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"one negro slave named Will"

1750 "one negro slave named Coseo"

Enslaved man

"negro child"

"negro boy," servant to Seth Parsons

"negro child," 7 years old

"my negro girl"

"Negro Wentch Hagar"

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Baptism record and will of Capt. Mathias Burnet

Baptism record

Son of Simene, servt. of Deacon Mulford's widow. See, Abigail, daughter of Simene

From a runaway advertisement

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"the mother of said Simeon is held as a slave by me"

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"negro man formerly a servant to John Dayton"

Indian servt.
1675
East Hampton, British Colonial America

Son of Peter, negro servt. of Capt. Burnet, and Chriss his wife, serct. of Josiah Miller. East Hampton, British Colonial North America

"children of Mol, negro servt. "
1740
East Hampton, British Colonial America

"children of Mol, negro servt. "
1740
East Hampton, British Colonial America

"children of Mol, negro servt. "
1740

"negro servt. "
1740
East Hampton, British Colonial America

"negro servt."
1740
East Hampton, British Colonial America

"a negro woman"
1738
East Hampton, British Colonial America

"a negro man"
1738
East Hampton, British Colonial America

"daughter of Simene, negro servt. "
1739
East Hampton, British Colonial America

"children of Chriss, negro servt."
1736
East Hampton, British Colonial America

"children of Simene, negro servt. "
1736
East Hampton, British Colonial America

"son of Chriss, servt."
1738
East Hampton, British Colonial America

"children of Chriss, negro servt."
1736
East Hampton, British Colonial America

"children of Simene, negro servt. "
1736
East Hampton, British Colonial America

"woman negro servt. "
1736
East Hampton, British Colonial America

"negro servt."
1736
East Hampton, British Colonial America

"son of Sharper, negro"
1736
East Hampton, British Colonial America

"negro servt."
1736
East Hampton, British Colonial America

"negro maid/ servt. "
1736
East Hampton, British Colonial America

"negro woman servt. "
1736
East Hampton, British Colonial America

"negro girl Luce"
1733
East Hampton, British Colonial America

"Mulford's Negro"
1733
East Hampton, British Colonial America

"William Hedges' Negro"
1733
East Hampton, British Colonial America

"A son of Peter, negro"
1730
East Hampton, British Colonial America

"negro"
1730
East Hampton, British Colonial America

"negro sevt. of Mr. Chatfield"
1730
East Hampton, British Colonial America

"Negro Boy "
1729
East Hampton, British Colonial America

"A son of Peter & Hannah, negro"
1727
East Hampton, British Colonial America

"Indian boy"
1726
East Hampton, British Colonial America

"Indian servt. "
1726
East Hampton, British Colonial America

"negro woman"
1726
East Hampton, British Colonial America

"negro maid"
1726
East Hampton, British Colonial America

"Hannah negro servt of Wid Osborne"
1725
East Hampton, British Colonial America

“negro woman servt. ”
1724
East Hampton, British Colonial America

“negro servt.”
1723
East Hampton, British Colonial America

“negro servt.”
1723
East Hampton, British Colonial America

“A slave”
1719
East Hampton, British Colonial America

“A Slave Girl”
1715
East Hampton, British Colonial America

“Negro Woman”
1713
East Hampton, Amagansett, British Colonial America

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"Negro man"
1713
East Hampton, L.I., British Colonial America

"Negro slaves" involved in cutting up and trying out whale oil
1710
East Hampton, New York, British Colonial America

"John Hedges negro"
East Hampton, L.I., British Colonial America, 1709
Took part in flax harvest

Negro girl

Capt. Hobarts Negro

Jos. Strettons Negro

Two negro Boys and one negro girl

his Negro

Negro

Negro

Negro girl

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one Indian Captive girle about Thirteene or foorteene yeeres of age Comonlie Called or knowne by ye name of Beck for him ye sd James Loper his heires or assignes or Either of them for to have hould posses and enjoy as his or their proper estate…

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Free man with land in Southampton Town

Free man in 1676 East Hampton

A black child
"Soon after Lion Gardiner had sued both the Garlicks . . . a black child disappeared."

(Possible runaway)
...also agreed by major vote to hire Isac Isaacs to carry Mingo negro the servant man of Pinchus Faning to Southold & to Deliver him to his master.

Possible connection:

Also in 1774 in Southold, Constant Booth left “Joe” to…

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An enslaved woman of African heritage, Boose is the earliest known named enslaved person in East Hampton. She was part of the Lion and Mary Gardiner holdings and mentioned in at least two contemporary sources.

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143 Main St. East Hampton, NY Owned by Wm. Fithian then in 1670 Matthias Burnett, 1776 Burnett Miller, and Jonathan Dayton (1764-1824). An enslaved man, Peter, is left by Matthias Burnett to Burnett Miller, “I leave to my grand son, Burnet Miller,…

Abraham Gardiner, who lived here, became master of Coseo and Will in David Gardiner's will in 1750. Peggy Negro, who is buried in the South End Cemetery, may have been baptised in 1764. A "negro child" died in 1766. A "negro man" died in 1770. He…

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From the Hedges account books, we know of Mol, who got a "pair of pumps" in 1771. Steven, who got shoes in 1785. We know of a "negro woman named Aca and her son Silas" sold by Mehitable Baker to Jeremiah Miller in 1787. Cyrus, "the mother of said…

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Drusilla Crook, approx age 5 in 1799, called Zillah by the Beecher family. She stayed bound to them until she was 18. When Mary was born (1805) they took a sister of Zillah's named Rachel. Both moved with the Beechers to Litchfield, Conn., and stayed…

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Only confirmed enslaved person owned by Rev. Huntting is Gene "my negro girl, died in 1746, age 1 year 9 months." But there are four other people we know about from Huntting's account books, not family members, who are sleeping under "old blankets"…

In 1775, Buell recorded "my negro child Paul" died. In 1784, his "Negro man" purchased a pair of shoes from Hedges. In 1796, Rev. Buell paid "fifty pounds of lawful money of New York" to David Mulford for "my negro Servant man called Gree." We…

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Commissioned in 1715. A 1732 town trustees vote formalized that "negroes may sit in the 2nd gallery, west side."In an 1780 town trustee record: “Ned negro to ring the bel for 30/0,” and in a 1784 record as “Jeremiah Osborn’s Ned” agreeing to ring the…

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David Gardiner passed down Coseo and Will to Abraham Gardiner in his 1750 will. He also gave his wife "one negro wench as she shall make choice of out of all my negro slaves." But before, Abraham Schellinger, who owned the land, had a 1713 inventory…

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In 1724, the Mulford was deeded to Samuel Mulford’s son, Matthew, who later owned “Home, Sweet Home.” Capt. Matthew Mulford can be found in records from the 18th century owning numerous enslaved persons. He baptized enslaved persons named…

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In 1751 the house was transferred to Matthew Mulford, son of Samuel Mulford, from John Dayton and Robert Dayton’s wife who co-owned the house. John Dayton left his wife a “negro girl” in his will (died no longer living in the house). London (also…

John "Neiger," a free black man, was recorded having land remarkably early in May 1676. In Town Records Volume I, the town writes, "John Neiger have begun to set himslefe upp a house in the Streete by the side of Mrs. Codners home lot ... to goe from…

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Hedges Inn. The site of shoemaker's shop was described as "a small building in the back of the inn" - JER "Main Street". The Hedges kept detailed accounts of their transactions including those with those enslaved. The Hedges also owned slaves and…

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South End Cemetery, East Hampton, NY

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Enslaved youth

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Enslaved boy

Sag Harbor enslaver

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Two Black male youths and one female Black youth placed in John Gardiner's care, July 17, 1699

"col'd"

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1751 the house was transferred to Matthew Mulford, son of Samuel Mulford, from John Dayton (grandson) and Robert Dayton’s wife, who owned the house after Robert Dayton left it to them in his will. John Dayton left his wife a “negro girl” in his will…

Records give John Osborne as the owner of the land in 1655. In 1676 it was the sold to Josiah Hobart, high sheriff of Suffolk County, who built the house that stands today. Capt. Josiah Hobart came to East Hampton in the third wave of settlers, found…
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