Crank - CRAN1
Title
Crank - CRAN1
Description
Negro
Contributor
Jackie Dinan
Sex
Male
Location or Address
Southold
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.
Letter. Henry Packer Dering to Nichol Havens, April 19, 1825. Original in the East Hampton Library Long Island Collection.
Letter. Henry Packer Dering to Nichol Havens, April 19, 1825. Original in the East Hampton Library Long Island Collection.
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).
He was enumerated in the 1790 and 1800 federal censuses, residing in Shelter Island.
Henry Packer Dering, in a letter to Nichol Havens, wrote that "old Crank" died in the first weeks of April, 1825, and was buried at the "old mansion,"i.e., Sylvester Manor, attending were members of the Dering families.
He was enumerated in the 1790 and 1800 federal censuses, residing in Shelter Island.
Henry Packer Dering, in a letter to Nichol Havens, wrote that "old Crank" died in the first weeks of April, 1825, and was buried at the "old mansion,"i.e., Sylvester Manor, attending were members of the Dering families.
Marriage Date
January 2, 1764
Death Date
April, 1825
Biographical Notes
He married Florah (#1512), a Negro.
Files
Collection
Citation
“Crank - CRAN1,” Plain Sight Project, accessed July 12, 2025, https://plainsightproject.org/items/show/1511.