History of Long island from its discovery and settlement to the present time . c m E_i! t=5 f—J P3 r- r- 1 [651 ^ 4. HISTORY OF LONG ISLAND 35 Eatons, or Gardiners Neck, is a peninsula upon thenorth-east part of the town, projecting into the Sound,containing about 1,500 acres of middling quality land,divided into two or three farms. ,V9 This neck, says Mr. Mather, the geologist, was for-merly a cluster of four islands, now connected by beachesand salt marshes. The principal of these islands and theonly part of the neck cultivated is about two and one-halfmiles long and one and one-half
History of Long island from its discovery and settlement to the present time . c m E_i! t=5 f—J P3 r- r- 1 [651 ^ 4. HISTORY OF LONG ISLAND 35 Eatons, or Gardiners Neck, is a peninsula upon thenorth-east part of the town, projecting into the Sound,containing about 1,500 acres of middling quality land,divided into two or three farms. ,V9 This neck, says Mr. Mather, the geologist, was for-merly a cluster of four islands, now connected by beachesand salt marshes. The principal of these islands and theonly part of the neck cultivated is about two and one-halfmiles long and one and one-half broad. The beach con-necting it with the main land is longer than the islanditself. A light-house was erected on the extreme point in1798, at an expense of $9,500. It was granted by theIndians to Governor Eaton in 1646. His son Theophilus,residing in England, empowered William Jones andHannah his wife (a sister of Eaton) to sell his part,with their own, which they did November 13, 1684, toMr. Richard Bryan, merchant of Milford, Conn., andson of Alexander Bryan deceased. Three sons ofRichard Bryan, Alexander,* J
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