Hope - HOPE4

Title

Hope - HOPE4

Name

Hope

Unique Person Identifier

HOPE4

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

JACQ1 | Parent
HANN4 | Parent
ISAL2 | Sibling

Notes

Nathaniel Sylvester bequeathed Hope to his wife Grizzell, along with Hope's father Jacquero and her mother Hannah.

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

Citation

“Hope - HOPE4,” Plain Sight Project, accessed November 21, 2024, https://plainsightproject.org/items/show/1899.