Doctors Point or Roberts Point ?

Which one was it first?

 

All the references I had found to date regarding this property either mentioned one name or the other. So rational minded guy that I am, thought perhaps some of the owners eg the Robert bunch, called it "Robert's Point" and others like the Laniers called it "Doctor's Point" for Doc Robert who was the first guy on the deed, And my silly conclusion ..... therefore it must be one and the same place ....

Ah but here's the rub!

No sooner had I put that into print and an envelope shows up at my house from Mallory Leoniak at the Brookhaven Town Historans office. When Mallory finds something for me (Like the Charles Stevens photo of The Knapp Mansion in The Tablet) it's usually a dilly. This copy of a map she sent must of been commisioned by the Smith Brothers & Sisters around the turn of the 19th century. All the land they were about to divy up and sell off is neatly marked out including whats under the water. The map is titled "Manor of St. George ( Furman ? )" it could later be called Clarence got his and I got mine....It extends from Carmens River to past Moriches. I will be posting the rest of it in appropiate places in time to come but for now this small piece of it answers the age old question .........

Which Came First The Doctor or The Robert ?

 

WHO WOULD OF THOUGHT IT WAS BOTH?

How about Neighborhood Road coming to an end on the west side of Pattersquash Creek! A lot of references are mid -19th century like The Lawrence Estate was still called Charles Jeffery's (Smith's) Meadows. Yet in the big picture it shows the Life Saving stations which were after 1880 and property belonging to Eugenie Smith who would not come of age until 1887, a small point about a Smith point , but not a moot point! ARRRGGGGH stop me...I've gone too far!!

BACK TO ROBERT