. The stone house of Gowanus, scene of the battle of Long Island. COPPER TEA KETTLE WITH CHARCOAL BURNER, USED BYTHE FAAULY OF JAOUES CORTIUAOU WHILE JN THE STONEHOUSE AT COWAN US. NOW IN THE IOSSESSION OF HISGRANDUAUCHTIiR. MRS. MERWIN RL SHMORE.. COLONIAL liRESSING TABLE OF MAHOCANi LSEl) BY THEFAMILY OF JAQUES CORTEL^OU WHILE IN THE STONEHOUSE AT GOWANUS. NOW IN THE POSSESSION OF HISGRANDDAUGHTER, MRS. MERWIN RUSHMORE. CHAPTER ONE LONG ISLAND FIRST SETTLEMENT AT GOWANUS THE first settlement by white peoplewithin the boundaries of the presentcity of Brooklyn was made in 1636, justtwenty-seve
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. The stone house of Gowanus, scene of the battle of Long Island. COPPER TEA KETTLE WITH CHARCOAL BURNER, USED BYTHE FAAULY OF JAOUES CORTIUAOU WHILE JN THE STONEHOUSE AT COWAN US. NOW IN THE IOSSESSION OF HISGRANDUAUCHTIiR. MRS. MERWIN RL SHMORE.. COLONIAL liRESSING TABLE OF MAHOCANi LSEl) BY THEFAMILY OF JAQUES CORTEL^OU WHILE IN THE STONEHOUSE AT GOWANUS. NOW IN THE POSSESSION OF HISGRANDDAUGHTER, MRS. MERWIN RUSHMORE. CHAPTER ONE LONG ISLAND FIRST SETTLEMENT AT GOWANUS THE first settlement by white peoplewithin the boundaries of the presentcity of Brooklyn was made in 1636, justtwenty-seven years after Henry Hudsondropped anchor from the Halve Maen in whatis now New York Bay. In the year 1636, William Bennet andJacques Bentyn purchased from the Indiansa tract of 930 acres of land at Gowanus, uponwhich, at some time previous to the IndianWar of 1643-45, ^ dwelling house waserected. This was the beginning of the vil-lage of Gowanus, near Gowanus Bay; andthe same name was given to the region border-ing Gowanus Creek, afterward the canal, andextending easterly to the wooded hills. The name, Gowanus, is an Indian one, andwas said to be the place where an Indian, called Gowane, planted his corn. The second settlement within the pre