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Subject: Geneography Question- Huntington, NY
Date: 2 Jul 2005 22:51:43 -0600

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On 6/29/05 (5:28:50 PM MDT), in a posting to the Suffolk County Ancestry Board that was 'gatewayed' to , Kristin Campbell () asked,

"I have been looking in vain for a death record for an event that took place bwteen 1901 and 1905. My ancestor Carl Borgwardt lived in Oyster Bay, Queens in the 1880 census and then in Huntington, Suffolk COunty in the 1900 census. He then died. His widow moved the Lindenhurst where she lived tot he end of her lifre.

My question is was Huntington part of Queens in 1880 and then later became annexed into Suffolk COunty?"

While the Town of Huntington was never part of Queens County, a small part of the Town of Huntington was part of Queens County.

You should be aware that on June 15, 1886 a small portion of the Town of Oyster Bay, then still in Queens County, was transferred to the Town of Huntington in Suffolk County (the enacting legislation follows my name). The land that was transferred was known as either Horse's Head or Lloyd's Neck and currently is the northern half of the capital-shaped Village of Lloyd Harbor (the largest village by area in Suffolk County).

It may not prove to be of much help, but you should be aware that the Town of Babylon was part of the Town of Huntington until 1872

I hope this information is useful or, at least, interesting.

Regards,

Walter Greenspan


Chapter 667 (page 956) of 1886
SESSION LAWS OF NEW YORK STATE

An Act to set off Lloyd's Neck
from the town of Oyster Bay, Queens county,
and annex the same to the town of Huntington, Suffolk county.

Passed June 15, 1886; three-fifths being present

The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:

SECTION 1: All that part of the town of Oyster Bay in Queens county, known and designated in the laws of this State as Lloyd's Neck, bounded as follows: Commencing at high-water mark, west by Cold Spring Harbor and Long Island sound; north by Long Island Sound; east by Huntington bay, and southerly by the present boundary line between the towns of Huntington and Oyster Bay, is hereby set off and separated from the residue of said town of Oyster Bay, Queens county, and annexed to said town of Huntington, county of Suffolk; and from and after passage of this act the territory thus set off shall be and constitute a part of the town of Huntington and a part of the county of Suffolk.
§ 2. It shall be the duty of the supervisors of the towns of Oyster Bay and Huntington, jointly to cause a survey and maps, in triplicate, to be made of said territory thus set off, showing the alteration to the town and county boundaries and shall cause one copy of said survey and maps to be filed in the office of the Secretary of State; another copy to be filed in the clerk's office of Queens county, and the other copy to be filed in the clerk's office in the county of Suffolk.
§ 3. Richard H. Derby of Lloyd's Neck, Queens county, and George S. Downing and Clarence A. Drew of said Queens county are hereby appointed commissioners whose duty it shall be to ascertain the amount of debts, liabilities and obligations, and the value of the public buildings and other property of said county of Queens existing when this act takes effect, and the time when such debts and obligations are payable, and to fix upon a sum which will be proportionately and equitably due to the county of Queens on account thereof, from the territory so set off, basing such estimates upon the last assessed valuation of property in said Queens county, including the territory so set off, and to determine the time or times of paying the same, having due reference to the time within which such debts and liabilities of Queens county are legally payable and a just measure of annual taxation.

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§ 7. Nothing in this act contained shall impair or affect the title or property rights which the town of Oyster Bay may have to any common property within the town of Oyster Bay, within its limits as the exist prior to the passage of this act.
§ 8. All acts or parts of acts inconsistent with this act, in so far as the same relate to or affect the territory so set off, are hereby repealed.
§ 9. This act shall take effect immediately.

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