Peg - PEG1
Title
Peg - PEG1
Description
African descent
Status
Enslaved
Sex
Female
Source/s
J.W. Case, “Kedar and his Family” in Long Island Traveler, January 23, 1879.
Biographical Text
Per Case, “Peg performed her part to the satisfaction of all, most of the time being devoted to the care of her own, and the children of her Mistress.”
Death Date
Reverend Epher Whitaker reported that she died in 1820, but this has not been confirmed.
Biographical Notes
According to oral tradition, she was the second wife of Kedar (#1639) and mother of fifteen children: Titus (#1584), Lymas/Elymus (#1643), Catherine (#1644),
Eunice (#1645), Flora (#1856), Sylvia (#1646), Keturah (#1647), Peter (#1648), Lucinda (#1649), Sylvie (#1646), Abel (#1650), Derby (#1857), Phillis (#1651), Margaret (#1858), unidentified (#1652), and John (#1854).
Eunice (#1645), Flora (#1856), Sylvia (#1646), Keturah (#1647), Peter (#1648), Lucinda (#1649), Sylvie (#1646), Abel (#1650), Derby (#1857), Phillis (#1651), Margaret (#1858), unidentified (#1652), and John (#1854).
Files
Collection
Citation
“Peg - PEG1,” Plain Sight Project, accessed April 16, 2024, http://plainsightproject.org/items/show/378.