Yarrobu or Yarraubey
Title
Yarrobu or Yarraubey
Description
African descent
Contributor
Jackie Dinan
Male or Female
Male
Location or Address
Southold
Status
Enslaved
Enslaver or Household
Barnabas Terrill
Death Date
September 21, 1778
Misc. Date
October 20, 1758; baptism of his daughter, Eddy.
March 3, 1776; entered into full communion.
March 3, 1776; entered into full communion.
Biographical Notes
He was the husband of Lacy/Lucy (#1700) and the father of Eddy (#1851).
Source/s
For his death, see the Salmon Records: 51.
For the baptism of his daughter, see original record at Ancestry.com>U.S. Presbyterian Church Records 1701-1970>New York>Mattituck>Mattituck Presbyterian Church>Session, Register, Baptisms, Marriages, Deaths>1764-1809>image 16/157. [Transcription in Craven's History of Mattituck (1906): 259.]
Original "full communion" record at Ancestry.com>U.S. Presbyterian Church Records 1701-1970>New York>Mattituck>Mattituck Presbyterian Church>Session, Register, Baptisms, Marriages, Deaths>1764-1809>image 28/157.
For the baptism of his daughter, see original record at Ancestry.com>U.S. Presbyterian Church Records 1701-1970>New York>Mattituck>Mattituck Presbyterian Church>Session, Register, Baptisms, Marriages, Deaths>1764-1809>image 16/157. [Transcription in Craven's History of Mattituck (1906): 259.]
Original "full communion" record at Ancestry.com>U.S. Presbyterian Church Records 1701-1970>New York>Mattituck>Mattituck Presbyterian Church>Session, Register, Baptisms, Marriages, Deaths>1764-1809>image 28/157.
Owner or Household
The 1776 census for Southold Township enumerated three enslaved people over 16 years in Barnabas Terrill's household.
Biographical Text
[From Salmon Records], "Terrels negro Yarrobu"
[From Mattituck register] "Yarribo Negro servant of Barnabas Terryl Esqr..."
[From Mattituck register] "Yarribo Negro servant of Barnabas Terryl Esqr..."
Files
Collection
Citation
“Yarrobu or Yarraubey,” Plain Sight Project, accessed June 5, 2023, https://plainsightproject.org/items/show/1491.