Natalie Naylor, president of the Nassau County Historical Society, has forwarded the above 1942 photo of the Roslyn Grist Mill in preparation for a meeting of Legionnaires. The image was the frontispiece for the Fall 1942 issue of The Nassau County Historical Journal featuring the below article The Mills of Nassau County by A.N. Nostrand, Mrs. J.C. Baker and Courtney R. Hall. The 51 mills that were located in Nassau County were identified. The Roslyn Grist Mill was listed as #9:
9-John Robinson,grant 1701, built before1709, present structure 1735, Charles Mott, Jeremiah Williams, Benj. Hicks
Check out page 59 that explains why Hitler would hate the Nassau County Historical Society "for its doing the very things which make it tougher and tougher for him."
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This was very interesting. Just a few comments: There seems to be a lot more mills listed for Plandome than would be possible; it's a fairly small area. Then getting over to Glen Cove, I see only one mill listed; I had heard there were maybe five in that area. And finally I see no mention of a mill in Oyster Bay. I purchased a genealogy book about the descendants of one Abraham Ailling (Allen) of Oyster Bay who built a mill there, about 1700 (about the time my ancestor, Henry Allen, got involved with the mill in Great Neck.) I've read some speculation that Henry and Abraham were brothers but never found a confirmation. A few generations past Abraham one of his descendants became a Mormon, became a enthusiastic polygamist and had a whole flock of kids, so the genealogy is rather involved. By the early 20th century another descendant had become a professor at Columbia and had two daughters that never married and retired to Florida, where they published this genealogy that I purchased about 30 years ago.