2006-12-26 21:03:35 · 1 answers · asked by gerbare 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
no, that's not him, but thanks anyway. He lived accross the sound on the Ct. side I believe
2006-12-27 07:34:47 · update #1
I know of a Dr. Samuel Nicoll who lived at Shelter Island, Suffolk, New York in the 1800's. He was considered the island's first citizen.
The Nicoll homestead was a low, gray, unpretentious looking house, and stood a little nearer the water than the present building. At that time it was the home of Dr. Samuel B. Nicoll, a brother of Miss Annie Nicoll.
Dr. Nicoll made Shelter Island his home for the larger part of his life. After his graduation from college, he studied medicine. He never practiced as a lawyer and only a short time as a physician. No doubt that both of these professions lost an able practitioner in Dr. Nicoll. Being a man of means, aristocratic, educated and cultured, he was easily Shelter Island's first citizen. Although he was a strong Democrat, in the strong Republican town, yet the people of the island elected him as Supervisor for many terms. And at the county seat, on account of his prominence in the county, and the wide reputation of his family, he was usually chosen chairman of the Board of Supervisors.
2006-12-26 21:09:52 · answer #1 · answered by the_lipsiot 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋