Caroline Prince - CARO1
Title
Caroline Prince - CARO1
Name
Caroline Prince
Unique Person Identifier
CARO1
Ancestry
African
Status
Freed
Status II
Free
Sex
Female
Event Type
Manumission
Event Date
November 8, 1814
Event Type II
Death
Event Date II
March 12, 1830
Age
Caroline was 41 when she died.
Location or Address
Southampton
Location or Address II
Sag Harbor
Enslaver or Household
Hugh Gelston
Relationships
SIMN2 | Spouse
Notes
Hugh Gelston of Southampton manumits Caroline Prince and her husband Simeon Prince.
Caroline is buried in Sag Harbor Old Burying Ground, plot #122. Per Dorothy Zaykowski, Caroline's husband Simeon "may have been a member of the Prince family who were slaves belonging to Nathaniel Sylvester of Shelter Island."
Caroline is buried in Sag Harbor Old Burying Ground, plot #122. Per Dorothy Zaykowski, Caroline's husband Simeon "may have been a member of the Prince family who were slaves belonging to Nathaniel Sylvester of Shelter Island."
Source Type
Civil Document
Source Type II
Secondary Source
Source/s
Records of the Town of Southampton, Volume IV. Page 21.
Zaykowski, Dorothy Ingersoll, The Old Burying Ground at Sag Harbor, L.I., N.Y., Sag Harbor 2003. Pages 85 and 86.
Zaykowski, Dorothy Ingersoll, The Old Burying Ground at Sag Harbor, L.I., N.Y., Sag Harbor 2003. Pages 85 and 86.
Researcher
Daria Reaven and Meghan McGinley
Collection
Citation
“Caroline Prince - CARO1,” Plain Sight Project, accessed April 27, 2024, http://plainsightproject.org/items/show/1930.