Was there ever a place called Rhinebeck on Long Island, NY? Dutch lineage Hegeman, Cashow (& Wilson)

Question

Hi all,

While researching a line of family history in the Long Island area of New York, I ran across a source from what looks like a family book.  I've been unable to figure out who created this document or where they got their information from.

Most of the story checks out in terms of names, events, dates and locations. 

Except, the birth location of Mary M. Cashow which says she was born at "Rhinebeck, Long Island."

The Long Island area makes sense as that is where her parents spent their entire lives (Wolver Hollow/Oyster Bay, Queens County).  It's also where her husband Benjamin Wilson was born (Cold Spring, Suffolk County).

I've been unable to determine if there ever was a place called Rhinebeck on Long Island.  I know there is a Rhinebeck in Dutchess County further north, but that location doesn't make sense with what is currently known.

Was there ever a Rhinebeck on Long Island?

Comments

Rhinebeck is in Dutchess county. I have many ancestors from there.

Answer 1

Not that I could find.  I looked at a lot of local resources (I live on LI), even found an article on villages that have changed their names. Also Rhinebeck is a made up name, a combo of the name of the first settler and the town he came from in Germany, so not likely to be reproduced. Someone made a mistake.

Answer 2

I lived on the Island for 37 years and never heard of a town with that name in Nassau or Suffolk Counties.

Answer 3

Thanks for the replies, everyone.  Much appreciated!

Definitely looking like a mistake by the person that put together that bio/genealogy.

And since there is no record of any of them being in Dutchess County, I'll focus on looking for her birth location somewhere on LI, most likely Queens or Nassau.

Answer 4

The story may be a total mix-up. Google tells me that Cedar Swamp Cemetery is in Connecticut, not Long Island.

Comments

There is a Cedar Swamp road on LI, near the Nassau Suffolk border. There may have been a cemetery there in the past.

Answer 5

I finally found the baptism record for Mary M. Cashow, who was stated in that family story book to have been born in "Rhinebeck, Long Island."

She was baptized on July 7th, 1793 at St. Paul's Lutheran Church of Wurtemburg (about 5 miles from Rhinebeck), Dutchess County, NY.  The record states she was born on May 16, 1793, but doesn't say where.

I guess it's possible that she was born on Long Island (presumably Queens County) in May, and then for some reason the family went to Dutchess County, and she was baptized there in July.

Question is, why would they have done that?  The war was over and I know of no family connection to Dutchess County (no siblings born there, etc).

Funny how some records, when found, only lead to more questions!