Hester - HEST1

Title

Hester - HEST1

Name

Hester

Unique Person Identifier

HEST1

Ancestry

African

Status

Enslaved

Sex

Female

Event Type

Transfer

Event Date

1680

Location or Address

80 North Ferry Road, Shelter Island, NY 11964

Enslaver or Household

Nathaniel Sylvester

Relationships

TONY1 | Parent
NANN1 | Parent
ABBE1 | Sibling
GRAC1 | Sibling
SEMN1 | Sibling

Notes

Nathaniel Sylvester bequeathed Hester to his daughter Patience.

Source Type

Will and Testament

Source/s

Nathaniel Sylvester last will and testament, 1680. Shelter Island Historical Society, Shelter Island, New York.

Researcher

Donnamarie Barnes and Alice Clark

Collection

Shelter Island

Citation

“Hester - HEST1,” Plain Sight Project, accessed November 21, 2024, https://plainsightproject.org/items/show/1893.