Hello Ned! Besides the later undated reference to widow Abigail Fancy being a tenant of Tarman's Neck, I noticed that in William Fancy Jr.'s 1682 mortgage to John Inians and Andrew Gibb, that along with his loom, he is also mortgaging "all my pine tackling knotts and tarr together with all the preveleges apurtenances at the south in possession of John Egelston tar burner..." The link to the map you sent was very helpful! This is the same neck of land I more or less figured Tarman's Neck must be. To confuse matters even more, the Brookhaven Town Historian had sent an old map, where a neck of land is labeled Fancie's Neck. She said later it was called Francis Neck. She felt that "Francis" evolved from "Fancies". As far as I can tell from this map, Fancies Neck and Tarman's Neck seem to be the same neck of land. It figures that Tarman's Neck appears to be in no-man's land :) I'd be very interested if anyone has the answer to Walter's question - in which of these 3 communities (the Hamlet of Brookhaven and the Village of Bellport as well as the Hamlet of North Bellport) was the land that was previously known as "Tarman's Neck"? Could "Tarman's Neck" straddle any two or even all 3 community borders? Alison ----- Original Message ----- From: "Edward Smith" <ehlsmith@worldnet.att.net> To: <Soyamaven@aol.com>; <NYSUFFOL-L@rootsweb.com>; <li-rooters@listserv.genexchange.com>; <NY-LONGISLAND-L@rootsweb.com> Cc: <aliwallner@comcast.net> Sent: Friday, February 20, 2004 12:11 PM Subject: Re: Tarman's Neck > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <Soyamaven@aol.com> > ................ > > > > Ned, according to my maps, the Hamlet of Brookhaven and the Village of > > Bellport as well as the Hamlet of North Bellport have a common border, > with no other > > community between the Hamlet of Brookhaven and the Village of Bellport or > > between the Hamlet of Brookhaven and the Hamlet of North Bellport. The > border > > between the Hamlet of Brookhaven and the Hamlet of North Bellport is muc h > longer > > than is the border between the Hamlet of Brookhaven and the Village of > > Bellport. > > > > So, my question: in which of these 3 communities was the land that was > > previously known as "Tarman's Neck"? Could "Tarman's Neck" straddle any > two or > > even all 3 community borders? > > Hi Walter, > > I'm afraid I cannot answer precisely without more research. I've located a > couple landmarks which help place it generally, but will have to find more > detailed maps with all the geological boundaries shown before we can > determine the exact placement. It could well straddle two or all 3 > communities. > > Regards, > Ned > >