Setauket in Suffolk County, New York — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Site of Home Abraham Woodhull

Abraham Woodhull Home Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Bill Coughlin, March 17, 2012

1. Abraham Woodhull Home Marker

Inscription. Chief of Long Island Spies under Gen. Washington. Built by Richard Woodhull 1690 – Burned 1931

Erected 1938 by New York State Education Department.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: War, US Revolutionary. A significant historical year for this entry is 1690.

Location. 40° 57.061′ N, 73° 6.806′ W. Marker is in Setauket, New York, in Suffolk County. It is on Dyke Road north of Heritage Lane, on the left when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: East Setauket NY 11733, 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 walking distance of this marker: Site of Strongs Neck Bridge (approx. ¼ mile away); Caroline Church of Brookhaven, 1729

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(approx. 0.3 miles away); Mary (Longbothom) Muirson (approx. 0.3 miles away); Bicentennial of US Constitution (approx. 0.3 miles away); St. George’s Manor Cemetery (approx. 0.3 miles away); Zachariah Hawkins Home (approx. 0.4 miles away); Setauket World War I Memorial (approx. 0.4 miles away); Setauket World War II Memorial (approx. 0.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Setauket.

Marker in East Setauket image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Bill Coughlin, March 17, 2012

2. Marker in East Setauket

Photographed by Bill Coughlin, March 17, 2012

3. Abraham Woodhull Home Marker

Abraham Woodhull was a member of George Washington’s Culper Spy Ring located on Long Island during the Revolutionary War. He lived in a house at this location with fellow spy Austin Roe. Here, Woodhull and Roe would prepare coded messages which were later ferried across Long Island Sound to Major Benjamin Tallmadge in Connecticut. Tallmadge would then deliver the messages to Gen. Washington.

Photographed by Bill Coughlin, March 17, 2012

4. Abraham Woodhull Home Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on February 14, 2026. It was originally submitted on March 17, 2012, by Bill Coughlin of Woodland Park, New Jersey. This page has been viewed 9,626 times since then and 1,019 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on March 17, 2012, by Bill Coughlin of Woodland Park, New Jersey.