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[Isabella] - ISAA2
Daughter of Judah
[Simone] or Simorce - SIOE1
black woman
[Tenen/Linus?] - LINU2
African descent
[Then/Theve/Tere?] - THEN1
African descent
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…
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,…
Abel - ABEL3
African descent
Aner - ANER1
Servant, African descent
Beck - BECK1
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…
Bette - BETE1
African descent
Betty - BETT2
free black
Binah - BINA1
Servant
Binah - BINA2
"a black woman"
Bloom - BLOO1
African descent
Bloom - BLOO2
African descent
Boose - BOOS1
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.
Caesar - CAES1
child of African descent
Caesar - CAES2
African descent
Cate - CATE1
African descent
Cate, also Catherine - CATE2
African descent
Catherine - CATE3
Indian woman of Southampton
Catherine/Kate - CATE4
African descent
Catoo - CATO7
African descent
Cesar - CESA2
Son of Simmene
Cesar - CESA3
African descent
Chloe - CHLO2
African descent
Cisto - CIST1
"Negro Male(s)"
Condia [Candice?] - COND1
child of Simmene
Crank - CRAN1
Negro
Crank - CRAN2
African descent
Cuff - CUFF1
Negro man
Cuff - CUFF2
African descent
Cyrus - CYRU6
African descent
Dago - DAGO1
Enslaved boy
Darby - DARB1
African descent
David - DAVI1
African descent
David - DAVI2
Negro of Wading River
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…
Derby - DERB1
African descent
Dick - DICK3
1753
Dick - DICK7
a negro slave
Dorcas - DORC1
1778
Dorcas - DORC10
Daughter of Judah
Dorcas - DORC11
African descent
Dorcas - DORC14
Daughter of Dorcas
Dorcas - DORC2
child of African descent
Dorcas - DORC3
child of African descent
Dorcas - DORC4
African descent
Dorcas - DORC9
African descent
Dorcas [Freeman] - DORC8
African descent
Dorcus or Dorcas - DORC7
Black woman
Dorkiss or Dorcas - DORC13
Daughter of John
Dorothy - DORO2
servant
Eddy - EDDY1
Daughter of Yarraubey and Lacy
Elisabeth - ELIS2
African descent
Elizabeth - ELIZ2
African descent
Enos - ENOS1
African descent (probable)
Enos - ENOS2
Son of Cate/Catherine
Eunice - EUNI2
African descent
Eunice Derby - EUNI1
African descent
Festus Case - FEST1
Son of Catherine/Cate.
Fillis - FILL1
Mixed ancestry: African and Northwest European
Flora - FLOR3
African descent
Florah - FLOR4
Negro
Frances - FRAS1
African descent
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…
Gin - GIN1
African descent (probably)
Hagar - HAGA4
Negro woman or girl
Hagar - HAGA5
Colored
Hager - HAGE3
Servant
Harry - HARR2
free black
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…
Hepzibah - HEPZ1
Negro slave
Hiram - HIRM1
Mixed ancestry; African and Northwest European
Hiram Truman - HIRM2
Mixed ancestry; African and Northwest European.
Hitty - HITY1
a squaw
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…
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…
Hope - HOPE1
African descent
Hope - HOPE3
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"…
Hushai or Hushi - HUSH1
African descent
Isaac - ISAC1
servant
Isaac - ISAC2
Negro man formerly of Brookhaven
Isaac Plato - ISAC5
a black man of East Hampton
Isabel - ISAB1
African descent
Isabel - ISAB2
servant
Jable - JABL1
child of African descent
Jack - JACK1
"Negro man"
1713
East Hampton, L.I., British Colonial America
1713
East Hampton, L.I., British Colonial America
Jack - JACK11
servant
Jack - JACK14
African descent
Jack - JACK16
Servant
Jack - JACK2
African descent
Jack - JACK25
negro man
Jack - JACK3
1777
Jack Horton - JACK15
African descent
James Covell - JAME1
Indigenous descent
Jane - JANE1
African descent
Jane or Jenny Reeve - JANE4
Negro slave
Jason Case - JASO1
Son of Catherine/Cate.
Jedediah - JEDE1
Son of Peter
Jeffrey - JEFF1
Mixed ancestry: African and Northwestern European
Jenney - JENN1
Daughter of Peter
Jereboam - JERE1
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…
Jesebaum - JESE1
African descent
John - JOHN10
Son of Peter
John - JOHN11
servant
John - JOHN15
African descent
John - JOHN5
African descent
Joseph - JOSE3
Indian
Joseph Smith - JOSE6
negro man
Juda - JUDA1
African descent
Judah - JUDA5
African descent (probable)
Judah - JUDA6
negro servant
Jude - JUDE2
African descent
Jude - JUDE3
Negro
Jude - JUDE4
Servant girl of African descent
Jude - JUDE5
servant
Jude - JUDE6
African descent
Jude - JUDE7
Servant
Kade - KADE1
African descent
Keder - KEDA3
servant
Keder or Kedar [Albertson] - KEDA2
African descent
Keiape Felix (alias) - KEIA1
Indigenous descent
Keturah - KETU1
Negro slave
Keturah - KETU3
Negro slave
Keturah Derby - KETU2
African descent
Limas or Elymus Reeve - LIMA1
Male negro slave
Limus - LIMU1
African descent
Limus - LIMU2
Son of Cate/Catherine
Linah - LINA1
African descent
Linus - LINU1
African descent
London - LOND2
child servant
London Dayton - LOND1
1798
"negro man formerly a servant to John Dayton"
Lucinda - LUCI1
African descent
Lucy - LUCY4
African descent
Lucy or Lacy - LUCY5
negro servant
Lydia - LYDI1
Negro woman of Shelter Island
Lydia - LYDI2
servant woman
Lymas or Elimas - LYMA1
African descent
Lymus - LYMU1
African descent
Maltby Goldsmith, Freeman - MALT1
African descent
Margaret Derby [Darby] - MARG2
African descent
Margaret/Pegg - PEGG3
Mixed ancestry; African and Northwest European
Margrett - MARG1
African desscent
Martha Jeffers - MART1
Indian woman
Mary [Sor Roots] - MARY3
Indian woman
Mary Gurdon/Jurdon/Jordan - MARY2
Indigenous descent
Matilda - MATI1
person of color
Mehitable - MEHI1
African descent
Mingo - MING4
Son of John
Miranda - MIRA1
free negro woman of this place
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…
Nance - NANC1
Negro or mulatto of Oysterponds
Nance - NANC2
Indigenous
Ned - NED1
1780
Nimrod - NIMR1
African descent
Peg - PEG1
African descent
Peg - PEG2
African descent, likely
Peg - PEG5
African descent
Peg/Peggy Case - PEG8
African descent
Pegg - PEGG4
African descent
Pegg - PEGG6
servant
Peggey - PEGE1
Daughter of Jack & Doll
Peggy - PEGY2
African descent
Peggy - PEGY3
1778
Peggy Negro's headstone
South End Cemetery, East Hampton, NY
Pero - PERO1
African descent
Peter - PETE1
Free man with land in Southampton Town
Peter - PETE12
African descent
Peter - PETE13
Enslaved youth
Peter - PETE14
Negro
Peter - PETE21
Servant man
Peter - PETE22
Servant
Peter - PETE23
Servant to Widow Mary Tuthill
Peter - PETE4
1745
East Hampton
Baptism record and will of Capt. Mathias Burnet
Peter Booth - PETE20
African descent
Peter Derby - PETE17
African descent
Phillis - PHIS11
servant woman
Phillis - PHIS12
African descent
Phillis - PHIS7
servant woman
Phyllis - PHYL1
African descent
Pomp - POMP2
African descent
Pomp - POMP3
African descent
Pomp - POMP4
African descent
Pomp - POMP6
Servant
Primus - PRIM1
African descent
Prince - PRIN1
child of African descent
Prince - PRIN2
1753
Prince - PRIN3
African descent
Prince - PRIN4
Mixed ancestry; African and Northwest European
Retus - RETU1
African descent
Reuben - REUB1
African descent
Reuben - REUB3
Negro man
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…
Rose - ROSE3
Enslaved woman
Ruth - RUTH1
African descent
Ruth - RUTH2
African descent
Ruth - RUTH3
Negro child servant
Ruth - RUTH4
Servant
Samuel - SAMU1
person of color
Sarah - SARA10
African descent
Sebinah - SEBI1
1774
Shadrick - SHAD1
African descent
Shem - SHEM1
1754
Silas - SILA3
Free negro man of this place
Silas L'Hommedieu - SILA2
African descent
Simeon Rugg - SIMN1
1816
"the mother of said Simeon is held as a slave by me"
Simmene - SINE1
Negro servant
Siras [Cyrus] - CYRU9
African descent
Sires [Cyrus] - CYRU8
Negro man
Stephen - STEP2
Son of Jack
Sylvia/Sylvie - SYLV1
African descent
Tabitha - TABI1
African descent
Tamer - TAME1
African descent
Terrisa or Teresa Ward - TERR1
Colored; resident of Shelter Island.
Thankfull - THAN1
African descent
Thomas - THOS2
"Negro slave"
Titus - TITU2
African descent
Titus - TITU4
African descent
Titus - TITU7
African descent
Tom - TOM1
Africa-born enslaved man
Tom - TOM2
"Negro Tom"
Tuler - TULE1
African descent
Unice - UNIC1
daughter of Mary, wife of Joseph
Unidentified boy
African descent
Unidentified female
African descent
Unrecorded Name - UNID100
Enslaved man in the estate inventory of Thomas Jessup of Southampton, 1684
Unrecorded Name - UNID113
African descent
Unrecorded Name - UNID138
African descent
Unrecorded Name - UNID142
Son of Judah
Unrecorded Name - UNID143
Daughter of Judah
Unrecorded Name - UNID20
Two Black male youths and one female Black youth placed in John Gardiner's care, July 17, 1699
Unrecorded Name - UNID21
child of African descent
Unrecorded Name - UNID226
Woman
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