Phyllis - PHYL1
Title
Phyllis - PHYL1
Description
African descent
Contributor
Jackie Dinan
Location or Address
Southold
Enslaver or Household
Ezra L'Hommedieu
Source/s
Southold Town Records Volume 3: 46.
For original record see URL southoldtownny.gov=>Weblink/Laserfiche=>Town Clerk>Town Record Books>Liber D 1683-1832>image 25/238.
Ezra L'Hommedieu's 1789 will is located at New York University/Fales Special Collections/Sylvestor Manor Archive/Record Group II: L'Hommedieu Family/Box 16/Folder 3.
Original death record at Ancestry.com>U.S. Presbyterian Church Records 1701-1970> New York>Southold>First Presbyterian Church>Baptisms, Marriages, Deaths>1749-1832>image 248/340. Her death was also recorded in the Salmon Records, page 72.
For original record see URL southoldtownny.gov=>Weblink/Laserfiche=>Town Clerk>Town Record Books>Liber D 1683-1832>image 25/238.
Ezra L'Hommedieu's 1789 will is located at New York University/Fales Special Collections/Sylvestor Manor Archive/Record Group II: L'Hommedieu Family/Box 16/Folder 3.
Original death record at Ancestry.com>U.S. Presbyterian Church Records 1701-1970> New York>Southold>First Presbyterian Church>Baptisms, Marriages, Deaths>1749-1832>image 248/340. Her death was also recorded in the Salmon Records, page 72.
Male or Female
Female
Birth Date
Between 1767–1785, calculated from information provided by Ezra L'Hommedieu's 1789 will.
Marriage Date
August 19, 1806
Death Date
June 22, 1807.
Misc. Date
April 27, 1807 (manumission certificate approved by overseers of the poor).
Biographical Notes
Phyllis was named in an early will of Ezra L'Hommedieu, dated December 28, 1789. "...to my kindsman Samuel L'Hommedieu the time and service of my negro boy Robin and my Negro girl Phillis till they arrive to the age of twenty-two years at which time thy be made free, and that he my said kindsman learn them to read."
She married Prince (#1498). They had one known child, HIram (#1544). She may have died in childbirth.
She married Prince (#1498). They had one known child, HIram (#1544). She may have died in childbirth.
Files
Collection
Citation
“Phyllis - PHYL1,” Plain Sight Project, accessed December 9, 2024, https://plainsightproject.org/items/show/1660.