Obium - OBIU1
Title
Obium - OBIU1
Name
Obium
Unique Person Identifier
OBIU1
Ancestry
African
Status
Enslaved
Event Type
Transfer
Event Date
1680
Location or Address
80 North Ferry Road, Shelter Island, NY 11964
Enslaver or Household
Nathaniel Sylvester
Notes
Nathaniel Sylvester bequeathed Obium to his son Constant, along with Obium's brother Tom.
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
“Obium - OBIU1,” Plain Sight Project, accessed December 21, 2024, https://plainsightproject.org/items/show/1905.