Boose
1657
Title
Boose
1657
1657
Subject
Person
Description
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.
Name
Boose
Sex
Female
Status
Enslaved
Misc. Date
Feb. 19, 1657
April 17, 1665 (Mary Gardiner's will)
April 17, 1665 (Mary Gardiner's will)
Source/s
East Hampton Town Records Vol. I, p.129
Owner or Household
"Mistris Gardiner"/ Mary Willemsen Deurcant Gardiner (1601-1655)
Biographical Text
Samuel Parsons deposition (Feb. 19, 1657) in Elizabeth (Gardiner) Howell's death: "...goody simons lay be her yt ngiht & there was her husband & I & boose & we heard a noyse on ye side of the bed as if sumthing had scratched very hard..." (See image detail)
Files
Citation
“Boose
1657,” Plain Sight Project, accessed November 29, 2021, https://plainsightproject.org/items/show/296.
1657,” Plain Sight Project, accessed November 29, 2021, https://plainsightproject.org/items/show/296.