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The first settlers, led by Peter Wright, Samuel Mayo, and the Reverend William L. Leverich, arrived at Oyster Bay Harbor from Rhode Island in 1653. The first town meeting was held in 1660, and the town was granted a governor’s patent in 1667.
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1854 - Oyster Bay
Oyster Bay, of New York, extends from Long Island sound into Queen's county.
Oyster Bay, a post-township of Queen's county, New York, extends from Long Island sound to Great South bay, and is intersected by Long Island railroad. Population, 6900.
Oyster Bay, a post-village in the above township, on the bay of that name, about 30 miles E. from New York.
A New and Complete Gazetteer of the United States: Giving a Full and Comprehensive Review of the Present Condition, Industry, and Resources of the American Confederacy ... Thomas Baldwin (of Philadelphia.) Joseph Thomas January 1, 1854 Philadelphia : Lippincott, Grambo & Company 1854.
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1895 - Oyster Bay
Oyster Bay, a post-village and watering-place in Oyster Bay township, Queens co., N.Y., on an inlet of Long Island Sound, about 30 miles E. by N. of New York, and 24 miles N. of Syosset. It contains 6 churches. Steam boats ply between this place and New York. The township is bounded N. by Long Island Sound, and S. by the Atlantic Ocean. It contains Glen Cove and other villages.
Lippincott's Gazetteer of the World: A Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer Or Geographical Dictionary of the World Containing Notices of Over One Hundred and Twenty-five Thousand Places ... Joseph Thomas January 1, 1895 J.B. Lippincott
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1906
Oyster Bay, a banking post-village and sea-side resort in Oyster Bay township (town), Nassau co., N.Y., on an inlet of Long Island Sound, about 30 miles E. by N. of New York, on the Long Island R. Steamboats ply between this place and New York. The town includes Seacliff village. Pop. of the town in 1900, 16,334.
Lippincott's New Gazetteer: A Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer Or Geographical Dictionary of the World, Containing the Most Recent and Authentic Information Respecting the Countries, Cities, Towns ... in Every Portion of the Globe Publisher J.B. Lippincott Company, 1906
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Elizabeth MAYO (22 May 1653, Oyster Bay, New York, USA (Massapequa) - 4 December 1696, Eastham, Massachusetts, USA )
John Yohannis VAN SICKLEN (14 January 1761, Oyster Bay, New York, USA (Massapequa) - 30 June 1841, South Burlington, Vermont, USA)Mary POWELL (22 February 1773, Oyster Bay, New York, USA (Massapequa) - 15 November 1858, Stillwater, New York, USA)Richard IRVIN (1800, , Scotland (United Kingdom) - 27 June 1888, Oyster Bay, New York, USA (Massapequa))Ludwig KAUFMAN (1824, - 11 August 1891, Oyster Bay, New York, USA (Massapequa))George Johann BERGOLD (11 June 1852, Manhattan, New York, USA (New York City) (New Amsterdam) (Washington Heights) - 17 September 1936, Oyster Bay, New York, USA (Massapequa))
Theodore ROOSEVELT (27 October 1858, Manhattan, New York, USA (New York City) (New Amsterdam) (Washington Heights) - 6 January 1919, Oyster Bay, New York, USA (Massapequa))Elliott Bulloch ROOSEVELT (28 February 1860, Oyster Bay, New York, USA (Massapequa) - 14 August 1894, Manhattan, New York, USA (New York City) (New Amsterdam) (Washington Heights))Edith Kermit CAROW (6 August 1861, Norwich, Connecticut, USA (Norwichtown) (Yantic) (Greeneville) (Occum) (Taftville) - 30 September 1948, Oyster Bay, New York, USA (Massapequa))
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