Parents: Tunis Van Cott (1749-1825)
Anne Brush (1748 - ??)
Birth: June 4, 1791
Death: June 20, 1874
Burial: Van Cott Cemetery (on Grant Street)
Farmingdale, Nassau County, New York
Marriage: Elizabeth Van Nostrand—June 28, 1815
(her birth: 1797 and death: 1887)
Children: Andres Van Cott (1814 – 1903) (Andrew)
Armelia Van Cott m. Hubbs (1816 -1900)
Tunis Van Cott (1821 – 1890)
Peter Van Cott (1824 – 1911)
George Riley Van Cott (1835 – 1891)
Ann Elizabeth Van Cott m. Van Sise (1838 – 1874)
George Van Cott was the second postmaster of Farmingdale. He opened a tavern in 1842 and residents would stop by the tavern to see if they had gotten any mail.
Sources:
“George Van Cott (1791-1874) - Find A Grave...” Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=9395923
“Long Island Surnames.” George Van Cott b. Nov 1837 Oyster Bay, Queens Co., LI, NY: Long Island Surnames, http://www.longislandsurnames.com/getperson.php?personID=I15635&tree=SmithRock
Vining, Dorothy H. Farmingdale: A Short History from the Ice Age to the Present. Farmingdale Union Free School District, 1983
John Van Nostrand enlisted on October 15, 1861. He was 32 years old. He mustered in on October 24, 1861 with the 102nd Regiment, Company I of the New York Volunteer Infantry.
He was born May 2, 1829. He married Charlotte Brush in 1851. He was a bayman, collecting oysters. He is buried in Bayville.
Sources:
Ancestry
Find a Grave
Fold3
Tracy Vicere is a learning consultant at Woodward Parkway Elementary School. She graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Elementary Education and Psychology from Wagner College and a Master in Special Education from Long Island University. She began her tenure at Farmingdale School District in 2000 as a special education teacher in an integrated collaborative setting and in the school’s Resource Room—a place for students who struggle academically.
In addition to her work in the classroom, Ms. Vicere has served as a co-moderator of the student council, shepherded the creation of a student-crafted memorial garden, planted in honor of a young Farmingdale student, and organized the Week of Thanks food drive, providing Thanksgiving dinners to families in need.
A teenage bout with Hodgkin’s lymphoma and non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma inspired her to found Friends and Angels: The Tracy Vicere Foundation Inc, a nonprofit set up to improve the quality of life of children battling cancer. Since 2011, her organization has raised over $150,000 to support patients receiving treatment at Cohen Children’s Medical Center. Ms. Vicere’s foundation also provides patients with hospital scrapbooks to document their journey, decorates the rooms of bone marrow transplant patients, and hosts movie nights and birthday parties.
Source:
Farmingdale Union Free School District. “Farmingdale Schools Announces 2020 Wall of Fame Honorees.” Farmingdale, NY Patch, Patch, 3 Mar. 2020, patch.com/new-york/farmingdale/farmingdale-schools-announces-2020-wall-fame-honoree
Village Bake Shop was opened in 1950 on Main Street. It was run by David and Kathryn Schiebelhuth. David did the baking while Kathryn took care of the sales end.
David worked at Rey's French Bakery in Huntington for 18 years. He began his trade in New York City and graduated from the Hauptman Pastry and Decorating School. Kathryn was a former school teacher for mentally ill children in Huntington.
The shop carried a complete stock of pastries, cakes, cookies, and David's specialty, Petit Fours.
Source:
Farmingdale Post
Brad DeMilo, former High School band director proposed a plan to then Mayor John Hallahan to have an adult community band that performed a concert series. When the plan was accepted, it was determined that the concerts were to be held at the Village Green. The concerts started as four a summer and grew to seven. The band was originally called the Farmingdale Community Band, but quickly changed its name to The Village Pops. Its inaugural concerts began in 1983.
The Village Pops has a 600 title library of sons that they rotate each year. It began with 25 volunteers, but some years have had 65 people volunteering to play. The concerts occur every Wednesday night during the summer. At one point, during intermission, a minute of Farmingdale history was given to the crowd.
Local places and the band donated funds so that the audience can receive free ice cream at each concert. Audience members have been chosen to conduct some of the songs so they feel involved in the show.
Sources:
"Community Band Renamed." Farmingdale Observer. July 14, 1983
“History That Began with Music.” Farmingdale Village, www.farmingdalevillage.com/25-75_Complete.pdf.
Von Leesen's was located on 282 Main Street.
John & Emily Von Leesen owned it from 1939-1963.
Made homemade chocolates and ice cream. Added food in the 1950’s.
Owners:
1963 Fred Schumacher
1964-1967 Henry Moeller
1967-1975 Mike Wieve
1975-1976 Joseph Giuida
1976- Kord & Hannie Fick (they also owned 1/3 of Krish’s Confectionary in Massapequa)
Source:
Information gathered by Edward Thompson in 1992