Samuel "Fish Hook" Mulford

Samuel "Fish Hook" Mulford (1644–1725) got his nickname when he went to London in 1704 to protest the tax on whale oil, which he used in farming. Warned beforehand of the sly workings of pickpockets in London, Mulford lined his pockets with fishhooks to foil the would-be thieves.

The old Mulford farmhouse is one of the oldest in Suffolk County, New York. Mulford bought the property in 1712 when Josiah Hobart died, who built it, died.[1]

Mulford was a legislator in all the governments of the Province of New York during his time. He was also a whale oil merchant. He had warehouses on Northwest Harbor, east side, along with other merchants in his village. Merchants Path is the name of the road to the warehouses.

References

  • The New York Times, Tuesday, June 11, 1957.
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