Abel
Title
Abel
Description
African descent
Contributor
Jackie Dinan
Male or Female
Male
Location or Address
Southold
Status
Enslaved
Enslaver or Household
William Albertson [II]
Birth Date
1797, calculated from his reported age (24 years) at the time of his manumission.
Death Date
1828 (oral tradition)
Misc. Date
April 4, 1821 (manumission certificate approved by the overseers of the poor and registered in the town record book by the town clerk).
Biographical Notes
He was a son of Kedar (#1639) and Pegg (#1640).
Source/s
Southold Town Records Volume 3: 96-97.
Biographical information from "Abel" paragraph by J.W. Case, “Kedar and his Family” in Long Island Traveler, January 23, 1879.
Biographical information from "Abel" paragraph by J.W. Case, “Kedar and his Family” in Long Island Traveler, January 23, 1879.
Files
Collection
Citation
“Abel,” Plain Sight Project, accessed March 26, 2023, https://plainsightproject.org/items/show/1650.