Historic and Natural Districts Inventory Form

Unless indicated below, this is a transcript of the original Society for the Preservation of Long Island Antiquities/Town of Brookhaven survey form. Corrections to obvious typographical and spelling errors have been made. Corrections to factual errors, updates or comments on the information are either enclosed in [square brackets], or will be clearly indicated as updated material. Since most of the surveys were conducted in the late 1970’s and early 1980’s, much of the information reflects that time period.

Sites with an Inventory Code suffix of “S” are supplemental sites not included in the original surveys.

Historic and Natural Districts Inventory Form

Azel Hawkins Cemetery [a.k.a. Deacon Daniel Hawkins Cemetery]

If checked, this is a Supplemental Form, not in the original surveys.

Inventory Code:		Br34
Prepared Date:		1982-08-16
Last Modified:		1982-08-16

Submitter

Submitter Name:	Town of Brookhaven/SPLIA
Submitter Address:	Town Hall 205 S. Ocean Ave. Patchogue, NY 11772
Organization:	Brookhaven Community Development Agency

Identification

1-Site Name:	Azel Hawkins Cemetery [a.k.a. Deacon Daniel Hawkins Cemetery]
2a-County:	Suffolk	2b-Town:	Brookhaven	2c-Village:	Hamlet of Brookhaven
Address:

3-Description

A small cemetery containing about a dozen graves located off Stillwood Road, north of Beaver Dam Road. Access to it is a right-of-way between #12 and #14 Stillwood Road. Some of the gravestones are missing, and it is slightly overgrown. [This is #81 on the Town of Brookhaven Historian's Cemetery Listing. Some genealogy reference work refer to it as the Deacon Daniel Hawkins cemetery, one of Azel Hawkins' sons.]

4-Significance

This branch of the Hawkins family (see Br20) slowly took over the middle section of Beaver Dam Road by marrying into the Rose family and buying them out. Both Selah Hawkins and Azel Hawkins owned houses on Beaver Dam Road in 1836.

5-Map

NYS DOT Bellport Quad

6-Sources

"Cemetery Book," Town Historians Office, Port Jefferson, NY [now at patchogue NY], compiled 1930's. "U.S. Coast Survey Map, South Coast of Long Island, between Patchogue and Smith Point, 1836," Repository: U.S. Library of Congress.

7-Threats to Area

By Zoning	By Roads
By Developers	By Deterioration
Other	This cemetery is somewhat secluded, and therefore escapes most vandalism.

8-Local Attitudes Toward the Area

Mostly unaware of it. [Local families assist in it's maintenance. Little or no interest from the Town of Brookhaven.]

9-Photos

Prepared By:

Ellen Williams, Research Assistant

Supplemental Material

[More on the family cemeteries in Brookhaven Hamlet may be found in the Cemeteries Section of this web site.]