Abel - ABEL3
Title
Abel - ABEL3
Description
African descent
Contributor
Jackie Dinan
Name
Abel
Unique Person Identifier
ABEL3
Status
Enslaved
Location or Address
Southold
Enslaver or Household
William Albertson [II]
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.
Male or Female
Male
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).
Files
Collection
Citation
“Abel - ABEL3,” Plain Sight Project, accessed May 17, 2025, https://plainsightproject.org/items/show/1650.