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Old Purchase Properties is a full service independent real estate agency located in the heart of Bellport Village. Established in 1979, Old Purchase continues to be the leader in home sales in the Bellport, Brookhaven and East Patchogue area. Our agents are all longtime local residents with over 100 years of combined experience. Whether buying or selling Old Purchase Properties is at your service.
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Browse our website to view our listings and learn more about us. A Little Local History... From earliest times the waters off Bellport have influenced and charmed the lives of those who live nearby. Offshore whaling and the digging of clams for food and wampum were pursuits of the Indians. Bellport Bay is landlocked on three sides and until the middle of the seventeenth century this was the home of the Unkechaug Indians, with headquarters in Mastic. They called the section now Bellport, Occumbomock, meaning "opposite the fishing place," which was the inlet through the great south barrier beach from the Atlantic. Tobaccus, Sachem of the Unkechaugs, sold the land that is now Bellport, Brookhaven Hamlet and the lands to the north of these two villages to a group of men who settled in Setauket in 1655. They wanted the abundant grasslands on the south side of the island to furnish salt hay and grass as bedding for their livestock. They also had their eyes on the whaling industry and fishing in the bay, especially the shell fishing. On June 10,1664 an agreement was signed between Tobaccus and a group of men represented by Richard Howell and John Cooper. For fifty fadum of wampum, which was actually paid by four fur coats and $16.25 in cash, the men bought a substantial tract of south shore land and the fishing rights off its shore. In March 1667 Tobaccus deeded all whales to the Brookhaven settlers and the Indians continued to be employed by the settlers as whalemen. This land bought from Tobaccus was called The Old Purchase South. Today the ocean offers fishing, swimming, surf boarding and sunning on incomparable beaches, while Bellport Bay provides skating, ice boating and scootering over the frozen ice in winter and sailing and crabbing in summer.
Captain
Thomas Bell first came to Occum-bomock with his brother as an employee
of the
American Coast Wrecking Company to wreck the
Vessel Irene that had foundered off
Great South Beach opposite
present day Bellport. He was so
attracted by the region that in a
short time he returned to make
this his home. Today the heritage
and amenities of the
Bellport-Brookhaven area
continue to attract old and new residents. Welcome!
Featured Properties For Sale
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Old Purchase Properties 126 South Country Road Email: info@oldpurchase.com
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