Milburn Avenue / Hicks’ Neck Road – Freeport – Freeport History Timeline ../../../index.html A research project focused on the combination of different open source technologies as a way to preserve and present historical data Sun, 16 Mar 2014 04:26:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.8 Reuckowackys and Carnarsies massacre two Merocke families and burn their houses ../../../reuckowackys-and-carnarsies-massacre-two-merocke-families-and-burn-their-houses/ ../../../reuckowackys-and-carnarsies-massacre-two-merocke-families-and-burn-their-houses/#respond Thu, 11 Apr 2013 02:52:28 +0000 http://freeporthistory.com/?p=1730 – On an island west of Milburn Creek, north of Milburn pond  (when it extended further north) and east of Hicks’ Neck Road (Milburn Avenue)

– Presently the approximate area east of Milburn Court and west of Milburn Creek, Baldwin

On April 10, 1659, local settlers are granted permission by the Town of Hempstead to arm and go to Rockaway and Canarsie to arrest the perpetrators. They make no arrests but afterwards the suspected tribes travel into Merocke territory only when they are in large numbers.

Personal Reminiscences of Men and Things on Long Island

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