Lewis (Lawsons) Mulford

1693 - 1719

• Born	1693	East Hampton, Long Island, Suffolk, New York
  Gender	Male
  Died	24 Feb 1719	At Sea, Off East Hampton, , New York
  Notes	This first Lewis Mulford, of the family's third generation in America, m. 2/9/1716 Hannah Parsons, at East Hampton [Records of Rev.Nathaniel Huntting]. He died at age 26, drowned on a winter whaling expedition in the waters off Long Island. Many of the Mulford's on Long Island were whalemen and seafarers; both the East Hampton and Cape May branches of the family were instrumental in establishing the whaling industry in America. Lewis left two infant children, Lewis and Jane, and a widow who was little more than 20 years old. William Remsen Mulford, writing for NEHGR in 1879, called Lewis Mulford a son of Jeremiah of East Hampton - overlooking the existence of this man, his real father, Lewis 1693-1719. Rattray, writing about 1950, reported the correct descent shown here. According to Rattray, the first Lewis Mulford to live in Essex County was baptized at East Hampton in 1718 and "removed to NJ about 1740." Were the young, fatherless Lewis Mulford and his sister Jane (and perhaps their first cousins Jonathan, Ezekiel and Mary from Cape May, also fatherless after 1721) raised in the home of their uncle Jeremiah at East Hampton? Is that what misled W. R. Mulford into thinking Jeremiah was Lewis father? The given name Lewis apparently honored his mother's brother, Lewis Conkling.
  Person ID	I62082	7_families
  Last Modified	28 Feb 2004

  
  

  Father	Thomas D. Molford,   b. 1645-1650, East Hampton, Long Island, Suffolk, New York ,   d. 2 Nov 1732, East Hampton, Long Island, Suffolk, New York
  Mother	Mary Gardiner Conkling,   b. 1658, East Hampton, Long Island, Suffolk, New York ,   d. 14 Jun 1743, East Hampton, Long Island, Suffolk, New York
  Married	1683	East Hampton, Long Island, Suffolk, New York
  Family ID	F23689	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Hannah Parsons,   b. Abt 1697, East Hampton, Long Island, Suffolk, New York ,   d. 8 Aug 1775
  Married	25 Feb 1716	East Hampton, Long Island, Suffolk, New York
  Children	> 1. Jane Mulford,   b. 1716, East Hampton, Long Island, Suffolk, New York ,   d. 1753 > 2. Lewis Mulford,   b. 1718, East Hampton, Long Island, Suffolk, New York ,   d. 18 Mar 1790, Elizabeth, Union, New Jersey   3. Elizabeth Mulford,   b. Abt 1720, Of, East Hampton, Long Island, Suffolk, New York ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	21 Feb 2005
  Family ID	F24465	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 1693 - East Hampton, Long Island, Suffolk, New York Married - 25 Feb 1716 - East Hampton, Long Island, Suffolk, New York Died - 24 Feb 1719 - At Sea, Off East Hampton, , New York  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth
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