Festus Case - FEST1
Title
Festus Case - FEST1
Subject
Person
Description
Son of Catherine/Cate.
Contributor
Jackie Dinan
Location or Address
Southold
Enslaver or Household
Lieutenant Moses Case (died 1814), followed by his sons/heirs, Moses Luther Case and Matthias Case.
Source/s
Original Southold parish register accessed at Ancestry.com under the collection entitled, U.S., Presbyterian Church Records, 1701–1970New York>Southold>First Presbyterian Church>Baptisms, Marriages, Deaths>1749-1832>image 202/340 (baptism).
For marriage record see Wayland Jefferson, Cutchogue: Southold’s First Colony (1940), 156.
For manumission record see Southold Town Records Volume.3:90-91 (transcript) or original record at URL southoldtownny.gov=>Weblink/Laserfiche=>Town Clerk>Town Record Books>Liber D 1683-1832>image 56/238.
For marriage record see Wayland Jefferson, Cutchogue: Southold’s First Colony (1940), 156.
For manumission record see Southold Town Records Volume.3:90-91 (transcript) or original record at URL southoldtownny.gov=>Weblink/Laserfiche=>Town Clerk>Town Record Books>Liber D 1683-1832>image 56/238.
Male or Female
Male
Baptism Date
February 18, 1776
Birth Date
1776. His birth year calculated from his age at the time of manumission coincides with his baptism date.
Marriage Date
April 26, 1814, at Cutchogue by Lathrop Thompson.
Misc. Date
Manumission recorded on April 2, 1814.
Biographical Notes
Festus' siblings included Enos (#1741), Jason (#1745), and Limus (#1743). His parents were Cesar (#1739) and Catherine/Cate (#1740).
NOTE: Lieutenant Moses Case died September 25, 1814, age 91. His will was proved October 13, 1814 (Suffolk County Will Liber C:446), in which sons Gilbert, Moses Luther, and Matthias were named.
Since Festus wasn't a common name, he was likely the same man who married Fillis two weeks after his manumission.
His name in the 1820 federal census at Southold has been incorrectly transcribed as Testus Cane (Free Black Heads of Households in the New York State Federal Census, 1790-1830 (Gale Genealogy & Local History Series, V14; 1981)). Another (Ancestry.com) transcribed him as Fisher Case, the head of a household containing three free people of color and 1 white child (1 male 26-45, 1 female 26-45, and 1 male under 14; the white child was probably an error). He was enumerated in the 1830 federal census at Southold as head of a household containing four free people of color (1 male 36-54; 1 female 24-35; 1 female 55-99; 1 male 10-23).
NOTE: Lieutenant Moses Case died September 25, 1814, age 91. His will was proved October 13, 1814 (Suffolk County Will Liber C:446), in which sons Gilbert, Moses Luther, and Matthias were named.
Since Festus wasn't a common name, he was likely the same man who married Fillis two weeks after his manumission.
His name in the 1820 federal census at Southold has been incorrectly transcribed as Testus Cane (Free Black Heads of Households in the New York State Federal Census, 1790-1830 (Gale Genealogy & Local History Series, V14; 1981)). Another (Ancestry.com) transcribed him as Fisher Case, the head of a household containing three free people of color and 1 white child (1 male 26-45, 1 female 26-45, and 1 male under 14; the white child was probably an error). He was enumerated in the 1830 federal census at Southold as head of a household containing four free people of color (1 male 36-54; 1 female 24-35; 1 female 55-99; 1 male 10-23).
Files
Collection
Citation
“Festus Case - FEST1,” Plain Sight Project, accessed April 25, 2024, https://plainsightproject.org/items/show/1744.