Crank
Title
Crank
Description
Negro
Contributor
Jackie Dinan
Sex
Male
Location or Address
Southold
Marriage Date
January 2, 1764
Biographical Notes
He married Florah (#1512), a Negro.
Source/s
Original Southold parish register accessed at Ancestry.com under the collection entitled, U.S., Presbyterian Church Records, 1701–1970>New York>Southold>First Presbyterian Church>Baptisms, Marriages, Deaths>1749-1832>image 275/340.
He was enumerated in the 1790 and 1800 federal censuses, residing in Shelter Island.
He was enumerated in the 1790 and 1800 federal censuses, residing in Shelter Island.
Biographical Text
Oral tradition from the diary of Augustus Griffin states that Crank was known on Shelter Island "as a manufacturer of salt from salt water by boiling it at Shelter Island in the Revolutionary War." The same source states he was the father of Diana Williams of Shelter Island (#1683). [Transcript from Grania B. Marcus, Discovering the African-American Experience in Suffolk County, 1620-1860 (1995, 1988): 61. Original at the Center for Brooklyn History (formerly the Brooklyn Historical Society).
Files
Collection
Citation
“Crank,” Plain Sight Project, accessed May 22, 2022, https://plainsightproject.org/items/show/1511.