Editing Lloyd Harbor, New York (section)

==History==
In 1654, the [[Metoac|Matinecock]] [[Native Americans in the United States|Native Americans]] sold {{convert|3,000|acre|km2}} of what is now called Lloyd Neck to English settlers from [[Oyster Bay (hamlet), New York|Oyster Bay]]. The Matinecock referred to the region as ''Caumsett'' ("place by sharp rock"). In 1676, James Lloyd acquired the neck, which was then taken over by his son Henry. Henry Lloyd farmed the land and erected a house, which still survives in [[Caumsett State Park]]. After his death in 1763, his son Joseph built the [[Joseph Lloyd House|Joseph Lloyd Manor House]], which he was forced to abandon by the British during the [[American Revolutionary War|Revolutionary War]]. The British built several fortifications in the neck, including Fort Franklin. Henry Lloyd IV was the last Lloyd to own the estate, in 1841. In the 1880s, it became a stop for [[steamboat]]s coming from [[New York City]], bringing tourists and wealthy New Yorkers.

In 1886, Lloyd's Neck, which was then part of the town of Oyster Bay and had earlier been known as Queens Village, was set off and separated from [[Queens County, Long Island|Queens County]] and annexed to the town of Huntington in [[Suffolk County, New York|Suffolk County]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RT1NAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA956 |title=Laws of 1886, Chapter 667|last1=(State)|first1=New York|year=1886}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.geographicus-archive.com/P/AntiqueMap/LongIsland-beers-1873 |title=Beers' ''Atlas of Long Island'' |year=1873 |accessdate=November 26, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111120223619/http://www.geographicus-archive.com/P/AntiqueMap/LongIsland-beers-1873 |archive-date=November 20, 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="Lloyd-Harbor-Brief-History" /><ref name="Alexander 1977" /><ref name="Hunt 2001" /><ref name="NYTs 1996 Jan 7" />

The 1900s ushered the era of the Long Island [[North Shore (Long Island)|Gold Coast]], and various wealthy families began to buy land and build seaside mansions and estates. These included William Matheson, [[Marshall Field III]], [[Ronald Conklin]], [[Harold Dimppel, Sr.]], [[Ferdinand Eberstadt (policy advisor)|Ferdinand Eberstadt]] and [[George McKesson]]. In 1926, Lloyd Neck and West Neck became incorporated as a municipality which was named Lloyd Harbor.

[[Robin Gibb]], [[Charles Lindbergh]], [[Jerry Seinfeld]] and [[Billy Joel]] have each lived on the Neck for a time. Currently many of these estates have been adapted for other uses. Marshall Field III's estate is now [[Caumsett State Historic Park]], and the Conklin estate is a [[Catholic Church|Roman Catholic]] [[seminary]]. Others have become a county park and a wildlife refuge. Charles Robertson's estate is now the Banbury Center, a small conference center of [[Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory]].

In 1969 the [[Long Island Lighting Company]] proposed locating a [[nuclear power plant]] in the community. Local opposition quickly defeated the plan, with [[Ferdinand Eberstadt (policy advisor)|Ferdinand Eberstadt]] donating his {{convert|80|acre|m2|adj=on}} estate to the [[U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service]] to become [[Target Rock National Wildlife Refuge]].