Editing Selden, New York (section)

===Early settlement===
The farmers who first moved to what is now Selden in the mid-18th century referred to the area as "'''Westfield'''" (or sometimes as '''Westfields'''). One of the better known early residents was Captain Daniel Roe (1740–1820), who fought in the [[French and Indian War]] and served as a captain in the [[American Revolutionary War|Revolutionary War]],<ref>''Register of the Empire State Society of the Sons of the American Revolution'' p. 528 (1899)</ref> and for whom [[County Route 111 (Suffolk County, New York)|Captain Daniel Roe Highway]] is named. Roe built a house in Selden along Middle Country Road before the Revolutionary War.<ref>[http://www.drmott.net/Gallery/photo00.html Mott-Spahr Photo Gallery – Roe Family]</ref> Roe is buried in a small family cemetery south of Middle Country Road behind the Old Westfield shopping center.<ref>{{cite web |title=ROE FAMILY CEMETERY |url=http://longislandgenealogy.com/Cem/RoeSelden/Roe.htm |website=longislandgenealogy.com |access-date=March 7, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Bailey |first1=Paul |title=Historic Long Island |url=https://nyshistoricnewspapers.org/lccn/sn83031119/1953-12-10/ed-1/seq-7.pdf |access-date=March 7, 2022 |newspaper=[[Long Islander Newspapers|The Long Islander]] |date=December 10, 1953 |at=Section 1; p. 7 |via=NYS Historic Newspapers}}</ref>
[[Image:LocationofSeldenSkirmish-1776.jpg|thumb|250px|left|From The Diary of Captain Daniel Roe, 1806–08 (1904), caption reads: "School house near home of Capt. Daniel Roe. Near the tree, at the right, tradition says the Tory Captain Richard Miller fell from his horse in 1776."]]
Roe sided with the Patriots in the lead-up to the Revolutionary War. In the fall of 1776, Roe was assigned to lead a raid against the [[Loyalist (American Revolution)|Tory]] and [[Hessian (soldier)|Hessian]] detachment near Selden led by his cousin Richard Miller. Miller was a wanted man, and Roe himself had pledged 10 pounds of the bounty offered for Miller's capture. When Miller rode right by Roe's house in uniform, he was confronted by Roe's men and ordered to dismount. Instead, Miller fired his pistol and turned to flee, whereupon he was shot by the militiamen. Miller was then carried into Roe's house, where he died.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Kraus |first1=Andy |title=Miller vs. Miller |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/726315589/ |access-date=March 7, 2022 |work=[[Newsday]] |date=January 18, 1998 |location=LI Life |pages=G12–G15}}</ref><ref name="roe diary">''The Diary of Captain Daniel Roe, 1806–08'' (1904)</ref>