Mill Neck, New York

I am not saying you are wrong about 11 Dock Lane, Great Neck- she may have owned that as a 2nd house I don't know, BUT my grandmother who was a relative of Muriel was Muriel's secretary, and she lived on the top floor and the house had dormer windows, I know because I visited her there and slept overnight and distinctly remember waking up in the middle of the night and looking out the window at the water a little distance away and seeing a ship making it's way along. I remember a big wood staircase leading down to a formal library and kitchen, the library had books floor to ceiling and a rolling ladder. On two large tables I remember she had two large antique miniature room boxes encased in glass, I only remember one of them had a livingroom theme with it's furniture, carpeting, lamps and fixtures. I was told after her death they were given to a couple of girls in the family. With her money she would have paid lot for those! I remember she had a cook, housekeeper, gardener and my grandmother for her secretary. I was told by my sister that there was something in Muriels' background that had to do with "shipping" as to where her money came from to afford all that. She died when I was 7, 1967 and her obituary was in the NY Times citing her "war work" arts and charities, indeed- as I remember she sculpted figure sculptures, I remember a room in the house that was full of bronze figure sculptures she had made, one of them was gifted to my late sister. The obituary mentioned she was of Horseshoe Road and also Middlebury Ct Some papers and info I have, including the 1940 census has Muriel, John (son) Bronson (son) and 3 servants- Annie, Herta and Elizabeth, and that Murial was the owner of the house, valued at $178,000, her husband John H died Sept 4, 1943 in Florida. They were married by 1915 as they both applied for a document to visit Canada for the purpose of a honeymoon, his occupation was real estate it says. The 1925 census looks like they were at 30 Hoyt Dr, North Hempstead- John, Murial, Jeanette (daughter) John H JR (son) Bronson (son) and 4 servants from Germany- Annie, Emma, Anna Marie? and one other.

Henry Townsend (one of the three "original" Townsend brothers - Henry, John and Richard) is indeed buried here, his brother Richard is not, having been interred somewhere in Lusum (now Jericho). The "RT" stone is instead that of Henry's 20-year old son, Robert, who died October 4, 1687. Both his headstone and foot stone are extant, whereas Henry's "HT" stone, documented in the nineteeth-century Peter Townsend manuscr ipt is not.

owned by the town of oyster bay for many years now, the historic property is poorly maintained, deteriorating and under serious demolition by neglect threat thanks to no effort of maintenance by the town.

I can confidently tell you that all four of these pictures are of Three Harbors Hill in Mill Neck. This house was originally owned by Mr Peters (and I think may have originally been called Hawirt.). The house is now owned by me.