This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/jUB.2ACI/766.1 Message Board Post: On 9/30/03 (7:30:26 AM MDT), in a posting to the Suffolk County Board that was 'gatewayed' to [email protected], Dawn Carlisle ([email protected]) asked, "Am seeking any information on a Robert Carlisle/Carlile that came from Ireland to Bridgehampton and then went on to Roxbury Township Morris County New Jersey where he built a tannery. If you read the book Early Germans to NJ it lists a Robert Carlisle but does not list his wife. It also states that he had issue, Robert Carlisle b. June 10, 1758 (my line) who m. Mary Stark. He also had a son John and two dtrs one named Abigail and the others name unknown. I have seen the Robert Carlisle who m. Mary Stark listed as the one who came to the USA but this could not have been as he would have been so young. I would love to find out any info on this Robert that came from Ireland. Especially where in Ireland he came from, wifes name and how long he was in Bridgehampton before he came to NJ. Are there local records that go back that far? What ships would have come to that area?" For questions such as yours, you may want to contact the Hampton Library: The Hampton Library P.O. Box 3025 2478 Main Street Bridgehampton, NY 11932 Tel: 631/537-0015 Fax: 631/537-7229 eMail: [email protected] http://www.suffolk.lib.ny.us/libraries/brid/ The pertinent geography: Bridgehampton is a hamlet (an unincorporated area) in the eastern section of the Town of Southampton, Suffolk County (it's partly up against the Southampton/East Hampton town line). There are currently 6 villages (incorporated municipalities) and 16 hamlets all or partly in the Town of Southampton. 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 Bridgehampton in the Town of Southampton is bordered on the north by the Hamlet of Noyack and the Village of Sag Harbor; on the east by the Hamlet of Wainscott in the Town of East Hampton (the Southampton/East Hampton town line) and the Hamlet of Sagaponock; on the south by the Atlanitc Ocean; and, on the west by the Hamlet of Water Mill. And, as occurs in every one of Suffolk County's 157 communities (0 cities, 31 villages and 126 hamlets), the Hamlet of Bridgehampton has a different border than does the "Bridgehampton, NY 11932" postal zone (i.e., a place can have a Bridgehampton mailing address and not be in Bridgehampton and a place can be in Bridgehampton and have other than a Bridgehampton mailing address). Those places that have a "Bridgehampton, NY" mailing address that are not in the Hamlet of Bridgehampton are in the Hamlet of Sagaponock and also in the Hamlet of Wainscott in the Town of East Hampton. At the same time, there are places in the Hamlet of Bridgehampton that have a "Sag Harbor, NY 11963" mailing address. For those who have their copy of the 2002 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 Bridgehampton in the Town of Southampton, Suffolk County on pages 15 & 28 (map) and 29 (population estimate). I hope this information is useful or, at least, interesting. L'Shannah Tovah* & Happy 5764, Walter Greenspan * L'Shanah Tovah (li-SHAH-nuh TOH-vuh; li-shah-NAH toh-VAH) Hebrew. Lit. for a good year. A common greeting during Rosh Hashanah and Days of Awe. It is an abbreviation of L'shanah tovah tikatev v'taihatem (May you be inscribed and sealed for a good year). 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.