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Bridgehampton
Bridgehampton
Tuler
African descent
Crank
African descent
Unidentified female
African descent
Peter
Enslaved youth
Tom
Africa-born enslaved man
Kade
African descent
Adam
Enslaved man said to have been brought from Congo
Dago
Enslaved boy
Rose
Enslaved woman
Margaret Derby [Darby]
African descent
Derby
African descent
Flora
African descent
Chloe
African descent
John
African descent
Eddy
Daughter of Yarraubey and Lacy
Thomas
"Negro slave"
Dick
a negro slave
William
negro man, age about 32 years
Isaac Plato
a black man of East Hampton
Binah
"a black woman"
Phillis
servant woman
Peggey
Daughter of Jack & Doll
Jenney
Daughter of Peter
Nance
Indigenous
Lydia
servant woman
Jason Case
Son of Catherine/Cate.
Festus Case
Son of Catherine/Cate.
Limus
Son of Cate/Catherine
Enos
Son of Cate/Catherine
Cate, also Catherine
African descent
Cesar
African descent
London
child servant
Jedediah
Son of Peter
Peter
Servant to Widow Mary Tuthill
Dorcas
Daughter of Dorcas
Jude
Servant
Dorkiss or Dorcas
Daughter of John
Zilpha
Daughter of John
John
servant
Mingo
Son of John
Stephen
Son of Jack
Jack
Servant
John
Son of Peter
Binah
Servant
Ruth
Servant
Peter
Servant
Pomp
Servant
Isabel
servant
Dorothy
servant
Shadrick
African descent
Elizabeth
African descent
Eunice
African descent
Titus
African descent
[Tenen/Linus?]
African descent
Jude
African descent
Dorcas
African descent
Mehitable
African descent
Elisabeth
African descent
Lucy
African descent
Linus
African descent
Jesebaum
African descent
Peter
Servant man
Peter
African descent
Jude
servant
Keder
servant
Martha
Indian woman
Lucy or Lacy
negro servant
Pegg
servant
Unidentified girl
Daughter of Judah
Unidentified boy
Son of Judah
[Isabella]
Daughter of Judah
Dorcas
Daughter of Judah
Judah
negro servant
Keturah
Negro slave
[Simone] or Simorce
black woman
Condia [Candice?]
child of Simmene
Cesar
Son of Simmene
Simmene
Negro servant
Ruth
Negro child servant
Hepzibah
Negro slave
Jane or Jenny
Negro slave
Jack
African descent
Hagar
Colored
Limas or Elymus
Male negro slave
Hagar
Negro woman or girl
Jereboam
African descent
Dorcas
African descent
Bloom
African descent
Isabel
African descent
Phyllis
African descent
Zilpah [Tilpah]
African descent
Sarah
African descent
Cyrus
African descent
Phillis
African descent
Abel
African descent
Lucinda
African descent
Peter Derby
African descent
Keturah Derby
African descent
Sylvia/Sylvie
African descent
Eunice
African descent
Catherine/Kate
African descent
Lymas/Elimas
African descent
Dorcas
African descent
Maltby
African descent
Keder or Kedar
African descent
Lymas or Elimas
African descent
Jude
Servant girl of African descent
William Chewy
Pacific Island descent
Judah
African descent (probable)
York
African descent (probable)
William
African descent (probable)
Jack
African descent
Zerviah
African descent (probable)
Enos
African descent (probable)
Hope
African descent
Cuff
African descent
Unidentified men
African descent
Hager
Servant
Peg/Peggy Case
African descent
Hope
African descent
[Then/Theve/Tere?]
African descent
Titus
African descent
Caesar
African descent
Peg
African descent
Pegg
African descent
Unidentified infant
African descent
Hiram Truman
Mixed ancestry; African and Northwest European.
Peter
African descent
Catoo
African descent
John
African descent
Matilda
person of color
Samuel
person of color
Betty
free black
Harry
free black
Hitty
a squaw
Jack
negro man
Hushai or Hushi
African descent
Terrisa or Teresa
Colored; resident of Shelter Island.
William
Seaman, colored, resident of Shelter Island.
Miranda
free negro woman of this place
Silas
Free negro man of this place
Mary
Indian woman
Joseph
negro man
Dorcus or Dorcas
Black woman
Reuben
Negro man
Catherine
Indian woman of Southampton
Isaac
Negro man formerly of Brookhaven
Lydia
Negro woman of Shelter Island
Cuff
Negro man
Phillis
servant woman
Jack
servant
Nance
Negro or mulatto of Oysterponds
David
Negro of Wading River
Jude
Negro
Peter
Negro
Florah
Negro
Crank
Negro
Keturah
Negro slave
Sires [Cyrus]
Negro man
Zipporah
Negro woman
Fillis
Mixed ancestry: African and Northwest European
Hiram
Mixed ancestry; African and Northwest European
Jeffrey
Mixed ancestry: African and Northwestern European
Prince
Mixed ancestry; African and Northwest European
Margaret/Pegg
Mixed ancestry; African and Northwest European
Prince
African descent
Yarrobu or Yarraubey
African descent
Mary
Indigenous descent
Silas
African descent
Jude
African descent
Joseph
Indian
Dorcas
1778
name unknown
Enslaved man in the estate inventory of Thomas Jessup of Southampton, 1684
Cisto
"Negro Male(s)"
Freetown, East Hampton, NY
The Lost Freetown Cemetery: Newspaper item from 1930 hints at slavery-era mysteryFreetown, a section of East Hampton depicted in a 1916 Suffolk atlas, may contain a lost cemetery holding the remains of 20 or more formerly enslaved people who died in…
Tom
1785
East Hampton
"Negro Tom"
Shem
1754
Prince
1753
Dick
1753
Ned
1780
Peggy
1778
Jack
1777
Sebinah
1774
Pomp
African descent
Unidentified boy
African descent
Ruth
African descent
Jack
African descent
Peggy
African descent
Darby
African descent
Cate
African descent
Titus
African descent
Gin
African descent (probably)
Retus
African descent
Isaac
servant
Ruth
African descent
Nimrod
African descent
Linah
African descent
Pero
African descent
Frances
African descent
David
African descent
Unice
daughter of Mary, wife of Joseph
Unidentified
child of African descent
Prince
child of African descent
Dorcas
child of African descent
Peg
African descent, likely
Tamer
African descent
Aner
Servant, African descent
Caesar
child of African descent
Dorcas
child of African descent
Jable
child of African descent
Siras [Cyrus]
African descent
Thankfull
African descent
Margrett
African desscent
Lymus
African descent
Pomp
African descent
Tabitha
African descent
Zipporah
African descent
Juda
African descent
Primus
African descent
Dorcas
African descent
Pomp
African descent
Reuben
African descent
Jane
African descent
Zillie (Till?)
African descent
Abel
African descent
Limus
African descent
Givis (probably Ciris or Cyrus)
African descent
Bette
African descent
James Covell
Indigenous descent
Keiape
Indigenous descent
Bloom
African descent
Peg
African descent
Peter
1745
East Hampton
Baptism record and will of Capt. Mathias Burnet
Simeon Rugg
1816
"the mother of said Simeon is held as a slave by me"
London Dayton
1798
"negro man formerly a servant to John Dayton"
Unidentified Youths Left on Gardiner's Island, 1699
Two Black male youths and one female Black youth placed in John Gardiner's care, July 17, 1699
Jack
"Negro man"
1713
East Hampton, L.I., British Colonial America
1713
East Hampton, L.I., British Colonial America
Beck
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…
Peter
Free man with land in Southampton Town
Boose
1657
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.
1770 House
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,…
Jeremiah Miller's House
117 Main St.
East Hampton, NY
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…
Rev. Lyman Beecher's house.
84 Main St.
East Hampton, NY
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…
Huntting Inn
94 Main St.
East Hampton, NY
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"…
1717 Church
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…
David Gardiner's 1740 home
95 Main St.
East Hampton, NY
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…
Mulford Home
12 James Ln.
East Hampton, NY
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…
Home, Sweet Home Museum
14 James Ln.
East Hampton, NY
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…
Hedges Shoemaker Shop
74 James Ln.
East Hampton, NY
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…
Peggy Negro's headstone
South End Cemetery, East Hampton, NY
Home, Sweet Home
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…
