CHAPTER HISTORY

       The Southampton Colony Chapter was started at a meeting on Lincoln's birthday in 1921 with twenty-seven women present.  Formal organization was not held until March 1922 with 48 charter members.  The hymn, "Hail to the Flag"  was sung.  Both the words and the music were written by George Rogers Howell, Southampton historian and genealogist, who for nearly 30 years was State Librarian and Archivist in Albany, New York.  The hymn was dedicated to the Founders and Patriots of America.  Mrs. E. P. White, Regent, presided at the meeting and luncheon in the dining room of the Presbyterian Church, the oldest  established Presbyterian congregation in the United States. Settled in 1640, the Southampton Company founded their Colony bringing their minister with them.
 

       In 1925 a completely furnished house was donated to the Chapter by Pauline Morton Sabin (Mrs. Charles).  It was built in 1721 and is one of the oldest houses in Southampton. This house served as the Chapter house until it was sold in 1997.

    NEW YORK ROOM IN THE DAR MUSEUM

    HISTORY OF THE TOWN FLAG


HISTORIC PRESERVATION - PROMOTION OF EDUCATION - PATRIOTIC ENDEAVOR

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