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

St. George’s Manor Cemetery

 
 
St. George’s Manor Cemetery Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Bill Coughlin, March 17, 2012
1. St. George’s Manor Cemetery Marker
Inscription.
Colonel William
Tangier Smith, the
patentee, his wife,
Madam Martha,
patriots Captain Selah
Strong & his wife Anna
Smith Strong known as
Nancy, and many of
their descendants are
buried in this historic
site.

 
Erected by Town of Brookhaven.
 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Cemeteries & Burial Sites.
 
Location. 40° 57.276′ N, 73° 6.539′ W. Marker is in Setauket, New York, in Suffolk County. It is on Cemetery Lane, on the right when traveling south. 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:
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Bicentennial of US Constitution (within shouting distance of this marker); Indian Ground (approx. 0.2 miles away); Selah B. Strong - Kate Strong House (approx. ¼ mile away); Site of Home Abraham Woodhull (approx. 0.3 miles away); Site of Strongs Neck Bridge (approx. 0.4 miles away); Caroline Church of Brookhaven, 1729 (approx. 0.6 miles away); Mary (Longbothom) Muirson (approx. 0.6 miles away); Abraham Woodhull (approx. 0.6 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Setauket.
 
St. George’s Manor Cemetery Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Bill Coughlin, March 17, 2012
2. St. George’s Manor Cemetery Marker
St. George’s Manor Cemetery Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Bill Coughlin, March 17, 2012
3. St. George’s Manor Cemetery Marker
Marker from Inside Cemetery image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Bill Coughlin, March 17, 2012
4. Marker from Inside Cemetery
Graves in St. George’s Manor Cemetery image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Bill Coughlin, March 17, 2012
5. Graves in St. George’s Manor Cemetery
Graves of Colonel William Tangier Smith and Madam Martha image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Bill Coughlin, March 17, 2012
6. Graves of Colonel William Tangier Smith and Madam Martha
Grave of Captain Selah Strong & Anna Smith Strong image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Bill Coughlin, March 17, 2012
7. Grave of Captain Selah Strong & Anna Smith Strong
Anna Strong was purported to be "Agent 355" of the Culper Spy Ring.
Grave in St. George’s Manor Cemetery image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Bill Coughlin, March 17, 2012
8. Grave in St. George’s Manor Cemetery
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on July 20, 2020. It was originally submitted on March 18, 2012, by Bill Coughlin of Woodland Park, New Jersey. This page has been viewed 3,648 times since then and 185 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8. submitted on March 18, 2012, by Bill Coughlin of Woodland Park, New Jersey.
 
Editor’s want-list for this marker. Closeup of the DAR Anna Strong Revolutionary Patriot plaque. • Can you help?
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