According
toin "," the village of Tarry Town (later,
Tarrytown) got its name
...
by the good housewives of the adjacent country from the inveterate propensity of their husbands
to linger about the village tavern on market days.
Thus,
the town was named for the malingerers, or those who tarried, about the local pub. Present-day
Tarrytown is a part of the larger town of Greenburgh, New York (founded in 1788). It is situated
on the eastern shore of the Hudson River, not far from the Tappan Zee Bridge. The earliest
settlers of Tarry Town were the Weckquaesgeeks Indians, a branch of the Mohicans. The first
Europeans to settle the village were the Dutch, who arrived as early as
1645.
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