Kept a tavern among the Shinnecock
| When Burke met | 1821 |
| Where Burke met | Southampton, NY |
| Occupation | Hospitality |
| Interaction with Burke | treated Burke kindly |
| Identity Status | Possible |
| Genealogy | WikiTree |
| Memoir Pages | 114 |
Notes
Israel Conklin was an innkeeper and early resident of Canoe Place on the western boundary of Southampton Town, Long Island. By 1800, he owned and operated the Canoe Place Inn and served as the keeper of a cattle gate used to confine local livestock grazing in the Shinnecock Hills. Suffolk County records document his involvement in multiple mortgages and indentures between 1801 and 1824, including an 1824 mortgage identifying his wife as Sarah. Later in life, he was involved in a violent local dispute; in 1832, a jury found that Conklin had trespassed on the Canoe Place property of Noah Cuffee, a Shinnecock Indian, and severely beaten him with a club.
Sources
Burke, William. Memoir of William Burke: A Soldier of the Revolution, Reformed from Intemperance, and for Many Years a Consistent and Devoted Christian; Carefully Prepared from a Journal Kept by Himself; to Which Is Added, an Extract from a Sermon Preached at His Funeral, by Rev. Nathaniel Miner. Hartford, CT: Case, Tiffany, 1837.