Dear Sharilyn: To make a complicated geographical situation a bit simpler, the whole of the peninsula from Manhasset to Roslyn was considered "Cow Neck." Port Washington being the largest commercial area on the neck. If you get out your Hagstroms (and I assume everyone has a modern version of this great map), you'll see that Manhasset is on the west of the peninsula and Roslyn is on the east. Everything north of where those bodies of waters that come in as harbors to meet Manhasset or Roslyn are the dividing lines between the "neck" of Cow Neck and everything south of it. Manhasset Bay to the West and Hempstead Harbor to the East. There used to be (literally) a fence that kept the cows up on the peninsula but there were also occupants very early on. Best regards. Nancy. Nancy Coleman [email protected] Professional NYC & LI Research Services www.GenealogyPro.com/ncoleman.html [email protected] Coordinator, Nassau County GenExchange http://www.genexchange.org/county.cfm?state=ny&county=nassau List Administrator, LI-Rooters http://www.genexchange.org/MailListForm.cfm?cat=NY ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sharilyn Whitaker" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, September 25, 2002 12:46 PM Subject: [NYNAS ] "Cow Neck near Manhasset" > > Greetings from a "Nassau-L Newbie", > > I have tracked a person of great interest to me to "Cowneck, > Long Island, New York", which was "in the vicinity of the > present towns of Manhasset and Port Washington on the north > shore of Long Island". > > Elizabeth Snyder > of Cowneck, Long Island, NY > b. 8 April 1746 > d. 30 January 1807 > m. 1 April 1766 > > Her brother Benjamin Snyder was later active in Episcopal Church > affairs in Fishkill, Dutchess County, and the mother church for > this effort was St. George's Episcopal in Hempstead. > > Elizabeth Snyder married Reuben Spencer "a sea-faring man" and > they were buried in the Spencer burying ground in Pine Plains, > Dutchess County, New York. > > I used Map Quest to determine that Port Washington and Monasset > were north and west of Hempstead, but there was no way to > determine the distance. Can anyone tell me how far that is? > > Also, is there a historical society in the generally close > environs of Cowneck, where I might find some help, particularly > in determining the closest Episcopal Church? > > Many thanks for any helpful suggestions on research in this > area. > > Regards, > > Sharilyn Whitaker > > > ==== NYNASSAU Mailing List ==== > For some online databases, search > www.usgenweb.org > www.nygenweb.org > www.rootsweb.com/~nynassau > www.familysearch.org > www.gencircles.com > www.rootsweb.com > www.ellisislandrecords.org > www.genealogy.com > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >