On 9/24/05 (3:04:54 PM MDT), in a posting to NY-LONGISLAND-L@rootsweb.com, Patricia Crossett (Patricia.A.Crossett@Dartmouth.EDU) asked, "I am looking for verifications on our CORWIN ancestors. 1. John CORWIN is said to have died in Southold, New York 25 September 1702 2. His son, Captain John CORWIN is said to have been born in Southold, New York in 1663 and died 12 Nov 1729 or 13 Dec 1729 maybe Mattituck, New York. He married Sarah..... 3. Their son John CORWIN is said to have been born in Southold, New York, 10 July 1705, and died 22 Dec 1755. He is said to have maried twice: Hester CLARK and Elizabeth GOLDSMITH. 4. His son, John CORWIN by Elizabeth GOLDSMITH is said to have been born in 1735 in Mattituck, New York, and died 22 Dec 1817. He is said to have married Sarah HUBBARD 20 March 1755. 5. Their son Hubbard CORWIN is said to have been born in Mattituck in 1759, and died in Tunbridge, Vermont 4 February 1839. He married Lydia HAZEN." For questions such as yours, you may want to contact the Southold Free Library (the library can suggest which local newspaper might have this information and other possible sources of information), the Historian of the Town of Southold, the Southold Historical Society and/or the Suffolk County Historical Society: Southold Free Library 53705 Main Road Southold, NY 11971 Tel: 631/765-2077 Fax: 631/765-2197 eMail: sohdlib@suffolk.lib.ny.us http://sohd.suffolk.lib.ny.us/ Ms. Antonia Booth Town Historian Southold Town Hall P.O. Box 1179 53095 Main Road Southold, NY 11971 Tel: 631/765-1981 Fax: 631/765-1823 eMail: antonia.booth@town.southold.ny.us http://southoldtown.northfork.net//historian.htm Southold Historical Society 54325 Main Road Southold, NY 11971 Tel: 631/765-5500 Fax: 631/765-5500 eMail: sohissoc@optonline.net www.southoldhistoricalsociety.org Suffolk County Historical Society 300 West Main Street Riverhead, NY 11901-2894 Tel: 631/???-???? Fax: 631/???-???? eMail: schsociety@optonline.net http://www.schs-museum.org/ The pertinent current geography: Southold is a hamlet (an unincorporated area) in the center of the Town of Southold, in the northeast part of Suffolk County. There are 1 village (municipal corporation) and 10 hamlets in the Town of Southold. There are no cities and 10 towns in Suffolk County. There are 2 Indian reservations in Suffolk County. (I'm including after my name a NYS Geographic Glossary with the NYS definitions of county, city, town, village, hamlet and postal zone.) Beginning on the north and moving in a clockwise direction, the Hamlet of Southold in the Town of Southold is bordered on the north by Long Island Sound; on the east by the Hamlet of Greenport West; on the south by the Little Peconic Bay; and, on the west by the Hamlet of Peconic. And, as occurs in every one of Suffolk County's 157 communities (0 cities, 31 villages and 126 hamlets), the Hamlet of Southold has a different border than does the "Southold, NY 11971" postal zone (i.e., a place can have a Southold mailing address and not be in Southold and a place can have other than a Southold mailing address and be in Southold). Those places that have a "Southold, NY" mailing address that are not in the Hamlet of Southold are in the Hamlet of West Greenport; and, at the same time, there are places in the Hamlet of Southold with a "Peconic, NY 11958" mailing address. For those who have their copy of the 2004 or earlier edition of the LI Population Survey or have already downloaded the report from the Long Island Power Authority web site (eMail me directly if you need instructions on how to access and download the report), you'll find the Hamlet of Southold in the Town of Southold, Suffolk County on pages 15 & 30 (map) and 31 (population estimate). I hope this information is useful or, at least, interesting. L'Shannah Tovah* & Happy 5766, Walter Greenspan * L'Shannah Tovah (li-SHAH-nuh TOH-vuh; li-shah-NAH toh-VAH) Hebrew. Lit. for a good year. The common greeting during Rosh ha Shannah and the Days of Awe. This is a shortening of "L'Shannah tovah tikatev v'taihatem" (or, to women, "L'Shannah tovah tikatevi v'taihatemi"), which means, "May you be inscribed and sealed for a good year." This year, Rosh ha Shannah begins at sunset on Monday, October 3 on the civil calendar. Cities, Towns, Villages, Hamlets and Postal Zones in New York State New York State is divided into counties. County A county is a municipal corporation, a subdivision of the state, created to perform state functions; a "regional" government. All counties are divided into cities, towns and Indian reservations. City A city is a unique governmental entity with its own special charter. Cities are not sub-divided, except into neighborhoods, which are informal geographic areas. Town A town is a municipal corporation and encompasses all territory within the state except that within cities or Indian reservations. Towns can be sub-divided into villages and hamlets. Village A village is a general purpose municipal corporation formed voluntarily by the residents of an area in one or more towns to provide themselves with municipal services. The pattern of village organization is similar to those of a city. A village is divided into neighborhoods, which are informal geographic areas. Hamlet A hamlet is an unincorporated area in one or more towns that is governed at-large by the town(s) it is in. A hamlet is divided into neighborhoods, which are informal geographic areas. Postal Zone "City" and "Town" A postal zone "City" and "Town" is an administrative district established by the U.S. Postal Service to deliver the mail. Postal zone "City" and "Town" may not (but are encouraged to) conform to municipal or community borders. Thus, postal zone location does not always determine city, village or hamlet location. Please be aware: In many areas of New York State, the problem of non-conforming postal zones leads to a situation where the majority of places have a different community name in their mailing address than the community where that place is actually located.