Salisbury is so named because it sits on a broad, flat section of the larger Hempstead Plains that reminded late 19th Century Long Islanders of the Salisbury Plain in England, where Stonehenge is located. This name was made the CDP's official name for the 1990 census, replacing the older name of South Westbury (which referenced its geographic location immediately south of Westbury).
meet a committee from Leicester, to see if they can settle the difficulty between the two towns, and make report at an adjourned meeting." And, finally, April 14, 1796, it was " voted that the town of Salisbury will make the south line of lot 'No. 20 the jurisdiction line between the towns of Salisbury and Leicester, and on the 19th of April of the same year the committee made the following report :
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back with their wdiole family, to make a permanent * As a saw-mill was erected at Sutherland's falls, in Eutland, about the year 1773, those living near Otter creek, in Salisbury and in other towns, could obtain boards (which were floated down the creek), for such purposes as making doors and tables. The first table, and the only one used in the family of Holland Weeks for several years after his settlement in Salisbury, was made of the crotch of a tree, hewed tolerably
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Hoyt family. A genealogical history of John Hoyt of Salisbury, and David Hoyt of Deerfield, (Massachusetts,) and their descendants1857 · page 32Read the page →
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in Amesbury, May 1, 1737, and dismissed to the second chh. in Salisbury, June 21, 1739, — reed, there July 1, 1739. He was residing in that part of Salisbury which was incorporated as South Hampton in 1742. His oldest child's birth is recorded in Amesbury, the second in Salisbury, the three next in S. Hampton, and the two youngest in Brentwood.
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