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Beginnings: In October, 1708, Queen Anne of England confirmed John Mowbray's purchase of land that was to become Bay Shore and Brightwaters. Mowbray, a tailor and teacher from Southampton, is said to have paid the fish-dependent Secatogue Indians "several eel spears'' for the Bay Shore-Brightwaters land. Sagtikos Manor to the west of the hamlet is traditionally considered part of Bay Shore, but its original patent in 1693 went to Stephen Van Courtlandt, a Dutch merchant related by marriage to William Nicoll, a wealthy New York politician who received the earliest royal grants for land that is now Islip Town.
Photo: Houses along Pennsylvania Ave. in North Bay Shore (photo by Kathy Kmonic...
Photo: Houses along Pennsylvania Ave. in North Bay Shore (photo by Kathy Kmonic...
Beginnings: In October, 1708, Queen Anne of England confirmed John Mowbray's purchase of land that was to become Bay Shore and Brightwaters. Mowbray, a tailor and teacher from Southampton, is said to have paid the fish-dependent Secatogue Indians "several eel spears'' for the Bay Shore-Brightwaters land. Sagtikos Manor to the west of the hamlet is traditionally considered part of Bay Shore, but its original patent in 1693 went to Stephen Van Courtlandt, a Dutch merchant related by marriage to William Nicoll, a wealthy New York politician who received the earliest royal grants for land that is now Islip Town.
Photo: Houses along Pennsylvania Ave. in North Bay Shore (photo by Kathy Kmonicek)
Photo: Houses along Pennsylvania Ave. in North Bay Shore (photo by Kathy Kmonicek)
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Man suspected of killing girlfriend, child in New York arrested in Laurel
A New York man suspected of killing his girlfriend and her son in Long Island was taken into custody Dec. 24 in Laurel. Jerry A. Lewis, 24, entered the Laurel Police Department at 7:40 p.m. on Dec. 24 and told officers he was turning himself in, Laurel...Tags: Laurel, Prince George's County, Murder, Extradition, Bay Shore
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Laurel police: Man turns in self for N.Y. slayings
A 24-year-old man who walked into the Laurel police station on Christmas Eve and confessed to a double murder on Long Island, according to police, is being held pending an extradition hearing as early as Tuesday. Jim Collins, a spokesman for the Laurel...Tags: Laurel, International Law, Laurel, Extradition, Upper Marlboro
Dec 27, 2011
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Dec 26, 2011
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