Gravesend, Brooklyn Borough, New York Genealogy

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Gravesend was first settled in 1640. Surviving records date from 1656.[1] It is named after Gravesend, England - the final stop along the Thames River for ships leaving London.

Census and Inhabitants Lists

Church Records

Vital Records

References

  1. Orville B. Ackerly, "Long Island Town Records," New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, Vol. 48, No. 1 (Jan. 1917):75-76. Digital versions at Internet Archive - free; New York Family History ($); FS Library Book 974.7 B2n v. 48.