Oyou - OYOU1

Title

Oyou - OYOU1

Name

Oyou

Unique Person Identifier

OYOU1

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

TAMM1 | Spouse
OBIU1 | Child
TOM6 | Child
UNID190 | Child
UNID191 | Child

Notes

Nathaniel Sylvester bequeathed Oyou to his son Peter, along with Oyou's husband Tammero.

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

“Oyou - OYOU1,” Plain Sight Project, accessed December 21, 2024, https://plainsightproject.org/items/show/1904.