ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION    

Title
Matthew Mulford Collection

Collection Number
SC 492

OCLC Number
1460329649

Creator 
Matthew Mulford (1689-1774)

Provenance 
Purchased from Antipodean Books, Maps & Prints in August 2024. 
Acquisition made possible by the Dorothy J. and Ronald W. Siegel Rare Book Fund.

Extent, Scope, and Content Note 
Extent: 1 leaf (sheet)
Date: 1741; East Hampton, New York.
Dimensions: 32 x 20 cm.
Signed: Matthew Mulford; witnessed by Jeremiah Stratten and Elisabeth Straton (sic).
Red wax seal. 

Summary:  A land transfer document to Josiah Miller from Matthew Mulford, "yeoman of divers good causes," from East Hampton, County of Suffolk, province of New York, dated 1741.

Arrangement and Processing Note
Finding aid by Kristen J. Nyitray and Lynn Toscano, August 2024. 
Transcription by Olivia Nissen (intern), September 2024.

Language
English

Restrictions on Access
The collection is open to researchers without restriction.

Rights and Permissions 
Stony Brook University Libraries' consent to access as the physical owner of the collection does not address copyright issues that may affect publication rights. It is the sole responsibility of the user of Special Collections and University Archives materials to investigate the copyright status of any given work and to seek and obtain permission where needed prior to publication.  

Citation 
Matthew Mulford Collection, Special Collections and University Archives, Stony Brook University Libraries.

Historical Note
This document records the transaction of a parcel of land to Josiah Miller from Matthew Mulford, a prominent local figure. Described as "yeoman of divers good causes," Mulford sold Miller a small plot—just one-eighth of an acre—for the sum of 6 pounds and 10 shillings. The land was neatly bounded by the highway to the north and east, with Miller’s own property to the south and west, ensuring that Miller would have peaceful and quiet enjoyment of the land.

The deed, dated in the 15th year of King George the Second's reign, and witnessed by Jeremiah Stratten and Elisabeth Stratten, bears the red wax seal of Matthew Mulford. This transaction provides a glimpse into the local landscape of early East Hampton, with Mulford possibly being Captain Matthew Mulford, who was a well-known figure buried at South End Cemetery in East Hampton. His lineage includes Judge John Mulford, an early settler, and Capt. Samuel Mulford, a notable member of the Provincial Assembly. This document not only highlights the practicalities of land transfer in the 18th century but also connects us to the influential families shaping the town’s development.

Subjects

Miller, Josiah, active 1741
Stratton, Jeremiah, 1719-1765
Stratton, Elizabeth Baker, b.1722?
Land titles -- Registration and transfer -- New York (State) -- East Hampton
Real property -- New York (State) -- Suffolk County
New York (State) -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775

INVENTORY

Transcription

Know yea that I Matthew Milford of Easthampton in the County

of Suffolk and province of new york yeoman for divers-good Causes me

there unto mourning and more Especially for the sum of Six pound ten shilling

Current money of new york all ready in the hand of me received of Josiah

Miller of the town and county Above Said yeoman wher’e with I ???

myself fully Satisfied Contented and paid their of and every part theirof 

do grant bargain and Seell and by these presents have bargained sould 

and confirmed unto Josiah Miller his heirs and Assigns one parsel 

of Land Lying and Being in Easthampton Containing one Eith part of

one acre of Land buted and bounded by the high way north and East South

and west by the Land of the said Josiah Miller all which parcel of Land 

with privileges and appurtenances benefits and profits their unto belonging 

or in any ways appertaining unto him the said Josiah Miller his heirs

Executors administrators & Asignes all which parcel or Eighth of one acre of

Land to have and to hold quietly to possess and enjoy all the said Eighth part

of one acre of Land bounded as about said appurtenances and privileges their 

unto belonging and every part therof whatsoever unto the Said Josiah Miller

his heirs Executors administrators and Asignes forever and that all

and Singuler of the above mentioned land demised and sold by these 

presents are clear and free from all manor of former bargains 

grants sales mortgages and Incumbrances whatsoever  and do

avouch my Self to be lawful on or of the same and the 

said Josiah Miller his heirs executors administrators and

Asignes shall and may at all times here after peaceable 

and quietly have hold ocupy and enjoy the Same and 

every part and parcel there of without any manner of Lot

hindrance molestation or Interruption whatsoever from me

the Said Matthew Mulford my executors or adminstrators

or assigns or any other by from or under me or in my ?????

??? withstanding hand and Seal att Easthampton this twentieth 

of march in the fifteenth year of the reign of our Sovereign Lord King George the

second and in the year of our Lord 1741 ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

sign seal and deliver 

In present of us 

 

Jeremiah Stratten
x Elizabeth Straton

Matthew Mulford