Capt. John Post

Abt 1674 - 1741  (67 years)

• Name	John Post  [1]
  Prefix	Capt.
  Birth	Abt 1674	Southampton, Suffolk, New York Colony, British Colonial America   [2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Burial	1741	Southampton, Suffolk, New York, United States of America
  Death	3 Mar 1741	Southampton, Suffolk Co., Long Island, New York   [4]
  Person ID	I4928	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	19 Aug 2025

  
  

  Father	John Emery Post,   b. 1646, Southampton, Suffolk, New York, United States d. Abt 1687, Southampton, Suffolk, NY (Age 41 years)
  Mother	Mary Eliza Halsey,   b. 1650, Southampton, Suffolk, New York, United States d. 20 Dec 1686, Long Island City, Queens, New York, United States, (Age 36 years)
  Marriage	3 Nov 1670  [5]
  Family ID	F186	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Halsey, >,   b. 1678, Southampton, Suffolk, New York Colony, British Colonial America d. 1722, New York, New York, USA (Age 44 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1695	Southampton, Suffolk, NY   [6]
  Children	1. Capt. John Post, III,   b. 1700, Southampton, Suffolk County, New York d. 3 Jan 1792, Quogue, Southampton, Suffolk, NY (Age 92 years)   2. Joseph Post, >,   b. 1704, Southampton, Suffolk, NY d. 27 Sep 1780, Southampton, Suffolk, NY (Age 76 years)   3. Isaac Post,   b. 1712, Southampton, Suffolk, New York Colony, British Colonial America d. 8 May 1785, Southampton, Suffolk, New York, United States (Age 73 years)
  Family ID	F187	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	27 Mar 2026

  
  

• Notes

  Captain John Post was the progenitor of the Post's at the East end of Long Island, including Brookhaven Hamlet and Bellport (Post).

  
  

• Sources

  [S228] Marie Caroline de Trobriand Post, 1845-1926, The Post family. 314, 25 p., 12 leaves of plates: coats of arms, ports, includes index. (New York. Sterling Potter. 1905), p. 71. [S242] WorldConnect: Pierson/Hanke, Douglas Hanke online [http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=dhanke ], accessed 5 Jan 22008, http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=dhanke&id=I21634. [S241] Michael Post, "," e-mail message from [e-mail for private use] ([street address for private use]), to , ., Comments; 22 July 2009; John Deitz. John, in further examination I have found what I believe to be a discrepancy in the early POST genealogy as posted on the family chart on your web site: Generation 2 should be John Post abt 1650-abt 1687 Generation 3 should be the John Post seen in Generation 2 and is in fact the "Captain" and from thereon it is correct. This will also solve the issue of why there was such an unusual generational spread of over 50 years. This is verified by Southampton historical documents and, dare I say it, Chart A, Appendix D on page 284 of the The Post Family by M.C. de Trobriand Post (in spite of its serious flaws in other areas including some outright fabrication by its contract ghost writer). [S228] Marie Caroline de Trobriand Post, 1845-1926, The Post family. 314, 25 p., 12 leaves of plates: coats of arms, ports, includes index. (New York. Sterling Potter. 1905), p. 284 and elsewhere. [S242] WorldConnect: Pierson/Hanke, Douglas Hanke online [http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=dhanke ], accessed 5 Jan 22008, http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=dhanke&id=I21638. [S242] WorldConnect: Pierson/Hanke, Douglas Hanke online [http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=dhanke ], accessed 5 Jan 22008, http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=dhanke&id=I21635.