Frances - FRAS1
Title
Frances - FRAS1
Description
African descent
Status
Enslaved
Sex
Female
Location or Address
Mattituck
Enslaver or Household
Major Thomas Conkling followed by his widow Hannah Conkling.
Source/s
A History of Mattituck, Long Island, N.Y. Charles E. Craven (1906: privately printed), pages 285, 348.
Original records at Ancestry.com>U.S. Presbyterian Church Records 1701-1970>New York>Mattituck>Mattituck Presbyterian Church>Session, Register, Baptisms, Marriages, Deaths>1764-1809>image 83/157 [baptism], 130/157 [death].
Original records at Ancestry.com>U.S. Presbyterian Church Records 1701-1970>New York>Mattituck>Mattituck Presbyterian Church>Session, Register, Baptisms, Marriages, Deaths>1764-1809>image 83/157 [baptism], 130/157 [death].
Biographical Text
"Frances ye dughter of Dorcas, a wench belonging to Maj T Conkling."
"Francis Wench of widow Hannah Conkling."
"Francis Wench of widow Hannah Conkling."
Baptism Date
July 26, 1778.
Death Date
September 7, 1790
Biographical Notes
She was daughter of Dorcas (#1330) and sister of Pero (#498).
Owner or Household
Major Thomas Conkling died November 12, 1789. Hannah Conkline [Conkling] was enumerated in the 1790 federal census at Southold as head of a household including four enslaved people. Hannah married Reverend Benjamin Goldsmith in 1793.
Files
Collection
Citation
“Frances - FRAS1,” Plain Sight Project, accessed April 20, 2024, http://plainsightproject.org/items/show/497.