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The area we live in now was
inhabited by the Secatogue Tribe of the Algonquin Nation. There were
thirteen tribes on long island. The name Secatogue means "black
meadow lands". The Secatogue Indians were mostly peaceful and
friendly, and showed the first settlers how to plant potatoes, sweet corn,
squash, and other native American crops.
In the Great South Bay is the hard clam, called by the Indians "quahaug."
The dark purple spot on the clam shell was carved into cylindrical beads
and strung on sinews, called "wampum".
The First Settlers
In 1655 settlers from Connecticut
landed in what is now Setauket, long island. At that time long island was
considered to be part of the Connecticut colony.
In 1697 William Nicoll
received land from William III. The land was from the Connetquot River to
Namkee Creek (which separates Bayport from Bluepoint), north to Lake
Ronkonkoma, and south to the Great South Bay. Sayville, Bayport, West
Sayville, Oakdale, Bohemia, and part of Holbrook, became part of the
Nicoll estate, but the bay and Fire Island remained in Brookhaven.
The First Settlers in
Sayville
John Edwards was born in 1738 in
Easthampton. He was a tailor by trade. After returning home from the
French and Indian war, he saw the beautiful country along the Great South
Bay at Sayville and decided to return here and make it his home.
In 1761 John Edwards and his wife Sarah built the first home in Sayville.
Today it would have been located on the corner of Foster Ave. and Edwards
Street. In 1913 the home was destroyed by fire. In 1785 Matthew Edwards,
the son of John Edwards, built a house on what is now the corner of
Gillette Ave. and Edwards Street. In 1838 Matthew's son James moved the
house to the corner of Collins Ave. and Edwards Street. This is now the
home of the Sayville Historical Society, founded in 1944.
Edwards Homestead
Source for the History
about Sayville:
Book Title: A History of the Sayville Community
By Charles P. Dickerson
For more information about the History of Sayville, this book is in the
Sayville Library 974.72D
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History Month and Annual Award Ceremony
sayville.com -
November , 2009
Press Release
I’m pleased to announce that the Islip Town Board passed a resolution officially making the month of November History or Founders Month for the Town of Islip.
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The Charles Gillette House
sayville.com -
October , 2009
Connie Currie
Today the Gillette House plays a prominent part in the life of the community. Just as Charles Gillette and his daughter, Ida did during their lifetimes.
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Jedlicka Brothers, Plumbing
sayville.com -
August , 2009
Connie Currie
Stand on the south east corner of Greene Avenue and Main Street, facing the present Capital One Bank building, and think back to 1888, that’s when this building was built.
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The Sayville Opera House
sayville.com -
August , 2009
Connie Currie
Built in 1901, the Sayville Opera House was the product of a united effort by the Sayville Fire Department and a group of resident vaudevillians.
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The Sayville Post Office
sayville.com -
July , 2009
Connie Currie
The Post Office building stands, pretty much as it was completed in early December of 1896
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Jim Treadwell, Transportation Provided
sayville.com -
May , 2009
Connie Currie
Imagine the Sayville train station, bare of taxi cabs and vans. Instead waiting patiently, perhaps humming a little tune, is Gus Treadwell in charge of John Well‘s horse and wagon.
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The Sayville Court House
sayville.com -
April , 2009
Connie Currie
Yes, it’s the building you see whenever you drive on Railroad Avenue, but it’s wearing its original face.
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The Telefunken Company, West Sayville
sayville.com -
March , 2009
Connie Currie
In mid May of 1911, a portion of the Alfred Frazer farm, west of Cherry Avenue and north of the railroad, had been sold to the Stollwerke Brothers , a big New York chocolate manufacturing corporation.
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