The name traditionally refers specifically to the working class families who live in an area called Springs (never, in local parlance, "the Springs") in the north of the Town of East Hampton, New York (although it has also, for several decades, quite commonly been used to refer to the residents of East Hampton in general). Many of the original Bonac families in Springs were among the very early settlers of the town, having come from England, possibly Kent or Dorchester, Dorset, in the 17th and 18th centuries.
The family names associated for generations with the term "Bonacker" include Miller, King, Bennett, Conklin, Strong, Havens and Lester.
The term Bonacker comes from Accabonac Harbor, which in turn derives its name from Montaukett/Algonquian languages term for "root place," or "place of ground nuts" (in most interpretations referring to potatoes).
For some three hundred years, Bonackers made their living as baymen, fishermen, and farmers. Clams and clamming—both hardshell and softshell—were at the heart of Bonac culture and cuisine. Bonac specialties include clam pie, clam fritters, oysters, clam chowder (traditionally, never made with milk, but with tomatoes), bluefish, porgies, blowfish, eel, and blue crabs. The "bay" referred to in relation to a Bonac bayman was Gardiner's Bay, the shoal bay just east of Springs (now often mistakenly called Napeague Bay, a body of water actually to the north and east of Gardiner's). Some Bonac men sometimes also worked at the old Smith Meal plant in Promised Land on Gardiner's Bay, manning boats fishing for menhaden. Gardiner's Bay was the Bonackers' back yard.
The Bonacker English Accent, as filmed by the Lesters of the Hamptons. Bonacker is an Old English Dialect, one of the few remaining ones in the United States, native to the South Fork of Long Island, New York.
published: 19 Oct 2019
From the LTV Archives - 1962 - The Beach Seiners - East Hampton, NY
1962 - The Beach Seiners - Produced by Richard L. Grossman and Hortense Geist, this beautiful footage captures a day haul seining on an East Hampton beach in 1962.
Narration by Richard Grossman
Directed by Hortense Geist
Story & Titles by Ralph Carpentier
Camera - John Reed
Musical Score by Gary McFarland
Sound by Al Mian
The Crew: Captain Ted Lester, Ralph Carpentier, Jens Lester, Sydney Payne (plaid-checkered shirt) Chuck Willer
Note according to the metadata on the file, date filmed in 1962 might have been December 5th.
LTV's video archives are devoted to capturing life on the East End of Long Island and include a treasure trove of historical videos, stills, and TV shows from LTV's inception in 1984 and earlier.
Please contact us at [email protected] with any questions or to donat...
published: 31 Mar 2021
From the LTV Archive - 1987 - Voices of East Hampton: The Fishing Life
From the LTV 'Fish Tales' Archive
what is this program?
This video, filmed in 1987, features Host and Folklorist John Eilertsen interviewing John Erickson (to his Left), Stewart Lester (to his immediate Right), Madge Lester, and Richard Lester, all born-and-raised Bonackers.
why is this compelling?
The Fishing life is about as far removed from what has become "The Hamptons" as is possible to be, and yet these people, images, and stories are as intrinsic to our heritage as the Beales or any of the super-wealthy people 'from away.' Linguists note: Here are perfect examples of the Bonac accent, albeit a bit staid for a recording, but still unmistakeable.
published: 18 Mar 2021
Cyclist Gary Bonacker Passes Away at 70
Late September, Gary Bonacker passed away after battling cancer for more than 20 years.
Bonacker is remembered for his involvement in the cycling community, and for creating the 'Tour De Chutes' ride, to raise money for cancer research | Read more: https://ktvz.com
published: 02 Oct 2023
The Dropping of the Bonacker
The annual New Years Eve Celebration in East Hampton, NY. Alec Baldwin drops the Bonacker and Billy Joel and Jon Bonjovi are scheduled to perform
The Bonacker English Accent, as filmed by the Lesters of the Hamptons. Bonacker is an Old English Dialect, one of the few remaining ones in the United States, n...
The Bonacker English Accent, as filmed by the Lesters of the Hamptons. Bonacker is an Old English Dialect, one of the few remaining ones in the United States, native to the South Fork of Long Island, New York.
The Bonacker English Accent, as filmed by the Lesters of the Hamptons. Bonacker is an Old English Dialect, one of the few remaining ones in the United States, native to the South Fork of Long Island, New York.
1962 - The Beach Seiners - Produced by Richard L. Grossman and Hortense Geist, this beautiful footage captures a day haul seining on an East Hampton beach in 19...
1962 - The Beach Seiners - Produced by Richard L. Grossman and Hortense Geist, this beautiful footage captures a day haul seining on an East Hampton beach in 1962.
Narration by Richard Grossman
Directed by Hortense Geist
Story & Titles by Ralph Carpentier
Camera - John Reed
Musical Score by Gary McFarland
Sound by Al Mian
The Crew: Captain Ted Lester, Ralph Carpentier, Jens Lester, Sydney Payne (plaid-checkered shirt) Chuck Willer
Note according to the metadata on the file, date filmed in 1962 might have been December 5th.
LTV's video archives are devoted to capturing life on the East End of Long Island and include a treasure trove of historical videos, stills, and TV shows from LTV's inception in 1984 and earlier.
Please contact us at [email protected] with any questions or to donate film to the historical archive.
1962 - The Beach Seiners - Produced by Richard L. Grossman and Hortense Geist, this beautiful footage captures a day haul seining on an East Hampton beach in 1962.
Narration by Richard Grossman
Directed by Hortense Geist
Story & Titles by Ralph Carpentier
Camera - John Reed
Musical Score by Gary McFarland
Sound by Al Mian
The Crew: Captain Ted Lester, Ralph Carpentier, Jens Lester, Sydney Payne (plaid-checkered shirt) Chuck Willer
Note according to the metadata on the file, date filmed in 1962 might have been December 5th.
LTV's video archives are devoted to capturing life on the East End of Long Island and include a treasure trove of historical videos, stills, and TV shows from LTV's inception in 1984 and earlier.
Please contact us at [email protected] with any questions or to donate film to the historical archive.
From the LTV 'Fish Tales' Archive
what is this program?
This video, filmed in 1987, features Host and Folklorist John Eilertsen interviewing John Erickson (to ...
From the LTV 'Fish Tales' Archive
what is this program?
This video, filmed in 1987, features Host and Folklorist John Eilertsen interviewing John Erickson (to his Left), Stewart Lester (to his immediate Right), Madge Lester, and Richard Lester, all born-and-raised Bonackers.
why is this compelling?
The Fishing life is about as far removed from what has become "The Hamptons" as is possible to be, and yet these people, images, and stories are as intrinsic to our heritage as the Beales or any of the super-wealthy people 'from away.' Linguists note: Here are perfect examples of the Bonac accent, albeit a bit staid for a recording, but still unmistakeable.
From the LTV 'Fish Tales' Archive
what is this program?
This video, filmed in 1987, features Host and Folklorist John Eilertsen interviewing John Erickson (to his Left), Stewart Lester (to his immediate Right), Madge Lester, and Richard Lester, all born-and-raised Bonackers.
why is this compelling?
The Fishing life is about as far removed from what has become "The Hamptons" as is possible to be, and yet these people, images, and stories are as intrinsic to our heritage as the Beales or any of the super-wealthy people 'from away.' Linguists note: Here are perfect examples of the Bonac accent, albeit a bit staid for a recording, but still unmistakeable.
Late September, Gary Bonacker passed away after battling cancer for more than 20 years.
Bonacker is remembered for his involvement in the cycling community, an...
Late September, Gary Bonacker passed away after battling cancer for more than 20 years.
Bonacker is remembered for his involvement in the cycling community, and for creating the 'Tour De Chutes' ride, to raise money for cancer research | Read more: https://ktvz.com
Late September, Gary Bonacker passed away after battling cancer for more than 20 years.
Bonacker is remembered for his involvement in the cycling community, and for creating the 'Tour De Chutes' ride, to raise money for cancer research | Read more: https://ktvz.com
The Bonacker English Accent, as filmed by the Lesters of the Hamptons. Bonacker is an Old English Dialect, one of the few remaining ones in the United States, native to the South Fork of Long Island, New York.
1962 - The Beach Seiners - Produced by Richard L. Grossman and Hortense Geist, this beautiful footage captures a day haul seining on an East Hampton beach in 1962.
Narration by Richard Grossman
Directed by Hortense Geist
Story & Titles by Ralph Carpentier
Camera - John Reed
Musical Score by Gary McFarland
Sound by Al Mian
The Crew: Captain Ted Lester, Ralph Carpentier, Jens Lester, Sydney Payne (plaid-checkered shirt) Chuck Willer
Note according to the metadata on the file, date filmed in 1962 might have been December 5th.
LTV's video archives are devoted to capturing life on the East End of Long Island and include a treasure trove of historical videos, stills, and TV shows from LTV's inception in 1984 and earlier.
Please contact us at [email protected] with any questions or to donate film to the historical archive.
From the LTV 'Fish Tales' Archive
what is this program?
This video, filmed in 1987, features Host and Folklorist John Eilertsen interviewing John Erickson (to his Left), Stewart Lester (to his immediate Right), Madge Lester, and Richard Lester, all born-and-raised Bonackers.
why is this compelling?
The Fishing life is about as far removed from what has become "The Hamptons" as is possible to be, and yet these people, images, and stories are as intrinsic to our heritage as the Beales or any of the super-wealthy people 'from away.' Linguists note: Here are perfect examples of the Bonac accent, albeit a bit staid for a recording, but still unmistakeable.
Late September, Gary Bonacker passed away after battling cancer for more than 20 years.
Bonacker is remembered for his involvement in the cycling community, and for creating the 'Tour De Chutes' ride, to raise money for cancer research | Read more: https://ktvz.com
The name traditionally refers specifically to the working class families who live in an area called Springs (never, in local parlance, "the Springs") in the north of the Town of East Hampton, New York (although it has also, for several decades, quite commonly been used to refer to the residents of East Hampton in general). Many of the original Bonac families in Springs were among the very early settlers of the town, having come from England, possibly Kent or Dorchester, Dorset, in the 17th and 18th centuries.
The family names associated for generations with the term "Bonacker" include Miller, King, Bennett, Conklin, Strong, Havens and Lester.
The term Bonacker comes from Accabonac Harbor, which in turn derives its name from Montaukett/Algonquian languages term for "root place," or "place of ground nuts" (in most interpretations referring to potatoes).
For some three hundred years, Bonackers made their living as baymen, fishermen, and farmers. Clams and clamming—both hardshell and softshell—were at the heart of Bonac culture and cuisine. Bonac specialties include clam pie, clam fritters, oysters, clam chowder (traditionally, never made with milk, but with tomatoes), bluefish, porgies, blowfish, eel, and blue crabs. The "bay" referred to in relation to a Bonac bayman was Gardiner's Bay, the shoal bay just east of Springs (now often mistakenly called Napeague Bay, a body of water actually to the north and east of Gardiner's). Some Bonac men sometimes also worked at the old Smith Meal plant in Promised Land on Gardiner's Bay, manning boats fishing for menhaden. Gardiner's Bay was the Bonackers' back yard.
Because you care for me When I am weak and down and out You let me lean on you, let me rage and shout I`m letting it out These pearls are for you Love me little, love me long Hold me tight now, make me strong This chain of pearls from my eyes in love for you Because you give me a touch When I really don`t deserve one You take and hold my hand I`ve done you wrong I`m letting it out These pearls are for you Love me little, love me long Hold me tight now, make me strong This chain of pearls from my eyes in love for you
DespiteDavis’s limited rushing yards that day, the game was still a “woulda, coulda, shoulda” insofar as the Bonackers were concerned. ... The Bonackers are to play a homecoming game with 1-4 Amityville on Saturday at 1 p.m.
Will Darrell started and did very well ...Keane, after getting four Clippers out, was relieved by Will Shelton with two gone in the fifth, and Hunter Eberhart, another Bonacker, who pitched the seventh, finished up ... .
Many years of diligent academic efforts have paid off for NicholasCooper and Leah Fromm, who have just been named East Hampton High School’s 2024 valedictorian and salutatorian, respectively ... “Nick is a student that is hard to come by ... Brown wrote ... .
East Hamptoners raced indoors and outdoors last weekend ... And on Saturday morning, the 50-year-old Justin Kulchinsky, who was out of action last year with a debilitating back injury, won the Y.M.C.A ...Kevin Barry, the boys coach, has 18 ... In the Dec ... .
Hub 44’s indoor batting and pitching tunnels and two state-of-the-art turf Little League fields at StephenHand’s Path have greatly contributed here of late to a surge of interest in baseball ... A fan did fall there a couple of years ago. . ... Zigler ... .
For many of us, no matter whether we are still in school or many years out of formal education, September calls to mind the beginning of the academic year ... A quick glance at the title page reveals it was prepared by the 10th-grade secretarial class ... .
“We’re definitely aiming for the playoffs this year,” Brown said by phone Sunday. Her roster will include four seniors, two juniors, three sophomores, and four ninth graders. ... The Bonackers are to begin the campaign at Sayville Wednesday ... .
Excelling both inside and outside the classroom, Nicole Velez and Aryan Chugh have been named valedictorian and salutatorian of East Hampton High School’s class of 2023 ... Capstone program; when she graduates in June, she will do so as an A.P ... .
. . I would love to see what these girls can do in a relay without any such issues.” ... 13 ...Reese led the Bonackers in scoring at Sayville with 21 points, followed by Locascio, who knocked down five 3-pointers, with 15, and JackDickinson with 12 ... .
