Joseph and Samuel Weekes, sons of Francis Weekes, both married daughters of henry Reddocke, and inherited his property at Matinecock about 1674. they settled there on strips of land East of Sheeps Lane running from Bayville Road North to the water. Their homes were at the South end of the tract, and the present building known as Green Arbors is said to be one of them, now vastly altered. Samuel Weekes removed to Cedar Swamp in 1687, but Joseph, who was Captain of Queens County Militia and Trustee of the Oyster Bay Baptist Church, remained. His daughter Sarah, who married Tristram Dodge and some of his other descendent are bd. here The cemetery contains 43 standing stones, all legible ones being copied below. Twelve additional pieces of stone, probably gravestones, two of which showed definite lettering but all of which were illegible, were found scattered about. The cemetery, surrounded by a hedge, is located in the back yard of MaWhinney place on the West side of Cherrywood Lane off Bayville Road, near Egypt Lane. Done by Oyster Bay Town Historian Herbert Hale, and A.S. and P.L. Van Santvoord, Oct 27, 1961. Old stones copied in full, data copied from all others.
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