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Tag: North Hempstead

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

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

9/1/1775 Settlers of Cow Neck, Great Neck and surrounding areas sign a declaration of independence from England

4/15/1784 Hempstead splits into North and South Hempstead due to the American Revolutionary War