Mulford Home
12 James Ln.
East Hampton, NY

Mulford Home
12 James Ln.
East Hampton, NY

Place

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 Shafar/Sharper in March of 1723, Rose in May 1724, Joe in January 1764, and an unnamed “negro man” in September 1772. The town records show his “negro woman” dying in 1771, possibly Rose, and an enslaved woman named Abigail dying in 1773. In 1753 he bought a man named <a href="http://plainsightproject.org/items/show/729">Prince</a> from Seth Parsons for 68 pounds and later records show Prince baptizing his son Depth in 1779 and an unnamed son in 1780, both after the death of Matthew Mulford, but during the time that his grandson, also named Matthew Mulford, owned the home, having obtained the house during the Revolution. The East Hampton Town Records Volume III records 6 shillings being given “to Mulford’s negro two days’ work” in 1733. It is said that the enslaved people lived in the attic of the house.