In Search of Teatown — Origin of the Name Source: https://www.crotonfriendsofhistory.org/in-search-of-teatown Historian Lincoln Diamant investigated Teatown's etymology in the 1970s. Local tradition suggested the name derived from an English village, but a British Museum librarian confirmed in 1831: "I have made a search of the various gazetteers, old and new, and have failed to discover any pla…

Dame Arthur, her sisters and an enslaved African woman fortified the house using tongs, pokers, spits, and broomsticks. After negotiation, the besiegers accepted Arthur's promise to sell them tea. They received "a large quantity of the much-loved Bohea" throughout that difficult winter. The area became known as Teatown. Source: Paper presented to the New-York Historical Society, October 7, 1862, b…