1717 Church
Title
1717 Church
Description
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 bell for one year for 24 shillings and so on in the ensuing years’ records, ultimately ringing the bell for 16 years.
Rev. Buell's enslaved Pegg was also paid to sweep the church from 1802 to April 18, 1808.
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 bell for one year for 24 shillings and so on in the ensuing years’ records, ultimately ringing the bell for 16 years.
Rev. Buell's enslaved Pegg was also paid to sweep the church from 1802 to April 18, 1808.
Name
1717 Church
Address or location
Main Street, East Hampton, New York, British Colonial America
Year Built
1717
Type of location
Church
Files
Collection
Citation
“1717 Church,” Plain Sight Project, accessed April 26, 2024, https://plainsightproject.org/items/show/20.