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LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS GUIDE
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Ber 30 2009
74th Year, No. 44 Freeport, N.Y. 11520
The Community Newspaper
Thursday, October 29, 2009
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GRIST AND SAWMILL of Daniel Raynor on present-day Mill Road. Raynortown, now Freeport, was settled by Edward Raynor and his children in 1659.
by Cynthia Krieg
The first Raynors who carhe to
America were Thurston Raynor, his
wife, Elizabeth, their five children, and Thurston's 10-year-old nephew, Edward Raynor.
They settled first in Watertown, Massachusetts then Wethersfield, Connecticut and finally, Stamford, Connecticut.
Three years later,, in 1644, Thurston Raynor once again uprooted his family and joined with 22jother families in following their religious leader, Rev. Denton, to Long Island where-they settled in Hempstead. Edward elected to stay in Hempstead and eventually established his home in "South Woods" in 1659.
It was later named Raynor South, then Raynortown, until 1853, when the residents voted to rename the hamlet Freeport.
The Hempstead town leaders
appointed Edward Raynor as a cow-keep when he was in his teens.
His job was to take care of the cows
by driving them to and beyond the east meadow to prevent them from destroying the cornfields.
His responsibilities also included keeping predators away and making sure the animals had sufficient water. The Hempstead Plains were a great pasture for the cattle but later they were sent to Freeport and other necks of land on the bayfront because of the "spacious meadows and marshlands...equal or better to any in the north of America."
Soon before his 36th birthday, he was a leader in starting Raynor South in 1659. Some householders settled on South Main Street escorted by Edward Raynor who led them on the trails he had blazed as a cowkeeper."
GRANDPARENTS DAY: Judy Ammerman of Freeport reads to her grandchildren Jake and Katelyn of Baldwin on Grandparents Day at Tutor Time in Baldwin.
Remember to
set your clocks
back on
Saturday night
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Double shooting in
Freeport
page 2
Robbery in
Baldwin
page 9
Lighthouse effects
town super race
page 11
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| Title | The-Leader_2009-10-29 |
| Subject | Newspaper |
| Description | This is a Newspaper distributed locally within the Village of Freeport and Baldwin. |
| Creator | Linda Toscano |
| Publisher | L&M Publications, Inc. |
| Contributors | Scanned by Imaging & Microfilm Access, Inc. (Bohemia, NY 11716) |
| Date | 2009 |
| Type | Periodical |
| Format | PDF; TIFF |
| Source | Freeport Memorial Library |
| Language | English |
| Coverage | United States |
| Rights | This digital image may be freely used for educational uses, as long as it is not altered in any way. No commercial reproduction or distribution of this image is permitted without written permission of the Freeport Memorial Library, 144 W. Merrick Road, Freeport, NY 11520 or email: frreference@freeportlibrary.info |
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