Simmene
Title
Simmene
Description
Negro servant
Contributor
Jackie Dinan
Male or Female
Female
Location or Address
Southold
Enslaver or Household
Henry Tuthill followed by Samuel Landon Esq.
Birth Date
1720–1725 [estimated range]
Baptism Date
November 10, 1751
Death Date
July 24, 1783.
Misc. Date
September 1764. Entered into full church membership.
Biographical Notes
Seminee [sic] and her children were named in the will of Henry Tuthill who passed them as chattel to his daughter Bethia, wife of Samuel Landon. She had at least two children—Cesar (#1686) and Condia/Candice (#1687). She remained enslaved in the Landon household until her death.
Source/s
Will of Henry Tuthill, New York County Surrogate Courts, Will book Volume 17: 117 (accessed at Ancestry.com).
Original Southold parish register accessed at Ancestry.com under the collection entitled, U.S., Presbyterian Church Records, 1701–1970>New York>Southold>First Presbyterian Church>Baptisms, Marriages, Deaths>1749-1832>images 21/340, 23/340 (baptism), and 211/340 (full membership).
Her death was recorded in Salmon Records, page 56: "Simony Landon whench."
Original Southold parish register accessed at Ancestry.com under the collection entitled, U.S., Presbyterian Church Records, 1701–1970>New York>Southold>First Presbyterian Church>Baptisms, Marriages, Deaths>1749-1832>images 21/340, 23/340 (baptism), and 211/340 (full membership).
Her death was recorded in Salmon Records, page 56: "Simony Landon whench."
Files
Collection
Citation
“Simmene,” Plain Sight Project, accessed March 28, 2023, https://plainsightproject.org/items/show/1685.