On 2/18/04 (2:05:19 PM MST), in a posting to NY-LONGISLAND-L@rootsweb.com and NYSUFFOL-L@rootsweb.com, Alison (aliwallner@comcast.net) asked, "I have an (undated, but probably between 1680 and 1720) reference from the Winthrop records-Plan of the Manner of Groton Hall on Nassaw alias Long Island In ye Province of New Yorke : Wawcoruck or Tarmans Neck under ye Improuement of Abagail Fancy widdow Tenant. (Abigail was the wife of William Fancy/Fanshaw, Jr., who was the son of William Fancy/Fanshaw, one of the original propietors of Setauket.) I found a 1933 reference that says that "Tar-men's" Neck (also called Tar-men's Swamp) is/was in the village of Fireplace. Can anyone please tell me if this is/was the same place as "Wawcoruck". What is the name today?The Introduction to Book A of the Brookhaven Records mentions several Inlets and Necks, but makes no mention of this one. If Tarman's Neck was in Fireplace, would any records of that place be somewhere else besides the Brookhaven Town Records? There is no mention of William and Abigail Fancy/Fanshaw during this period in the Brookhaven records - and I am really really hoping that some other place may have records! Bellport? East Patchoque?" I've passed this question about the location of Tar-men's Neck, Fireplace and Wawcoruck to my source at the Long Island Regional Planning Board (he's a descendent of Robert Coe, on of the founders of the Town of Huntington and the Town of Jamaica, and his wife is a descendent of the 'Bull' Smith of Smithtown fame). If anyone else has some thoughts on this query, please post. Regards, Walter Greenspan