Wantagh in Nassau County, New York — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Robert Jackson

Photographed by Andrew Ruppenstein, November 20, 2018

1. Robert Jackson Marker

Inscription.
Site Of Home
Robert Jackson
Pioneer settler Jerusalem,
1644. Patentee to tract
southward after
Hempstead Purchase

Erected 1935 by State Education Department.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Settlements & Settlers. A significant historical year for this entry is 1644.

Location. 40° 41.366′ N, 73° 30.52′ W. Marker is in Wantagh, New York, in Nassau County. It is on Wantagh Avenue, on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1355 Wantagh Avenue, Wantagh NY 11793, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the New York City Metropolitan Area

and on Long Island.

It is also in the American Northeast

and in the Mid-Atlantic.

Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Netherland

and also one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Jackson House (approx. 0.4 miles

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away); Quaker Cemetery (approx. half a mile away); Wantagh Baptist Church (approx. half a mile away); Jerusalem (approx. 0.6 miles away); Wantagh (approx. 0.6 miles away); Their Country Found Them Ready (approx. 1.1 miles away); Farm District (approx. 1½ miles away); St. John of Jerusalem Chapel (approx. 1.6 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Wantagh.

Robert Jackson Marker - wide view image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Andrew Ruppenstein, November 20, 2018

2. Robert Jackson Marker - wide view

Credits. This page was last revised on November 27, 2018. It was originally submitted on November 27, 2018, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California. This page has been viewed 619 times since then and 26 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on November 27, 2018, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California.