Talk:Suffern, New York

Same spot

I was in the same spot that you were when you took this picture did you clime that huge hill to follow to the end of the pipe line. did you follow the trail on your left or did you go right and went on that huge rock? what you read this E-mail me back Irishkid1988@aol.com — Preceding unsigned comment added by 205.188.116.132 (talk) 03:43, 22 August 2005 (UTC)

Joke alert

Why does this article not mention "Suffern succotash"? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.39.172.77 (talk) 05:21, 14 February 2006 (UTC)

"Village"!?

Is Suffern - pop. ~11,000 - a "village"? I know "towns" which have a population of less than 50 inhabitants. // Jens Persson (213.67.64.22 19:01, 12 April 2007 (UTC))

Might be a little late, but the word "village" means something special in New York (namely it's a specific subdivision of a town), see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Administrative_divisions_of_New_York#Village —Preceding unsigned comment added by Aoleson (talk • contribs) 18:52, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

Transportation

I added the section about Transportation in the article about Suffern because the article did not have the transportation section. NHRHS2010 ^Talk 02:11, 30 August 2007 (UTC)

Suffern Family

I think more effort should be made to identify the members of the Suffern family named Edward?? I, II, III? They have to have some kind of clearification, I would bet some of these are the same person. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Garkeith (talk • contribs) 14:39, 26 December 2008 (UTC)

John and Mary Suffern's tenth child (out of eleven) was Edward, born April 7th, 1790. He became a judge. He also was a large landowner. There is a family painting, the "Six Mile" painting that shows his large white home up the hill from where his father's house was. It is said that he said when he sat on his front porch, "All land I see is mine extending six miles into Bergen County, NY. His land include the Ramapo Pass through which he granted right-of-way to the Erie Railroad. Union Hill, now a quarry, was in his side yard. His nephew, son of his sister Elizabeth and her husband, distant cousin John S. Suffern was also Edward Suffern born January 23, 1810. This Edward graduated from RPI in 1835 as the first graduate engineer in the world per Ripley's. Carolyn Suffern 204.111.137.2 (talk) 12:33, 14 April 2022 (UTC)

Does anyone know more about this Nicholas Suffern? If he does in fact exist, I find it odd that he's listed here, since the article states that he is a resident of "Awesomeville" (I'm not sure what state that's in) and not Suffern. Also, I'm not sure the term "epic ninja" is very encyclopedic. What about his ninja career was epic? Countmippipopolous (talk) 03:44, 30 May 2010 (UTC)

Descended hrom Huguenot's????

"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, where his Huguenot ancestors had settled circa 1585."

How long does one have to live in Ireland before one is Irish? I see this trend in Wiki articles all the time regarding persons of Irish Ancestry ("of Anglo-Irish", "descended from Huguenot's", "Scotch-Irish"). If someone's home is County Antrim and he names his village "New Antrim" I think we can say he is Irish. "Native American's" are the descendants of Asians who crossed the land bridge at the Berring Straight, should we preface every article regarding Native Americans with "descended from Asians"? We don't divide German American's into Prussina Lutherans and Bravarian Catholics, why do we continue to do this with the Irish. I would remind writers that the Patriotic Ballad "A Nation Once Again" was written by Protestant Thomas Davis, there were few people more Irish than he. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.112.241.169 (talk) 10:23, 11 January 2012 (UTC)

To me, the word "Huguenot" describes the ancestors in 1585 when they moved to Ireland, not after they'd been living there for some time. It doesn't mean that they weren't Irish years later. Chrisrus (talk) 20:33, 12 January 2012 (UTC)

My Huguenot ancestor Trophime deSuffren fled France probably with the revocation of the Edict of Nantes. Family records indicate he first went to London but settled in County Antrim, Ireland where generations lived for many years before John Suffern emigrated to America in 1763. Trophime was one of three brothers of the noble deSuffren family. The family name was changed in Ireland. Carolyn Suffern — Preceding unsigned comment added by 204.111.137.2 (talk) 12:25, 14 April 2022 (UTC)

Suffern along NHT

In the History section, there is a reference to the top page of a page set devoted to the Washington-Rachambeau National Historic Trail (NHT); however, I've not been able to find on that or historical versions of the page reference to Suffern. However, there is a document at https://www.nps.gov/waro/learn/news/upload/NY.pdf which mentions "Suffern, Avon Park, Lafayette Avenue and Washington Avenue" as a site "of historical significance to the story of the NHT". To date, I've not determined what the nature of that historical significance is. I think that if that can be determined, would be essential to add such to the article. --User:Ceyockey (talk to me) 00:15, 22 December 2017 (UTC)

The "historical significance" is that in 1781, French General Rochambeau made encampment in Suffern with 5,000 soldiers who were spread out in the areas mentioned above. His tent was pitched near the bridge on Lafayette Avenue down the hill from Avon Park, although he stayed at John Suffen's home. The NPS has erected a wayside panel near the gazebo that honors Suffern's inclusion in the Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route National Historic Trail. Carolyn Suffern 204.111.137.2 (talk) 12:39, 14 April 2022 (UTC)