#billopp — Public Fediverse posts

Meet the wife of Captain Christopher Billopp
To sample a taste of her life gives us a taste of the history of this area in New York City as well as insight into the lives of 17th Century women here in the colonies.
https://medium.com/@AngieMangino/who-is-katherine-ann-farmer-billopp-dcbae4248746
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Captain Christopher Billopp, an Englishman, was the first to settle in Tottenville. He came to New York harbor with Major Edmund Andros in 1674.
It was he who built Bentley Manor around 1680, the building now called the Conference House after an 18th Century attempted peace conference held there that could have changed the course of the American Revolutionary War. #Tottenville #History #Billopp
https://www.angiemangino.com/tottenville-history-blog

Fact or Fiction?
According to the story, the Duke of York supposedly asked English naval Captain Christopher Billopp in 1668 to sail around Staten Island in under 24 hours to claim it for New York.
https://medium.com/the-biographical-historian/is-billopp-why-staten-island-is-in-new-york-dc2e51aefb69
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Meet Christopher Billopp
Born in 1638 in England to Christopher and Mary Hazelwood Billopp, Captain Christopher Billopp lived a long and history making life.
https://medium.com/the-biographical-historian/billopp-lived-longer-than-his-peers-95d8a623dd51
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