This may just muddy things further, but several sources I see quoted from
in 1849 and 1851 claim that both Cornwall and Dukes counties were
surrendered in 1693, after a protracted controversy. Perhaps the
controversy and its length accounts for the discrepency in dates.
David Minor
>Recently I wrote that Queens was "named in 1683 when the province of New
>York was divided into 10 counties." This is also the version
>given in the Encyclopedia of New York, referring to "the colony of New
>York" (in the entry on Queens). But I. N. Phelps Stokes'
>"Iconography of Manhattan Island", quoting from the original 1683 colonial
>law, notes that "the province of New York" originally consisted of (or was
>claimed to consist of) Cornwall and Dukes counties. Other apparently
>standard sources indicate Cornwall County was surrendered to Massachusetts
>in 1692 (and became part of Maine in 1819) and Dukes County was
>surrendered to Massachusetts in 1686. Is it correct to assume that
>the Stokes' version is accurate? >>>Or is there some obscure
>nomenclature issue concealed here, waiting to trip me up?<<< (My
>concern is heightened because I cannot find the entry in the Encyclopedia
>of New York which relates to "New York State", if there is one.)
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