

1/1/1893 John J Randall begins living in Freeport full time

10/9/1893 A Frolic that Ended in Death

11/11/1893 Carman Cornelius dies

11/19/1893 An Apparition In Freeport

11/20/1893 All Freeport After a Ghost

1/1/1894 William G Miller elected village president, 2nd term

12/12/1894 Held Up Near Hempstead

3/15/1894 Resolution to deepen and widen Freeport Creek

5/1/1894 Thousands Of Human Skulls

7/15/1894 Says The Baymen Are Hypnotyzed

1/1/1895 Thomas Raynor purchases land on Southside Avenue

1/1/1895 William G Miller elected village president, 3rd term

1/15/1895 Brave Sailors Drowned

8/14/1895 Gypsies on the Island

1/1/1896 William G Miller elected village president, 4th term

7/21/1896 Saved their Lives by Jumping

8/21/1896 Servant surprised by thieves in Randall Park

9/1/1896 Panther Shot Near Milburn

1/1/1897–12/31/1897 C S Powell’s Woodcleft Poultry Yards in operation on Riverside Avenue

1/1/1897 First Telephone Service in Freeport

1/1/1897 Daniel B Raynor purchases land from Randall & Miller

1/1/1897 William G Miller elected village president, 5th term

1/3/1897 Woman Struck by a Train

10/19/1897 The steamer boat Eagle suspends service from Woodcleft Canal to Point Look Out for the season

11/28/1897 Headless Body Washed Ashore

8/27/1897 O. W. Humphrey begins building a house on Ocean Avenue

8/5/1897 By Coach to Freeport

1/1/1898 Electric street lamps in Freeport

1/1/1898 Woodcleft Canal dug by Randall & Miller

2/28/1898 Hotel at Freeport Burns

7/20/1898 George W and Susan Bergen celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary

7/31/1898 Long Island’s Turnouts,

9/16/1898 Plans announced for O. W. Humphrey’s Grove Park Hotel on Rose Street

1/1/1899 Freeport secedes from Queens

1/1/1899 The use of house numbers is implemented

11/12/1899 New Trolley Road in Hempstead

5/26/1899 James Dean purchases O. W. Humphrey’s house on Ocean Avenue

5/9/1899 Susan (Carman) Bergen dies

8/4/1899 Mate of the Schooner Hinely Lost

1/1/1900 William G Miller builds house on Ocean Avenue and moves there with his family

1/1/1900 John J Randall and William G Miller sell land in Freeport

1/26/1900 Daniel B Raynor purchases Samuel S Carman’s homestead on Fulton Street

11/3/1900 George W Bergen dies

12/9/1900 East Channel digging

3/23/1900 Benedict Poor House for sale

6/9/1900 Grove Park Hotel on Rose Street begins its first season

8/11/1900 Eliza (Raynor) Carman dies

8/13/1900 Severe Thunderstorm in Freeport

11/20/1901 Trolley line construction nears completion

12/21/1901 Long Island Real Estate, Wonderful Building Boom in Freeport

7/30/1901 Long Snake in Freeport

8/30/1901 Woodcleft Inn again Sold

1/1/1902 William G Miller withdraws from Randall & Miller

1/1/1902 John J Randall builds The Freeport Spite House

10/14/1902 Found Turtle he Marked 46 Years Ago

10/19/1902 John J Randall protests Lena Avenue extension

7/11/1902 May Have Been Murdered

1/1/1903 Burglars enter William P Miller’s building site to steal tools

3/27/1903 Samuel Noon escapes sanitarium

6/29/1903 Marosa’a Body Found in Canal at Freeport

4/12/1904 Woman Found Dead in Woods

4/15/1904 Sends $100 to Bury Woman

4/23/1904 Woman Swallowed Acid

7/23/1904 Baby Drinks a Pint of Kerosene and Lives

12/26/1905 Wandered From His Home / Flees in Causeless Terror

4/20/1905 Freak Calf at Freeport

7/17/1905 William G Miller Ocean Avenue residence robbed

7/3/1905 Shot By His Host

7/3/1905 Shot by his Host

8/13/1905 A long summer anticipated for Freeport

1/22/1906 Escaped from Institution

12/24/1906 Burgulars Make Rich Haul – may have used chloroform

12/24/1906 Burglars Make Rich Haul

2/1/1906 Chased by Wife’s ‘Ghost’ He Ends Life in Swamp / Insane Man Drowned

2/3/1906 Beats Wife; Kills Himself

8/7/1906 Burgulars Wreck Building – Blow Open Safe and Demolish Ferry Structure – Get Only $50

5/14/1907 Aged Lone Woman Murdered

5/8/1907 Arrest in Justice’s Home

6/1/1907 Harpo Marx is a piano player at the Happy Times Tavern

7/5/1907 Clarence E Jones’ new motor boat is one of the best equipped around

8/17/1907 13 Year Old Drowns at Freeport

1/25/1908 White Caps On Long Island

10/5/1908 Policeman Found Drowned

10/8/1908 Seek Band Members as Slayers of Policeman

11/2/1908 Twice Beaten By Thieves

11/2/1908 Twice Beaten by Theives

12/11/1908 Girl Kills Herself By Accident

5/21/1908 Horse on a Roof

1/1/1909 Clarence E Jones has an extension added to his hardware store

1/1/1909–12/31/1916 Clarence E Jones is financial secretary of the South Shore Yacht Club

11/5/1909 Advertisement: Wm G Miller Builder and General Contractor

11/5/1909 Advertisement: Clarence E Jones Hardware, Paint and Varnishes

3/1/1909 Clarence E Jones to open a hardware store

3/26/1909 Clarence E Jones hires Vinton Bedell for his hardware business

3/5/1909 Isabel T Jones hosts a sale for the First Presbyterian Church

4/23/1909 Advertisement: Clarence E Jones Motor Boat Supplies

5/1/1909 President Fox’s Dyed Horse – Kindly Left by a Thief in Exchange for a Good One

5/3/1909 Three Boys Drown In Storm

7/18/1909 Aeronaut Falls 125 Feet

7/19/1909 Drowned at Freeport

8/31/1909 Loses Race with Death

9/10/1909 Advertisement: Clarence E Jones Hardware, Paints and Varnishes

9/10/1909 Advertisement: Freeport Sanitarium For Women

1/28/1910 Georgina Wortman house moved from Central Avenue to Miller Place

10/4/1910–10/6/1910 Colonel Theodore Roosevelt speaks at the Southern New York Firemen’s Association Convention

7/25/1910 Freeport Traps Autoists

7/31/1910 Yachtsman Crushed by Bridge

1/10/1911 Marietta Miller (Wetmore) marries Frank J Wetmore

10/2/1911 Express Hits Taxi – Two Dead, 3 Hurt

11/13/1911 Burglary at Freeport

12/4/1911 Elizabeth Denton dies

5/26/1911 Isabel T Jones hosts a bridge party

7/7/1911 Advertisement: C E Jones Hardware

8/20/1911 Killed By Hokey Pokey

9/8/1911 Advertisement: C E Jones Hardware and Paint

9/9/1911 Clarence E Jones places twice in speed boat races

1/1/1912 William G Miller has high aspirations

1/1/1912 Isabel T Jones is a member of the Arts Club of Freeport

10/6/1912 Has Knife Blade in Skull

2/23/1912 Clarence E Jones relocates his hardware business

3/17/1912 Left A Trail Of Dead Dogs – Stranger Passing Through Kills 13

4/14/1912 Clarence E Jones rents a house for the summer

4/19/1912 Advertisement: Clarence E Jones Hardware installs stoves

4/6/1912 Isadore Mayer purchases Smith-Cox homestead

6/14/1912 Marietta (Miller) Wetmore and Frank Wetmore build house on Southside Avenue – the street is extended from Miller Avenue to South Long Beach Avenue

7/12/1912 Marietta (Miller) Wetmore and Frank Wetmore have a daughter; Mary E Wetmore

1/1/1913 Clarence E Jones is financial secretary of Truck Co No 1

12/24/1913 William G Miller and Clarence E Jones publish calendars

4/11/1913 Fire at Bowling Alley and Pool Room on North Main Street

4/28/1913 Stop Trolley Track Laying

7/14/1913 Rescued from Water Hole

8/25/1913 Spite Sign at Freeport

1/21/1914 A film about the Excelsior Hook and Ladder Co is shown at The Plaza

10/14/1914 Clarence E Jones sells his hardware business

5/13/1914 Clarence E Jones has a new auto delivery wagon for his hardware business

6/15/1914 Boys Rescues Swimmer

7/23/1914 Priest Dives To Rescue

1/2/1915 Masqueraders Fight Fire

3/7/1915 Fell Off Trestle: Drowned

4/13/1915 Freeport Wild-Eyed over Sulzer Films

9/3/1915 Sailor Seeking Pity Tries to Kill Self

1/1/1916–12/31/1917 Clarence E Jones is captain of Truck no 1 of the Excelsior Hook and Ladder Company

1/1/1916 Clarence E Jones is secretary of United Commercial Travelers of America

10/19/1916 Turk Island is no more

10/27/1916 Isabel T Jones entertains bridge club at 262 Southside Avenue

12/7/1916 Flag Insulter Held

4/7/1916 Clarence E Jones is on the Fire Council

5/5/1916 Isabel T Jones reads at a meeting of the Woman’s Missionary Society of the Presbyterian Church

6/9/1916 Marietta (Miller) Wetmore and Frank Wetmore have a daughter; Martha R Wetmore

7/21/1916 Shark In Woodcleft

1/1/1919 Isabel T Jones is a contributor to the Canteen Committee

8/8/1919 Found Dead in Creek, Bricks Tied to Neck

1/1/1920 First Presbyterian Church Cemetery is condemned and relocated

1/1/1920 David T Jones has an amateur radio station in Freeport

10/20/1920 Advertisement: Clarence E Jones Hardware and Paints

7/15/1920 Fear Sharks Attacked Man

9/21/1920 Freeport Policeman Found Unconscious

6/29/1924 Forest Hills Auction with Freeport Sale

6/5/1924 John J Randall dies

8/29/1924 Kidnap Freeport Druggist

8/16/1925 New Home Development Underway in Southern Section of Freeport

4/30/1929 Esther F Asplund considers building a bungalow from coral blocks

2/27/1931 William G Miller dies

1/19/1935 Frank J Wetmore Jr badly hurt

1/20/1935 Frank J Wetmore Jr dies

4/17/1938 Clarence E Jones dies

11/19/1961 Marietta R (Miller) Wetmore dies