Hushai or Hushi - HUSH1
Title
Hushai or Hushi - HUSH1
Description
African descent
Contributor
Jackie Dinan
Status
Enslaved
Sex
Male
Location or Address
Southold
Enslaver or Household
Widow Phoebe Wickham
Source/s
Original Southold parish register accessed at Ancestry.com under the collection entitled, U.S., Presbyterian Church Records, 1701–1970>New York>Southold>First Presbyterian Church>Baptisms, Marriages, Deaths>1749-1832>images 130/340 (marriage) and 253/340 (death).
Manumission record see URL southoldtownny.gov=>Weblink/Laserfiche=>Town Clerk>Town Record Books>Liber D 1683-1832>image 31/238. Transcription in Southold Town Records, Volume 3: 52, 54-55.
Manumission record see URL southoldtownny.gov=>Weblink/Laserfiche=>Town Clerk>Town Record Books>Liber D 1683-1832>image 31/238. Transcription in Southold Town Records, Volume 3: 52, 54-55.
Birth Date
1778, calculated from his reported age (30 years) at the time of his manumission.
Marriage Date
July 29, 1810
Death Date
November 13, 1813
Misc. Date
March 26, 1808 (manumission certificate approved by overseers of the poor). May 24, 1808 (manumission approval recorded). June 1, 1808 (manumission sworn to in public). June 16, 1808, manumission paper recorded in town record book).
Biographical Notes
He married Dorothy (#1533). Hushai or Hushi was an uncommon name, so we believe these records belong to the same man.
Gilbert Horton was granted administration papers in 1814 for the estate of "Hughshi," deceased (Southold Historical Museum card catalogue reference #1.12.33).
Gilbert Horton was granted administration papers in 1814 for the estate of "Hughshi," deceased (Southold Historical Museum card catalogue reference #1.12.33).
Files
Collection
Citation
“Hushai or Hushi - HUSH1,” Plain Sight Project, accessed April 25, 2024, http://plainsightproject.org/items/show/1532.