The Ward Melville Heritage Organization (WMHO) has been awarded a matching grant of $30,625.00 from the Robert David Lion Gardiner Foundation to support the roof restoration of the Thompson House (c.1709) in Setauket, New York. The Thompson House (c.1709) was home to five generations of Thompsons. American Patriot, Farmer and Physician, Doctor Samuel Thompson was a prestigious member of the Setauket community, who treated many local residents. Members of George Washington’s Culper Spy Ring are listed in his “Cash Receipt Book,” c.1787, as his patients. Further research strongly indicates he was probably a member of George Washington’s Culper Spy Ring. Today the five-room saltbox farmhouse is one of the largest historic houses in the Town of Brookhaven and it is listed on the New York State and National Register of Historic Places.