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Zipporah - ZIPP2
Negro woman
Zipporah - ZIPP1
African descent
Zilpha - ZILP1
Daughter of John
Zilpah [Tilpah] - ZILH1
African descent
Zillie (Till?) - ZILL1
African descent
Zerviah - ZERV1
African descent (probable)
York - YORK2
African descent (probable)
Yarrobu or Yarraubey - YARR1
African descent
William Prime - WILL7
Seaman, colored, resident of Shelter Island.
William Chewy [or Cheny/Cheney] - WILL9
Pacific Island descent
William - WILL8
African descent (probable)
William - WILL11
negro man, age about 32 years
Unrecorded Name - UNID226
Woman
Bridgehampton
Bridgehampton
Unrecorded Name - UNID21
child of African descent
Unrecorded Name - UNID20
Two Black male youths and one female Black youth placed in John Gardiner's care, July 17, 1699
Unrecorded Name - UNID143
Daughter of Judah
Unrecorded Name - UNID142
Son of Judah
Unrecorded Name - UNID138
African descent
Unrecorded Name - UNID113
African descent
Unrecorded Name - UNID100
Enslaved man in the estate inventory of Thomas Jessup of Southampton, 1684
Unidentified female
African descent
Unidentified boy
African descent
Unice - UNIC1
daughter of Mary, wife of Joseph
Tuler - TULE1
African descent
Tom - TOM2
"Negro Tom"
Tom - TOM1
Africa-born enslaved man
Titus - TITU7
African descent
Titus - TITU4
African descent
Titus - TITU2
African descent
Thomas - THOS2
"Negro slave"
Thankfull - THAN1
African descent
Terrisa or Teresa Ward - TERR1
Colored; resident of Shelter Island.
Tamer - TAME1
African descent
Tabitha - TABI1
African descent
Sylvia/Sylvie - SYLV1
African descent
Stephen - STEP2
Son of Jack
Sires [Cyrus] - CYRU8
Negro man
Siras [Cyrus] - CYRU9
African descent
Simmene - SINE1
Negro servant
Simeon Rugg - SIMN1
1816
"the mother of said Simeon is held as a slave by me"
Silas L'Hommedieu - SILA2
African descent
Silas - SILA3
Free negro man of this place
Shem - SHEM1
1754
Shadrick - SHAD1
African descent
Sebinah - SEBI1
1774
Sarah - SARA10
African descent
Samuel - SAMU1
person of color
Ruth - RUTH4
Servant
Ruth - RUTH3
Negro child servant
Ruth - RUTH2
African descent
Ruth - RUTH1
African descent
Rose - ROSE3
Enslaved woman
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…
Reuben - REUB3
Negro man
Reuben - REUB1
African descent
Retus - RETU1
African descent
Prince - PRIN4
Mixed ancestry; African and Northwest European
Prince - PRIN3
African descent
Prince - PRIN2
1753
Prince - PRIN1
child of African descent
Primus - PRIM1
African descent
Pomp - POMP6
Servant
Pomp - POMP4
African descent
Pomp - POMP3
African descent
Pomp - POMP2
African descent
Phyllis - PHYL1
African descent
Phillis - PHIS7
servant woman
Phillis - PHIS12
African descent
Phillis - PHIS11
servant woman
Peter Derby - PETE17
African descent
Peter Booth - PETE20
African descent
Peter - PETE4
1745
East Hampton
Baptism record and will of Capt. Mathias Burnet
Peter - PETE23
Servant to Widow Mary Tuthill
Peter - PETE22
Servant
Peter - PETE21
Servant man
Peter - PETE14
Negro
Peter - PETE13
Enslaved youth
Peter - PETE12
African descent
Peter - PETE1
Free man with land in Southampton Town
Pero - PERO1
African descent
Peggy Negro's headstone
South End Cemetery, East Hampton, NY
Peggy - PEGY3
1778
Peggy - PEGY2
African descent
Peggey - PEGE1
Daughter of Jack & Doll
Pegg - PEGG6
servant
Pegg - PEGG4
African descent
Peg/Peggy Case - PEG8
African descent
Peg - PEG5
African descent
Peg - PEG2
African descent, likely
Peg - PEG1
African descent
Nimrod - NIMR1
African descent
Ned - NED1
1780
Nance - NANC2
Indigenous
Nance - NANC1
Negro or mulatto of Oysterponds
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…
Miranda - MIRA1
free negro woman of this place
Mingo - MING4
Son of John
Mehitable - MEHI1
African descent
Matilda - MATI1
person of color
Mary Gurdon/Jurdon/Jordan - MARY2
Indigenous descent
Mary [Sor Roots] - MARY3
Indian woman
Martha Jeffers - MART1
Indian woman
Margrett - MARG1
African desscent
Margaret/Pegg - PEGG3
Mixed ancestry; African and Northwest European
Margaret Derby [Darby] - MARG2
African descent
Maltby Goldsmith, Freeman - MALT1
African descent
Lymus - LYMU1
African descent
Lymas or Elimas - LYMA1
African descent
Lydia - LYDI2
servant woman
Lydia - LYDI1
Negro woman of Shelter Island
Lucy or Lacy - LUCY5
negro servant
Lucy - LUCY4
African descent
Lucinda - LUCI1
African descent
London Dayton - LOND1
1798
"negro man formerly a servant to John Dayton"
London - LOND2
child servant
Linus - LINU1
African descent
Linah - LINA1
African descent
Limus - LIMU2
Son of Cate/Catherine
Limus - LIMU1
African descent
Limas or Elymus Reeve - LIMA1
Male negro slave
Keturah Derby - KETU2
African descent
Keturah - KETU3
Negro slave
Keturah - KETU1
Negro slave
Keiape Felix (alias) - KEIA1
Indigenous descent
Keder or Kedar [Albertson] - KEDA2
African descent
Keder - KEDA3
servant
Kade - KADE1
African descent
Jude - JUDE7
Servant
Jude - JUDE6
African descent
Jude - JUDE5
servant
Jude - JUDE4
Servant girl of African descent
Jude - JUDE3
Negro
Jude - JUDE2
African descent
Judah - JUDA6
negro servant
Judah - JUDA5
African descent (probable)
Juda - JUDA1
African descent
Joseph Smith - JOSE6
negro man
Joseph - JOSE3
Indian
John - JOHN5
African descent
John - JOHN15
African descent
John - JOHN11
servant
John - JOHN10
Son of Peter
Jesebaum - JESE1
African descent
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…
Jereboam - JERE1
African descent
Jenney - JENN1
Daughter of Peter
Jeffrey - JEFF1
Mixed ancestry: African and Northwestern European
Jedediah - JEDE1
Son of Peter
Jason Case - JASO1
Son of Catherine/Cate.
Jane or Jenny Reeve - JANE4
Negro slave
Jane - JANE1
African descent
James Covell - JAME1
Indigenous descent
Jack Horton - JACK15
African descent
Jack - JACK3
1777
Jack - JACK25
negro man
Jack - JACK2
African descent
Jack - JACK16
Servant
Jack - JACK14
African descent
Jack - JACK11
servant
Jack - JACK1
"Negro man"
1713
East Hampton, L.I., British Colonial America
1713
East Hampton, L.I., British Colonial America
Jable - JABL1
child of African descent
Isabel - ISAB2
servant
Isabel - ISAB1
African descent
Isaac Plato - ISAC5
a black man of East Hampton
Isaac - ISAC2
Negro man formerly of Brookhaven
Isaac - ISAC1
servant
Hushai or Hushi - HUSH1
African descent
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"…
Hope - HOPE3
African descent
Hope - HOPE1
African descent
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…
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…
Hitty - HITY1
a squaw
Hiram Truman - HIRM2
Mixed ancestry; African and Northwest European.
Hiram - HIRM1
Mixed ancestry; African and Northwest European
Hepzibah - HEPZ1
Negro slave
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…
Harry - HARR2
free black
Hager - HAGE3
Servant
Hagar - HAGA5
Colored
Hagar - HAGA4
Negro woman or girl
Gin - GIN1
African descent (probably)
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…
Frances - FRAS1
African descent
Florah - FLOR4
Negro
Flora - FLOR3
African descent
Fillis - FILL1
Mixed ancestry: African and Northwest European
Festus Case - FEST1
Son of Catherine/Cate.
Eunice Derby - EUNI1
African descent
Eunice - EUNI2
African descent
Enos - ENOS2
Son of Cate/Catherine
Enos - ENOS1
African descent (probable)
Elizabeth - ELIZ2
African descent
Elisabeth - ELIS2
African descent
Eddy - EDDY1
Daughter of Yarraubey and Lacy
Dorothy - DORO2
servant
Dorkiss or Dorcas - DORC13
Daughter of John
Dorcus or Dorcas - DORC7
Black woman
Dorcas [Freeman] - DORC8
African descent
Dorcas - DORC9
African descent
Dorcas - DORC4
African descent
Dorcas - DORC3
child of African descent
Dorcas - DORC2
child of African descent
Dorcas - DORC14
Daughter of Dorcas
Dorcas - DORC11
African descent
Dorcas - DORC10
Daughter of Judah
Dorcas - DORC1
1778
Dick - DICK7
a negro slave
Dick - DICK3
1753
Derby - DERB1
African descent
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…
David - DAVI2
Negro of Wading River
David - DAVI1
African descent
Darby - DARB1
African descent
Dago - DAGO1
Enslaved boy
Cyrus - CYRU6
African descent
Cuff - CUFF2
African descent
Cuff - CUFF1
Negro man
Crank - CRAN2
African descent
Crank - CRAN1
Negro
Condia [Candice?] - COND1
child of Simmene
Cisto - CIST1
"Negro Male(s)"
Chloe - CHLO2
African descent