Zilpah [Tilpah]
Title
Zilpah [Tilpah]
Description
African descent
Contributor
Jackie Dinan
Male or Female
Female
Location or Address
Southold
Status
Enslaved
Enslaver or Household
Ezra L'Hommedieu
Birth Date
1780, calculated from her reported age (25 years) at the time of her manumission.
Misc. Date
December 25, 1804 (manumission certificate approved by overseers of the poor). January 30, 1805 (manumission certificate recorded in town record book).
Source/s
Southold Town Records Volume 3: 43-44 (published transcription).
For original document see URL southoldtownny.gov=>Weblink/Laserfiche=>Town Clerk>Town Record Books>Liber D 1683-1832>images 23/238 and 24/238.
For original document see URL southoldtownny.gov=>Weblink/Laserfiche=>Town Clerk>Town Record Books>Liber D 1683-1832>images 23/238 and 24/238.
Biographical Text
Her name was transcribed as Tilpah in the published record book, but an examination of the original documents suggests her name was actually Zilpah.
"...his Negro, a female slave..."
"...his Negro, a female slave..."
Files
Collection
Citation
“Zilpah [Tilpah],” Plain Sight Project, accessed March 29, 2023, https://plainsightproject.org/items/show/1659.