Jeorgkee – Indian Whaler

Introduction

Jeorgkee is an Indian whaler who is documented in an agreement dated April 7, 1679¹, “[Jeorgekee] goes to sea to kill whales for Jacob Schillinger of East Hampton and partners.”²

Wainscott

Wainscott, once known as, or pronounced, Georgica or george cake, was named after the Indian who formerly lived on the neck named Jeorgekee.²

1. S. H. R., vol. ii, p.79[↩]
2. William Wallace Tooker, Indian Place Names on Long Island, 1911 pp 64[↩][↩]