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Horton - Wortman Cemetery
On Underhill property at Oyster Bay Between Harbor and Anchorage Lanes within Top of the Harbor co-op. In field on Northeast side of Sandy Hill Road on former Schiff estate.  
Stones from 1740s through 1850s. Contains grave of Captain Tunis Wortman veteran of Colonial Wars who died in 1775. Colonel Coles Wortman and Captain James Farley, veterans of Revolutionary
War also buried here. Inscriptions-Frost 1912; DAR November 25, 1941; TOB October 1961

COLES, Martha - d. 16 Sep 1849 - Age --?-- Daughter of Wright & Sarah Coles
COLES, Wright - d. 23 Feb 1765 - Age 61 years

FARLEY
, Audrey - b. 16 Nov 1755 - d. 28 Nov 1829 - Wife of Capt. James Farley
FARLEY, Capt. James - b. 19 Dec 1744 - d. 28 Oct 1810

HORTON, Freelove - b. 05 Nov 1751 - d. 1820 - Wife of Nathan Horton
HORTON, Nathan - d. 02 Nov 1793 - Age 62 years

KISSAM, Helena - b. 18 Oct 1784 - d. 27 Oct 1790 - Daughter of Peter R. & Deborah Kissam
SUYDAM, Sally V.W. - d. 23 Aug 1828 - Age 39 years - Wife of Morris Suydam

TOWNSEND, Esther - b. 12 Mar 1720 - d. 02 Jan 1792 - Wife of Penn Townsend
TOWNSEND, Freelove - b. 13 Jun 1749 - d. 04 Aug 1749 - Daughter of Penn & Esther Townsend
TOWNSEND, George - d. 11 May 1762 - Age 76 years
TOWNSEND, Penn - b. 04 Apr 1751 - d. 04 Sep 1754 - Son of Penn & Esther Townsend
TOWNSEND, Penn - b. 11 Nov 1706 - d. 20 Dec 1756
TOWNSEND, Roseannah - d. 29 Jun 1757 - Age 66 years
TOWNSEND, Rosee - d. (?) - Age 9 years, 3 months, & 5 days - Daughter of Penn & Esther Townsend

WORTMAN, Coles - d. 28 Feb 1810 - Age 46 years - Son of Tunis & Rhoda Wortman
WORTMAN, Coles T. - b. 18 Sep 1803 - d. 09 May 1823 - Son of Coles & Elizabeth Wortman
WORTMAN, Elizabeth - d. 18 Oct 1854 - Age 79 years - Wife of Coles Wortman
WORTMAN, Joshua H. - b. 21 Jul 1788 - d. 11 Feb 1789 - Son of Coles & Sally Wortman
WORTMAN, Rhoda SMITH - d. 26 Dec 1800 - Age 61 years - Wife of Capt. Tunis Wortman
WORTMAN, Sally VAN WYCK - b. 16 Oct 1769 - d. 09 Aug 1795 - Wife of Coles Wortman - Daughter of Abram & Elizabeth Van Wyck
WORTMAN, Capt. Tunis - d. 27 Aug 1775 - Age 45 years

Source: Long Island Cemeteries - by Josephine C. Frost CA 1900