In the spring of 1962, Captain Nathaniel Sylvester and his young bride, Grissel Brinley, stepped from their boat onto the narrow shore along Gardiner\'s Creek.
Shelter Island: A Nostalgic Jou.
The Sylvesters would make Shelter Island their home.
Shiploads of tiles and chimney bricks from Holland and household furnishings from England and Barbados had arrived during the preceding months.
Nearby, in a clearing, stood a sturdy house, newly built of white oak timber from the surrounding forest.
In the spring of 1962, Captain Nathaniel Sylvester and his young bride, Grissel Brinley, stepped from their boat onto the narrow shore along Gardiner\'s Creek