The current seal is a redesign, retaining the original elements, but adding the Town of Brookhaven and its 1655 date of settlement.Ĭolonial era The Miller Place Academy schoolhouse, c.1834Įarly English settlers farmed, fished, and hunted whales.
Although no records exist dating to the town seal's original design plan, it is generally thought that the seal's olive branch signified peace and the whaling tools signified the most lucrative business in the Town of Brookhaven at the time. The central element of the town seal, the letter “D”, was designated to the Town of Brookhaven as its official cattle earmark by the Duke's Laws of 1665. The town seal was authorized at this time. Governor Thomas Dongan issued a patent in 1686 which granted powers to the town and established a representative form of government. Another land purchase in the same year expanded Brookhaven to the South Shore of Long Island.īrookhaven was integrated into the Province of New York following that colony's establishment in 1664, and in 1666 Governor Richard Nicolls granted a patent for the town which confirmed title to the lands purchased. Richard Woodhull was the direct heir of Eustace de Vesci, a British noble who was a signator of the Magna Charta. A second purchase was made by Richard Woodhull in 1664 expanded this tract eastward along the North Shore to additionally include all lands from the Old Mans area ( Mount Sinai and Miller Place) to Wading River. The original purchase from the native Setalcott tribe that took place in 1655 encompassed the land making up present-day Setauket, Stony Brook, and Port Jefferson. Other names used in the settlement's first decades were "Ashford", after Ashford, Kent, in England, and "Cromwell Bay", for English Protestant leader Oliver Cromwell. A point of confusion is the existence of the hamlet named Brookhaven, which was in fact named for the township in 1879. The verbal division between the smaller hamlet of Setauket and township of Brookhaven was not set until well into the 19th century. The names "Brookhaven" and "Setauket" were initially used interchangeably to describe the village or the town. The first English settlement was named "Setauket" after the Native American tribe. The Caroline Church in Setauket, was built in 1729 and is the oldest extant church in Brookhaven
Considering this founding year of 1655, Brookhaven is the fifth English township on Long Island following Southampton, Southold, Huntington, and East Hampton. The latter founding year was recognized in 1976, when the Brookhaven Town Bicentennial Commission proposed setting the date on the seal to 1655 in line with this first deed of settlement of the town of Brookhaven at Setauket on April 14, 1655. The first English settlers arrived around 1640, and in 1655, several purchased Brookhaven's land from its tribal inhabitants. The first known inhabitants were Algonquian-speaking Native Americans, of the Setauket and Unkechaug tribes. 1665 Brewster House is the oldest extant structure in the town of Brookhaven and is within the town's first settlement, Setauket. The area has long been serviced by the Long Island Rail Road and Bridgeport & Port Jefferson Ferry. The largest traditional downtowns are located in Port Jefferson, a regional transportation hub, and Patchogue. Tourism is also a major part of the local economy. Combined these two research centers are approximately 50% of the Town's top ten employer's employee count. The township is home to two renowned research centers, Stony Brook University and Brookhaven National Laboratory. In the 2020 census record, Brookhaven contained 485,773 people.
Its proximity to New York City facilitated the establishment of resort communities, followed by a post-war population boom. Founded as a group of agricultural hamlets in the mid-17th century, Brookhaven first expanded as a major center of shipbuilding in the 19th century. The first settlement in what is now Brookhaven was known as Setauket. If Brookhaven was an Incorporated City, it would be the 3rd largest by population, and largest in New York State by area according to List of the largest Municipalities in New York It is the largest of the state of New York's 932 towns by area (when water area is included), and the second most populous after the Town of Hempstead in adjacent Nassau County. Part of the New York metropolitan area, it is located approximately 50 miles from Manhattan. The Town of Brookhaven is a town in Suffolk County on Long Island, New York, United States, the most populous of ten in the county.
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