Isabell - ISAL2

Title

Isabell - ISAL2

Name

Isabell

Unique Person Identifier

ISAL2

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
HOPE4 | Sibling

Notes

Nathaniel Sylvester bequeathed Isabell to Elizabeth Sylvester, separating Elizabeth from her father Jacquero, her mother Hannah, and her sister Hope.

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

“Isabell - ISAL2,” Plain Sight Project, accessed April 28, 2024, https://plainsightproject.org/items/show/1900.