Peter
Title
Peter
Booth
Description
African descent
Contributor
Jackie Dinan
Male or Female
Male
Location or Address
Southold
Status
Unknown
Birth Date
1805, calculated from age at death.
Marriage Date
1834, calculated by birthyear of first child (1835) reported on 1850 Federal census.
Death Date
October 3, 1857
Misc. Date
April 3, 1824. Entered into full church membership.
July 25, 1855. Ordination at the First Colored Congregational Church at Greenport (New York).
July 25, 1855. Ordination at the First Colored Congregational Church at Greenport (New York).
Biographical Notes
His use of the surname, Booth, was uncommon. Circumstantial evidence from other sources suggest he was the son of Dorcas Booth. She was enumerated in the 1820 Federal census in Southold as head of a household containing two free people of color—one woman over 45 years, one male between 14–26. Peter Booth, a congregational clergyman, was enumerated in the 1850 census as head of a household in Southold. Dorcas Booth (age 84) was living with him at that time. His ordination was reported in the Frederick Douglass newspaper in 1855.
Source/s
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>image 223/340.
Frederick Douglass' Paper, August 3, 1855; page 3, column 4.
Frederick Douglass' Paper, August 3, 1855; page 3, column 4.
Files
Collection
Citation
“Peter,” Plain Sight Project, accessed March 25, 2023, https://plainsightproject.org/items/show/1704.