Carroll Moulton of Southampton Dies March 1

Carroll Moulton, born Daniel Carroll Stephen Moulton in NYC on July 14th 1947 passed away suddenly on March 1st, 2023 in Nagpur, India.

His spouse and life partner Ernie Joe Hulsey of 45 years was by his side. They were on their annual winter visit at ‘Chital Haven’ the compound they built over 25 years ago next to Kanha Tiger Reserve. Going on safaris almost everyday, sometimes twice a day in search of tigers and other beautiful things in the Indian jungle. Carroll and Ernie wrote a book about Kanha in 1999 that became the guidebook of the national park. They lectured in India, Europe and the US about saving the tiger and the Indian forest.

Carroll’s father, Charles was a tea taster in Darjeeling for 13 years before his marriage to Mary ‘Polly’. Polly’s sister, Anita, a sacred heart nun, went to India in 1946, becoming an Indian citizen and working with the Warli tribals. Dying in 1998. Carroll loved school, attending St. David’s, St. Bernard’s, Portsmouth Priory (Abbey), then on to Harvard, Yale, graduated Magna Cum Laude getting a PHD in classics. He taught at Princeton, Oxford and Duke Universities. Then started his own business writing and tutoring. Carroll was a teacher, writer, tutor, lecturer, linguist, opera/music lover, mentor, environmentalist, cartographer, and numerologist. He also loved cats.

Carroll’s family, the Carrolls from Maryland, the Lee’s from Virginia, the Parrish’s from Virginia and the Horseys from Maryland. All came in the early 1600’s. Carroll descended from 3 signers of the Declaration of Independence, including Charles Carroll of Carrollton, Daniel Carroll, the signer of the Constitution and John Carroll, the first consecrated Bishop of the US. Samuel Longstreth Parrish was Carroll’s great great uncle.

Carroll grew up in NYC and summered in Southampton in Shinnecock Hills, the William Merritt Chase house that his grandmother owned. He loved trains and riding his bike all over Southampton. Carroll was a choir member and former vestry member of ST. JOHNS EPISCOPAL CHURCH, Southampton for many years. Carroll and Ernie were world travelers visiting ancient sites and safaris in search of the wild and experiencing the wonders of the world and its people. JOIE DE VIVRE, CARPE DIEM.

Carroll and Ernie were the first gay couple to get married in Southampton Village, July 29th, 2011. They met in Atlanta, Ga. on Dec. 29th, 1977, LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT FOR BOTH. THEY EXCHANGED HEARTS. SEMPER ET SEMPER. A LIFE THAT WILL SURELY BE MISSED. Predeceased by his brother, Charles F. Moulton, survived by Deborah, Sarah & Gordon Faux, Clara, Byron Faux, Blair and Lindsay Baldwin, their children, Campbell and Jones. Also his spouse, Ernie J. Hulsey and his family in Georgia along with his Indian family, the Tuli’s.

A memorial will be held June 10th at 3:00 at St. John’s Episcopal Church, 100 Main St. Southampton, N.Y. A reception to follow.

In lieu of flowers, please donate to organizations saving animals and the forest.