Dorcas [Freeman] - DORC8
Title
Dorcas [Freeman] - DORC8
Description
African descent
Contributor
Jackie Dinan
Status
Enslaved
Sex
Female
Location or Address
Southold
Enslaver or Household
James Horton and executors of his estate (Benjamin Horton Jr., Gilbert Horton)
Source/s
Southold Town Records Volume 3: 104 (manumission).
Salmon Records: 113 (marriage).
J.W. Case, “Kedar and his Family,” Long Island Traveler, January 23, 1879. Paragraph on Maltby.
Cleveland Supplement published in Long Island Traveler, April 24, 1879, page 3.
"Dorcas" memorial by Reverend Epher Whitaker available at the Southold Free Library, Whitaker Collection (Ref #2008.0011.0007). Reverend Whitaker noted the funeral of Dorcas Freeman, March 30, 1871, age 97) in his diary, page 230 (unpublished, Southold Free Library, Whitaker Collection).
Salmon Records: 113 (marriage).
J.W. Case, “Kedar and his Family,” Long Island Traveler, January 23, 1879. Paragraph on Maltby.
Cleveland Supplement published in Long Island Traveler, April 24, 1879, page 3.
"Dorcas" memorial by Reverend Epher Whitaker available at the Southold Free Library, Whitaker Collection (Ref #2008.0011.0007). Reverend Whitaker noted the funeral of Dorcas Freeman, March 30, 1871, age 97) in his diary, page 230 (unpublished, Southold Free Library, Whitaker Collection).
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Birth Date
March 1774 (oral tradition)
Marriage Date
March 15, 1807
Death Date
March 27, 1871
March 30, 1871 (funeral)
March 30, 1871 (funeral)
Misc. Date
August 16, 1816 (manumission certified approved by Overseers of the Poor). September 25, 1816 (manumission certificate recorded in town record book)
Biographical Notes
Oral tradition claims she was the daughter of Jedediah Benjamin (see bio info under "Maltby" paragraph in J.W. Case article, Long Island Traveler). She married Maltby Goldsmith/Freeman (#1641); the couple had four children: Maria (#1653), Prudence (#1654), Jasper (#1655), and Phillip (#1656). Dorcas was a highly-regarded flax weaver.
She was enumerated in the 1850, 1860, and 1870 Federal censuses, residing in Southold. She was enumerated in the 1865 New York State census, residing in Southold.
She was enumerated in the 1850, 1860, and 1870 Federal censuses, residing in Southold. She was enumerated in the 1865 New York State census, residing in Southold.
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Collection
Citation
“Dorcas [Freeman] - DORC8,” Plain Sight Project, accessed November 21, 2024, https://plainsightproject.org/items/show/1642.