For historical Information about the Village of Lynbrook, New York, established in , incorporated in , and formerly known as Pearsalls, Pearsall's.
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Lynbrook was home to Whittaker Chambers , the communist spy, writer, and witness for the prosecution in US vs. Chambers grew up in a house on Earle Avenue , beginning in when he was three. He lived in the house off and on throughout his life. Wright Pearsall -- Wright Pearsall was the founder of Lynbrook. His general store, post office and stagecoach stop was the most important business in town in the mid s.
But he, along with many of the Loyalists that they were looking for, fled into a nearby swamp at today's Tanglewood Preserve. Nineteenth-Century historian Henry Onderdonk Jr. The Tories made some resistance, and fired on the soldiers in the woods. The soldiers returned the fire, and wounded George, son of William Smith. The Tories then called for quarter. The soldiers took six prisoners and put them in Jamaica jail. This was one of the worst sea disasters in American history. Lynbrook 's Mayors and Presidents. Passenger Lists of the Bristol and the Mexico. The Passengers Aboard the Mexico.
All froze to death, except three men, as shown. Liverpool Customs House Records. Printed in the New York Sun , January 12, Samuel Blackburn , Jr. Michael or Patrick Murray. The Crew of the Barque Mexico. William Broom , Supercargo. Jordan , First Mate.
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Fell to his death and drowned. Edward Felix , Cook. Swam to Rescue Boat. John Handsell , Carpenter. Smith and his six-man boat crew, including three of his sons, dragged a surfboat for several miles—one report says ten miles—from Raynorstown, across the frozen bay to where the crippled ship lay. The rescue that they accomplished through high winds, pounding surf, and slush ice is one of the most amazing feats in maritime history.
Forty-Nine Steerage Passengers Who. Drowned in the Wreck of the Bristol. From the memory of Captain McKown. He provided no additional information about these passengers. The New York Sun , January 12, , and. The New York Herald , November 11, A person with last name Deary. A person with last name Garshney. A person with last name Kearney. A person with last name Larry. Mackenott or Macaumont or Mackeonott. A person with last name Onders.
A person with last name Quinn. A person with last name Scott. A person with last name Smith. A child with last name Smith. Nineteen Steerage Passengers Saved from the Bristol. The New York Sun , January 12, ;. The New York Herald , November 25, ;. The Morning Courier , November 25, Derry , first-cabin servant girl. County Louth , currier.
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Michael no last name given. Deaf and dumb man from Londonderry , about 40 years old. Six Passengers in Second Cabin. Who Survived the Wreck of the Bristol. New York Herald , November 29, Settled in Troy, New York. Thomas, his second son. John, his third son. James, his fourth son. Kyran , his fifth son. Forty-Three Passengers in Second Cabin. Who Perished in the Wreck of the Bristol. Primarily from the recollection of Captain McKown. New York Sun , January 12, New York Herald , November 25, New York Commercial Advertiser , November 24, North of Ireland, Medical Doctor.
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Lived in America for sixteen years. His nephew, Thomas G. A person with the last name McFacters. A person with the last name Reilly or Reily. His cousin, Georgia Wise. Ten Passengers in First Cabin on the Bristol. A list from the memory of Captain McKown. See the Steerage List for the four others who were in the round-house. LI Democrat , December 7, Widow of Michael Hogan , Esq.
Hogan , resident of New York City. Escaped from the cabin, but drowned later. Born in Calcutta, India. Of New York City. Freed in and indentured to the Hogans until Francis Burtsall , Esq. Originally from Bristol, England. Ninety-five passengers and five crewmen drowned. Surely, any list of the bravest men in maritime history must include those who risked their lives for others that day:. Alexander McKown , Captain. Arthur Donnelly , Passenger.
The rescuers from Rockaway: John Abrams , Boatman. Hiram Abrams , Boatman. The racial makeup of the village was Hispanic or Latino of any race were 8. There were 7, households out of which The average household size was 2. In the village, the population was spread out with The median age was 40 years.
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For every females, there were For every females age 18 and over, there were From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Village in New York, United States. Retrieved June 9, Retrieved 15 April National Register of Historic Places. Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: United States Census Bureau. Retrieved June 4, A Biography Random House , the controversial anti-Communist crusader has been recalled as a native son of Long Island — Lynbrook, to be precise, — where he grew up and to which he returned while working as the embattled foreign news editor of Time magazine.
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