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Daughter of Judah
[Simone] or Simorce
black woman
[Tenen/Linus?]
African descent
[Then/Theve/Tere?]
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
African descent
Abel
African descent
Adam
Enslaved man said to have been brought from Congo
Aner
Servant, African descent
Beck
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
African descent
Betty
free black
Binah
Servant
Binah
"a black woman"
Bloom
African descent
Bloom
African descent
Boose
1657
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
child of African descent
Caesar
African descent
Cate
African descent
Cate, also Catherine
African descent
Catherine
Indian woman of Southampton
Catherine/Kate
African descent
Catoo
African descent
Cesar
Son of Simmene
Cesar
African descent
Chloe
African descent
Cisto
"Negro Male(s)"
Condia [Candice?]
child of Simmene
Crank
Negro
Crank
African descent
Cuff
Negro man
Cuff
African descent
Cyrus
African descent
Dago
Enslaved boy
Darby
African descent
David
African descent
David
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
African descent
Dick
1753
Dick
a negro slave
Dorcas
African descent
Dorcas
child of African descent
Dorcas
child of African descent
Dorcas
1778
Dorcas
African descent
Dorcas
African descent
Dorcas
Daughter of Judah
Dorcas
African descent
Dorcas
Daughter of Dorcas
Dorcus or Dorcas
Black woman
Dorkiss or Dorcas
Daughter of John
Dorothy
servant
Eddy
Daughter of Yarraubey and Lacy
Elisabeth
African descent
Elizabeth
African descent
Enos
African descent (probable)
Enos
Son of Cate/Catherine
Eunice
African descent
Eunice
African descent
Festus Case
Son of Catherine/Cate.
Fillis
Mixed ancestry: African and Northwest European
Flora
African descent
Florah
Negro
Frances
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
African descent (probably)
Givis (probably Ciris or Cyrus)
African descent
Hagar
Negro woman or girl
Hagar
Colored
Hager
Servant
Harry
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
Negro slave
Hiram
Mixed ancestry; African and Northwest European
Hiram Truman
Mixed ancestry; African and Northwest European.
Hitty
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
African descent
Hope
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
African descent
Isaac
servant
Isaac
Negro man formerly of Brookhaven
Isaac Plato
a black man of East Hampton
Isabel
African descent
Isabel
servant
Jable
child of African descent
Jack
"Negro man"
1713
East Hampton, L.I., British Colonial America
1713
East Hampton, L.I., British Colonial America
Jack
African descent
Jack
1777
Jack
servant
Jack
negro man
Jack
African descent
Jack
African descent
Jack
Servant
James Covell
Indigenous descent
Jane
African descent
Jane or Jenny
Negro slave
Jason Case
Son of Catherine/Cate.
Jedediah
Son of Peter
Jeffrey
Mixed ancestry: African and Northwestern European
Jenney
Daughter of Peter
Jereboam
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
African descent
John
African descent
John
Son of Peter
John
servant
John
African descent
Joseph
Indian
Joseph
negro man
Juda
African descent
Judah
African descent (probable)
Judah
negro servant
Jude
African descent
Jude
Negro
Jude
Servant girl of African descent
Jude
servant
Jude
African descent
Jude
Servant
Kade
African descent
Keder
servant
Keder or Kedar
African descent
Keiape
Indigenous descent
Keturah
Negro slave
Keturah
Negro slave
Keturah Derby
African descent
Limas or Elymus
Male negro slave
Limus
African descent
Limus
Son of Cate/Catherine
Linah
African descent
Linus
African descent
London
child servant
London Dayton
1798
"negro man formerly a servant to John Dayton"
Lucinda
African descent
Lucy
African descent
Lucy or Lacy
negro servant
Lydia
Negro woman of Shelter Island
Lydia
servant woman
Lymas or Elimas
African descent
Lymas/Elimas
African descent
Lymus
African descent
Maltby
African descent
Margaret Derby [Darby]
African descent
Margaret/Pegg
Mixed ancestry; African and Northwest European
Margrett
African desscent
Martha
Indian woman
Mary
Indigenous descent
Mary
Indian woman
Matilda
person of color
Mehitable
African descent
Mingo
Son of John
Miranda
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…
name unknown
Enslaved man in the estate inventory of Thomas Jessup of Southampton, 1684
Nance
Negro or mulatto of Oysterponds
Nance
Indigenous
Ned
1780
Nimrod
African descent
Peg
African descent
Peg
African descent, likely
Peg
African descent
Peg/Peggy Case
African descent
Pegg
African descent
Pegg
servant
Peggey
Daughter of Jack & Doll
Peggy
African descent
Peggy
1778
Peggy Negro's headstone
South End Cemetery, East Hampton, NY
Pero
African descent
Peter
1745
East Hampton
Baptism record and will of Capt. Mathias Burnet
Peter
Free man with land in Southampton Town
Peter
Negro
Peter
African descent
Peter
African descent
Peter
Servant man
Peter
Servant
Peter
Servant to Widow Mary Tuthill
Peter
Enslaved youth
Peter Derby
African descent
Phillis
servant woman
Phillis
African descent
Phillis
servant woman
Phyllis
African descent
Pomp
African descent
Pomp
African descent
Pomp
African descent
Pomp
Servant
Primus
African descent
Prince
child of African descent
Prince
1753
Prince
African descent
Prince
Mixed ancestry; African and Northwest European
Retus
African descent
Reuben
African descent
Reuben
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
Enslaved woman
Ruth
African descent
Ruth
African descent
Ruth
Negro child servant
Ruth
Servant
Samuel
person of color
Sarah
African descent
Shadrick
African descent
Shem
1754
Silas
African descent
Silas
Free negro man of this place
Simeon Rugg
1816
"the mother of said Simeon is held as a slave by me"
Simmene
Negro servant
Siras [Cyrus]
African descent
Sires [Cyrus]
Negro man
Stephen
Son of Jack
Sylvia/Sylvie
African descent
Tabitha
African descent
Tamer
African descent
Terrisa or Teresa
Colored; resident of Shelter Island.
Thankfull
African descent
Thomas
"Negro slave"
Titus
African descent
Titus
African descent
Titus
African descent
Tom
1785
East Hampton
"Negro Tom"
Tom
Africa-born enslaved man
Tuler
African descent
Unice
daughter of Mary, wife of Joseph
Unidentified
child of African descent
Unidentified boy
African descent
Unidentified boy
Son of Judah
Unidentified female
African descent
Unidentified girl
Daughter of Judah
Unidentified infant
African descent
Unidentified men
African descent
Unidentified Youths Left on Gardiner's Island, 1699
Two Black male youths and one female Black youth placed in John Gardiner's care, July 17, 1699
William
Seaman, colored, resident of Shelter Island.
William
African descent (probable)
William
negro man, age about 32 years
William Chewy
Pacific Island descent
Yarrobu or Yarraubey
African descent
York
African descent (probable)
Zerviah
African descent (probable)
Zillie (Till?)
African descent
Zilpah [Tilpah]
African descent
Zilpha
Daughter of John
Zipporah
African descent
Zipporah
Negro woman