On 4/26/03 (9:45:27 AM MDT), the List Administrator ([email protected]) re-posted a query from Clyde ([email protected]), who asked, "I am researching the SWASEY ( SWEZEY etc) Family who were in Southold,Suffolk County from ca. 1650. I am a descendant of SAMUEL (4) s/o JOSEPH (3) and MARY BETTS SWASEY,s/o JOHN (2) and KATHERINE KING. I have lots of info on the family,but need more." Bearing in mind that circa 1650 today's Suffolk County (created on November 1, 1683 and then including today's Town of Shelter Island but not including the northern part of the Village of Lloyd Harbor, Town of Huntington which was in Town of Oyster Bay, Queens County) was part of the Eastern Riding, you may obtain some assistance from the Town Historian for the Town of Southold: 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: [email protected] http://www.northfork.net/southold/ I hope this information is useful or, at least, interesting. Walter Greenspan