John S. Havens

John Scudder Havens (October 20, 1826 – August 17, 1903) was an American businessman and politician from New York.

His father had sold the family's land in the Moriches and moved to Patchogue.

Havens would later buy it back and commission an addition to the Havens homestead in 1898 done by architect Isaac H. Green Jr. Havens ran a successful general store in Patchogue with his brother, and later expanded his business ventures to include insurance, banking, land surveying, and paper mills.

[2] His brother, Charles S. Havens, also served as Brookhaven Town Supervisor and in the State Assembly in 1878.

[3] February 17, 1863, Havens gave a speech in the New York State Assembly against the suspension of habeas corpus.