Francis Doughty and the Lost Colony of Mespat
In 1642, Rev. Francis Doughty obtained a vast patent at Mespat. War, dispute, and Dutch authority ended his colony—yet it shaped early Queens.
Maspeth and English Kills: Newtown’s Early Colonial Frontier
Maspeth began as one of Queens’s earliest and most troubled colonial settlements. Its history runs through Newtown Creek, English Kills, farms, roads, and the making of urban Queens.