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Male 1606 - 1686  (80 years)


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  • Name John Mulford 
    Born 1606  England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 1686  East Hampton, Long Island, New York Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I1798  Jerry Milo Johnson
    Last Modified 29 Mar 2015 

    Father Thomas Mulford,   d. Maidstone In Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Relationship Natural 
    Mother Sarah Southcott,   d. Maidstone In Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Relationship Natural 
    Family ID F832  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family . Unknown 
    Children 
     1. John Mulford,   b. 1650, East Hampton, Long Island, New York Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1734, East Hampton, Long Island, New York Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 84 years)  [Natural]
     2. H.2. Mulford
     3. H.2. Mulford
     4. Mary Mulford,   d. 04 Feb 1712  [Natural]
     5. Samuel 2 Mulford,   b. 1644,   d. 21 Aug 1725  (Age 81 years)  [Natural]
    Family ID F831  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 1606 - England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 1686 - East Hampton, Long Island, New York Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 


    • "According to some authorities, the Mulford family of East Hampton
      originated in the village of South Molton, Devonshire, England, where the
      name is also spelled Molford. Others are equally positive that the two
      brothers John and William Mulford who were among the first settlers here,
      were the sons of Thomas and Sarah Southcott Mulford of Maidstone in Kent.
      At a recent date there were Mulfords still living in both localities. The
      name of Mulford is found in every State in the Union. Probably not all of
      these are descended from the first settlers of East Hampton, though many
      young Mulfords left East Hampton in the 18th century and settled in
      different parts of New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania and Connecticut,
      and their descendants scattered from there.
      The two brothers came to Southampton, Long Island in 1643 from Salem
      Mass. According to p. 29, Vol. 1 of the Southampton Town Records, John
      Mulford was granted two acres of land there on May 28, 1643 and on p. 55
      it is recorded he sold his house in Southampton on Feb. 8, 1648, and in
      that or the following year was one of the nine persons who settled East
      Hampton; his younger brother William soon following him there. The name
      of John Mulford appears many times in the council minutes of Connecticut,
      of which Colony eastern Long Island became a part. He was commissioned a
      Judge in 1674. In Town affairs, keeping peace with the Indians, and
      representing the eastern towns in Hartford, and afterward in New York, he
      was prominent until his death in 1686.
      When the eastern end of Long Island was first settled, a patent on
      certain lands was issued to the colonists direct by the reigning King of
      England; and under that charter the colonists instituted a government;
      the first Republic on American soil, it might be called. The chief
      magistrate was constituted the common court. A second court was
      constituted by a jury of twelve freeholders, and a third, the highest
      judiciary, was a general court, presided over by the magistrate, but in
      which the whole body of freeholders was constituted a jury. From 1650 to
      1654, the name of John Mulford, and his only, appears as chief magistrate
      of this little republic, which had full treaty power with the Indians.
      A small book of great charm and humor has been written by a Mulford,
      and largely about the Mulfords: "An East Hampton Childhood," told by Mary
      Esther Mulford Miller [ E.H. Star Press, 1938; 44 pages; illustrated ].
      It has for a cover Childe Hassam's etching: "The Heart of East Hampton"
      showing the John Henry Mulford house [ now owned by the E. H. Historical
      Society ], the roof of "Home, Sweet Home," the old mill, and the tower of
      St. Luke's Episcopal Church in the background. Commenting on the
      character family, Mrs. Miller said: "Once a Mulford, always a Mulford,
      the family saying goes. the women may marry but they stay Mulfords to the
      third and fourth generation, and the wives of the Mulford men, whatever
      their background, are soon absorbed by the Mulford clan---although my
      mother always said it was rather difficult to change a Hedges"."

      " EAST HAMPTON HISTORY "
      by
      JEANNETTE EDWARDS RATTRAY 1953

      [ Several people in East Hampton came from Maidstone in Kent! ]

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      Judge John Mulford's first wife's name is unknown. His second wife was
      Mrs. Friedeswiede Osborn, widow of William Osborn of Salem, Mass. Sons,
      both by 1st wife

    Born:
    • - Probably Maidstone In Kent


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