tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6068447077581264936.post3610216016895719647..comments2024-02-25T06:58:41.332-05:00Comments on Brouwer Genealogy: Brouwer in Grenville Mackenzie's, "Families of the Colonial Manor of Philipsburg"Chris Chesterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15357968881533223410noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6068447077581264936.post-91334313500133502492018-01-31T12:15:12.025-05:002018-01-31T12:15:12.025-05:00The Newtown in Queens County on Long Island was es...The Newtown in Queens County on Long Island was established by the Dutch in 1652 as Middleburgh. The name was changed by the English after their takeover of New Netherland in 1664, to New Town, or Newtown. Today it is known as Elmhurst, a neighborhood in the Borough of Queens.<br />Elmira, which is in Chemung County, NY, was also once called Newtown.<br />The Newtown of Saratoga County is now a hamlet in the Town of Halfmoon. A few years back I spoke with the Halfmoon Town Historian who told me that today Newtown is essentially an intersection of routes 146 and 86.<br />In 1852, James Riker published "The Annals of Newtown in Queens County." It can be found online on the Internet Archives website. Chris Chesterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15357968881533223410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6068447077581264936.post-83921400326757638182018-01-31T11:26:08.235-05:002018-01-31T11:26:08.235-05:00Mackenzie states in his Cranckheit family that New...Mackenzie states in his Cranckheit family that Newtown is in Long Island. I live in Saratoga County and have never heard of the Town of Newtown there, in Rensselaer Co., Albany, Co., Washington Co., or Warren County, most of the counties that surround Saratoga County. At one time Rensselaer and Saratoga Counties were in Albany County. Before writing this I went on line to be sure that I was correct and what I found was an article stating that Newtown was a former part of Queens County which borders Long Island. Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10724116419753225197noreply@blogger.com