Unrecorded Name - UNID11

Title

Unrecorded Name - UNID11

Subject

Person

Description

“A slave”
1719
East Hampton, British Colonial America

Name

Unnamed Individual

Status

Enslaved

Sex

Unknown

Source/s

Cronicles of The Town Of East Hampton by david gardiner

Biographical Text

Three young persons and a slave returning to their home in Wayunscott...were drowened when they nearly reached the shore. From Huntting in EH Town Records v.5, p564: This day Francis Noyes, aged abt. 17 years. A daughter of Steph. Hands, aged abt. 14 years. A daughter of David Fithians, abt. 7 years & a negro lad of Joseph Strettons, going home over Georgike from meeting, were drowned just as Yy got over, ye canoe looking and sinking.

Death Date

September

Owner or Household

Joseph Stretton

Citation

“Unrecorded Name - UNID11,” Plain Sight Project, accessed November 21, 2024, https://plainsightproject.org/items/show/316.