Cuffee was purchased in Boston in 1728 by soon-to-be widow Mary Danielson, the last wife of Danielson’s founding father James Danielson. A record from the Hugh Hall Account book shows Cuffee being purchased by Mrs. Danielson shortly after he arrived on a ship in Boston after a voyage from the West Indies. Cuffee was brought into a household where there were several other enslaved persons. James Danielson, whose main occupation was to own and run a farm, died soon after the purchase of Cuffee. In his inventory, five “negro servants’” are listed, but no one named “Cuffee” appears to be on the list.