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connected it with Whitestone, Long Island, from ancient 

 times. Throgg's Neck is the long, narrow point upon which 

 Fort Schuyler is situated. It gets its name from the original 

 proprietor of 1643, John Throgmorton, or Throckmorton. 

 Upon its northerly side is Locust Point, or Island. 



Between the Sound on the north and Eastchester Bay on 

 the south is the largest of all the necks in the Borough. From 

 its first white inhabitant, the famous Anne Hutchinson, 

 it was called by the Dutch Annes Hoeck (i.e., Ann's Neck). 

 Later, when Thomas Pell became proprietor of this whole 

 section, the neck was called Pell's Neck, or Point; and after 

 the formation of the manor, Pelham Neck. A later manor- 

 lord sold to Samuel Rodman the end of the neck opposite 

 City Island, and hence we have the name by which it is 

 known to-day, Rodman's Neck. 



