Old Privateer Jack
Title
Old Privateer Jack
Description
Negro
Date
1797
Male or Female
Male
Location or Address
East Hampton
Status
December 31, 1899
Misc. Date
December 1, 1904
Biographical Notes
"Old Privateer Jack, a Negro, lived and died here nearly or quite 100 years old. [Selah Pike of East Hampton] He has heard him say he lived in New York when the Dutch owned it. Could talk Spanish." ; Listed as giving a hint of a romance between Davod Gardiner and Mehitable Burroughs. Continiously used as a witness of the events spoken of on the page (Pg. 67)
Source/s
Gardiners of Gardiner's Island; Early Memories of Gardiner's Island (Pg. 67)
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Collection
Citation
“Old Privateer Jack,” Plain Sight Project, accessed September 28, 2023, https://plainsightproject.org/items/show/1787.