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Upon Sidman's death, this land passed into the hands of his son-in-law, John Smith, who sold it to John Suffern. The village of Suffern was founded in 1796. John Suffern, first Rockland County judge, 1798–1806, settled near the base of the Ramapo Mountains in 1773, and called the place New Antrim, after his home in County Antrim, Ireland.
The first post office in Rockland County was established at New Antrim, now Suffern, on October 4, 1797. By 1800, the total population of the newly created County of Rockland was nearly 6,400. The land was cleared, homes, schools and churches were built and sawmills and gristmills erected along the numerous creeks .
The heirs of village founder John Suffern bought the cannon in 1851 and ritually fired it from the top of nearby Union Hill on Independence Day of every year, as well as for special events like the completion of the Erie Railroad across New York State in 1852. They donated the cannon to the village in 1908 to use as the latter saw fit, and the ...
Suffern's first post office was established in 1797 by founding settler John Suffern, but fell into disuse a decade later. A village post office was formally reestablished in 1858 and used several rented spaces over the years.
Rockland County is the southernmost county on the west side of the Hudson River in the U.S. state of New York.It is part of the New York metropolitan area.As of the 2020 U.S. census, the county's population is 338,329, [4] making it the state's third-most densely populated county outside New York City after Nassau and neighboring Westchester Counties.
Lawler was born and raised in Suffern, New York. He graduated from Suffern High School. [1] Lawler earned his Bachelor of Science degree in accounting and finance from Manhattan College in 2009 and was named valedictorian of his graduating class. [2] [3]. In 2024, Lawler received an honorary doctorate from Touro University. [4]
Salyer later acquired an additional 72 acres (29 ha) from John Suffern, founder of the nearby village that bears his name. Edward Salyer died April 10, 1819- aged 59 years and 8 months. The year of his wife's death is not known, but at some point Edward Salyer Jr. inherited the land.
The 1887-built Suffern station, c. 1907–1912, with SF Tower nearby The construction of a railroad through the town of Ramapo and village of Suffern date to the incorporation of the New York and Lake Erie Railroad, a proposed line from Piermont in Rockland County to Dunkirk in Chautauqua County in November 1831. [9]