Retus
Title
Retus
Description
African descent
Sex
Male
Location or Address
Mattituck
Status
Enslaved
Enslaver or Household
Micah Howell
Baptism Date
February 28, 1799
Death Date
May 1, 1802
Source/s
A History of Mattituck, Long Island, N.Y. Charles E. Craven (1906: privately printed), pages 307, 353.
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 98/157 [baptism], 134/157 [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 98/157 [baptism], 134/157 [death].
Owner or Household
Micah Howel died August 2, 1801.
Biographical Text
"[Died] Retus, a Negro boy formaly belonging to Micah Howel deceased.
Files
Collection
Citation
“Retus,” Plain Sight Project, accessed March 29, 2023, http://plainsightproject.org/items/show/504.