Peter Derby - PETE17
Title
Peter Derby - PETE17
Description
African descent
Contributor
Jackie Dinan
Status
Enslaved
Location or Address
Southold
Enslaver or Household
Estate of William Albertson
Source/s
Original record at Ancestry.com>U.S. Presbyterian Church Records 1701-1970> New York>Southold>First Presbyterian Church>Baptisms, Marriages, Deaths>1749-1832>image 222/340 (church membership).
Southold Town Records Liber E: 69, see URL southoldtownny.gov=>Weblink/Laserfiche=>Town Clerk>Town Record Books>Liber E 1818-1887>image 160/175 (manumission documents).
Biographical information excerpted from "Peter" paragraph by J.W. Case, “Kedar and his Family” in Long Island Traveler, January 23, 1879.
Death notice from Cleveland Supplement, Long Island Traveler, February 27, 1879, page 3.
Administration papers at Suffolk County Surrogate Court at Riverhead, New York (Liber G: 278; #4129).
Southold Town Records Liber E: 69, see URL southoldtownny.gov=>Weblink/Laserfiche=>Town Clerk>Town Record Books>Liber E 1818-1887>image 160/175 (manumission documents).
Biographical information excerpted from "Peter" paragraph by J.W. Case, “Kedar and his Family” in Long Island Traveler, January 23, 1879.
Death notice from Cleveland Supplement, Long Island Traveler, February 27, 1879, page 3.
Administration papers at Suffolk County Surrogate Court at Riverhead, New York (Liber G: 278; #4129).
Male or Female
Male
Birth Date
1795, calculated from his reported age (25 years) at the time of his manumission.
Death Date
July 10, 1851
Misc. Date
June 1, 1817, entered into full church membership.
April 22, 1820 (manumission certificate approved by overseers of the poor); May 4, 1820 (manumission certificate recorded in town record book).
April 22, 1820 (manumission certificate approved by overseers of the poor); May 4, 1820 (manumission certificate recorded in town record book).
Biographical Notes
He was a son of Kedar (#1639) and Pegg (#1640). Elements of J.W. Case's biographical paragraph can be confirmed. A Peter Derby (Black, age 50, born New York) was living in Boston’s Sixth Ward at the time of the 1850 Federal census.
According to administration papers filed by J. W. Case, Peter Derby died intestate in Sag Harbor in mid-1851. His brother Derby Derby waived his rights as next of kin and requested that Joseph Wickham Case be appointed administrator of his deceased brother's estate ($200-$300). Administration granted to J.W. Case, October 20, 1851.
According to administration papers filed by J. W. Case, Peter Derby died intestate in Sag Harbor in mid-1851. His brother Derby Derby waived his rights as next of kin and requested that Joseph Wickham Case be appointed administrator of his deceased brother's estate ($200-$300). Administration granted to J.W. Case, October 20, 1851.
Files
Collection
Citation
“Peter Derby - PETE17,” Plain Sight Project, accessed December 13, 2024, https://plainsightproject.org/items/show/1648.