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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…
Unrecorded Name - UNID20
Two Black male youths and one female Black youth placed in John Gardiner's care, July 17, 1699
Dago - DAGO1
Enslaved boy
Peter - PETE13
Enslaved youth
Peggy Negro's headstone
South End Cemetery, East Hampton, NY
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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"…
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…
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…
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,…
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.
Peter - PETE1
Free man with land in Southampton Town
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…
Jack - JACK1
"Negro man"
1713
East Hampton, L.I., British Colonial America
1713
East Hampton, L.I., British Colonial America
London Dayton - LOND1
1798
"negro man formerly a servant to John Dayton"
Simeon Rugg - SIMN1
1816
"the mother of said Simeon is held as a slave by me"
Peter - PETE4
1745
East Hampton
Baptism record and will of Capt. Mathias Burnet
Peg - PEG1
African descent
Bloom - BLOO1
African descent
Keiape Felix (alias) - KEIA1
Indigenous descent
James Covell - JAME1
Indigenous descent
Bette - BETE1
African descent
Limus - LIMU1
African descent
Zillie (Till?) - ZILL1
African descent
Jane - JANE1
African descent
Reuben - REUB1
African descent
Pomp - POMP3
African descent
Dorcas - DORC4
African descent
Primus - PRIM1
African descent
Juda - JUDA1
African descent
Zipporah - ZIPP1
African descent
Tabitha - TABI1
African descent
Pomp - POMP2
African descent
Lymus - LYMU1
African descent
Margrett - MARG1
African desscent
Thankfull - THAN1
African descent
Siras [Cyrus] - CYRU9
African descent
Jable - JABL1
child of African descent
Dorcas - DORC3
child of African descent
Caesar - CAES1
child of African descent
Aner - ANER1
Servant, African descent
Tamer - TAME1
African descent
Peg - PEG2
African descent, likely
Dorcas - DORC2
child of African descent
Prince - PRIN1
child of African descent
Unrecorded Name - UNID21
child of African descent
Unice - UNIC1
daughter of Mary, wife of Joseph
David - DAVI1
African descent
Frances - FRAS1
African descent
Pero - PERO1
African descent
Linah - LINA1
African descent
Nimrod - NIMR1
African descent
Ruth - RUTH1
African descent
Isaac - ISAC1
servant
Retus - RETU1
African descent
Gin - GIN1
African descent (probably)
Titus - TITU2
African descent
Cate - CATE1
African descent
Darby - DARB1
African descent
Peggy - PEGY2
African descent
Jack - JACK2
African descent
Ruth - RUTH2
African descent
Unidentified boy
African descent
Pomp - POMP4
African descent
Sebinah - SEBI1
1774
Jack - JACK3
1777
Peggy - PEGY3
1778
Ned - NED1
1780
Dick - DICK3
1753
Prince - PRIN2
1753
Shem - SHEM1
1754
Tom - TOM2
"Negro Tom"
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…
Cisto - CIST1
"Negro Male(s)"
Unrecorded Name - UNID100
Enslaved man in the estate inventory of Thomas Jessup of Southampton, 1684
Dorcas - DORC1
1778
Joseph - JOSE3
Indian
Jude - JUDE2
African descent
Silas L'Hommedieu - SILA2
African descent
Mary Gurdon/Jurdon/Jordan - MARY2
Indigenous descent
Yarrobu or Yarraubey - YARR1
African descent
Prince - PRIN3
African descent
Margaret/Pegg - PEGG3
Mixed ancestry; African and Northwest European
Prince - PRIN4
Mixed ancestry; African and Northwest European
Jeffrey - JEFF1
Mixed ancestry: African and Northwestern European
Hiram - HIRM1
Mixed ancestry; African and Northwest European
Fillis - FILL1
Mixed ancestry: African and Northwest European
Zipporah - ZIPP2
Negro woman
Sires [Cyrus] - CYRU8
Negro man
Keturah - KETU1
Negro slave
Crank - CRAN1
Negro
Florah - FLOR4
Negro
Peter - PETE14
Negro
Jude - JUDE3
Negro
David - DAVI2
Negro of Wading River
Nance - NANC1
Negro or mulatto of Oysterponds
Jack - JACK11
servant
Phillis - PHIS7
servant woman
Cuff - CUFF1
Negro man
Lydia - LYDI1
Negro woman of Shelter Island
Isaac - ISAC2
Negro man formerly of Brookhaven
Catherine - CATE3
Indian woman of Southampton
Reuben - REUB3
Negro man
Dorcus or Dorcas - DORC7
Black woman
Joseph Smith - JOSE6
negro man
Mary [Sor Roots] - MARY3
Indian woman
Silas - SILA3
Free negro man of this place
Miranda - MIRA1
free negro woman of this place
William Prime - WILL7
Seaman, colored, resident of Shelter Island.
Terrisa or Teresa Ward - TERR1
Colored; resident of Shelter Island.
Hushai or Hushi - HUSH1
African descent
Jack - JACK25
negro man
Hitty - HITY1
a squaw
Harry - HARR2
free black
Betty - BETT2
free black
Samuel - SAMU1
person of color
Matilda - MATI1
person of color
John - JOHN5
African descent
Catoo - CATO7
African descent
Peter - PETE12
African descent
Hiram Truman - HIRM2
Mixed ancestry; African and Northwest European.
Unrecorded Name - UNID113
African descent
Pegg - PEGG4
African descent
Peg - PEG5
African descent
Caesar - CAES2
African descent
Titus - TITU4
African descent
[Then/Theve/Tere?] - THEN1
African descent
Hope - HOPE1
African descent
Peg/Peggy Case - PEG8
African descent
Hager - HAGE3
Servant
Unrecorded Name - UNID138
African descent
Cuff - CUFF2
African descent
Hope - HOPE3
African descent
Enos - ENOS1
African descent (probable)
Zerviah - ZERV1
African descent (probable)
Jack - JACK14
African descent
William - WILL8
African descent (probable)
York - YORK2
African descent (probable)
Judah - JUDA5
African descent (probable)
William Chewy [or Cheny/Cheney] - WILL9
Pacific Island descent
Jude - JUDE4
Servant girl of African descent
Lymas or Elimas - LYMA1
African descent
Keder or Kedar [Albertson] - KEDA2
African descent
Maltby Goldsmith, Freeman - MALT1
African descent
Dorcas [Freeman] - DORC8
African descent
Catherine/Kate - CATE4
African descent
Eunice Derby - EUNI1
African descent
Sylvia/Sylvie - SYLV1
African descent
Keturah Derby - KETU2
African descent
Peter Derby - PETE17
African descent
Lucinda - LUCI1
African descent
Abel - ABEL3
African descent
Phillis - PHIS12
African descent
Cyrus - CYRU6
African descent
Sarah - SARA10
African descent
Zilpah [Tilpah] - ZILH1
African descent
Phyllis - PHYL1
African descent
Isabel - ISAB1
African descent
Bloom - BLOO2
African descent
Dorcas - DORC9
African descent
Jereboam - JERE1
African descent
Hagar - HAGA4
Negro woman or girl
Limas or Elymus Reeve - LIMA1
Male negro slave
Hagar - HAGA5
Colored
Jack Horton - JACK15
African descent
Jane or Jenny Reeve - JANE4
Negro slave
Hepzibah - HEPZ1
Negro slave
Ruth - RUTH3
Negro child servant
Simmene - SINE1
Negro servant
Cesar - CESA2
Son of Simmene
Condia [Candice?] - COND1
child of Simmene
[Simone] or Simorce - SIOE1
black woman
Keturah - KETU3
Negro slave
Judah - JUDA6
negro servant
Dorcas - DORC10
Daughter of Judah
[Isabella] - ISAA2
Daughter of Judah
Unrecorded Name - UNID142
Son of Judah
Unrecorded Name - UNID143
Daughter of Judah
Pegg - PEGG6
servant
Lucy or Lacy - LUCY5
negro servant
Martha Jeffers - MART1
Indian woman
Keder - KEDA3
servant
Jude - JUDE5
servant
Peter Booth - PETE20
African descent
Peter - PETE21
Servant man
Jesebaum - JESE1
African descent
Linus - LINU1
African descent
Lucy - LUCY4
African descent
Elisabeth - ELIS2
African descent
Mehitable - MEHI1
African descent
Dorcas - DORC11
African descent
Jude - JUDE6
African descent
[Tenen/Linus?] - LINU2
African descent
Titus - TITU7
African descent
Eunice - EUNI2
African descent
Elizabeth - ELIZ2
African descent
Shadrick - SHAD1
African descent
Dorothy - DORO2
servant
Isabel - ISAB2
servant
Pomp - POMP6
Servant
Peter - PETE22
Servant
Ruth - RUTH4
Servant
Binah - BINA1
Servant
John - JOHN10
Son of Peter
Jack - JACK16
Servant
Stephen - STEP2
Son of Jack
Mingo - MING4
Son of John
John - JOHN11
servant
Zilpha - ZILP1
Daughter of John
Dorkiss or Dorcas - DORC13
Daughter of John
Jude - JUDE7
Servant
Dorcas - DORC14
Daughter of Dorcas
Peter - PETE23
Servant to Widow Mary Tuthill
Jedediah - JEDE1
Son of Peter
London - LOND2
child servant
Cesar - CESA3
African descent
Cate, also Catherine - CATE2
African descent
Enos - ENOS2
Son of Cate/Catherine
Limus - LIMU2
Son of Cate/Catherine
Festus Case - FEST1
Son of Catherine/Cate.
Jason Case - JASO1
Son of Catherine/Cate.
Lydia - LYDI2
servant woman
Nance - NANC2
Indigenous
Jenney - JENN1
Daughter of Peter
Peggey - PEGE1
Daughter of Jack & Doll
Phillis - PHIS11
servant woman
Binah - BINA2
"a black woman"
Isaac Plato - ISAC5
a black man of East Hampton
William - WILL11
negro man, age about 32 years
Dick - DICK7
a negro slave
Thomas - THOS2
"Negro slave"
Eddy - EDDY1
Daughter of Yarraubey and Lacy
John - JOHN15
African descent
Chloe - CHLO2
African descent
Flora - FLOR3
African descent
Derby - DERB1
African descent
Margaret Derby [Darby] - MARG2
African descent
Rose - ROSE3
Enslaved woman
Kade - KADE1
African descent
Tom - TOM1
Africa-born enslaved man
Unidentified female
African descent
Crank - CRAN2
African descent
Tuler - TULE1
African descent
Unrecorded Name - UNID226
Woman
Bridgehampton
Bridgehampton
