Keiape
Title
Keiape
(alias) Felix
Description
Indigenous descent
Sex
Male
Location or Address
Southold
Status
Indentured
Enslaver or Household
John Paine
Source/s
.Southold Town Records, Volume 2 (1884), page 74-75 [original record book page, 27].
Original record at URL https://southoldtownny.gov/ [click on Weblink/Laserfiche icon bottom of page] Town Clerk>Town Record Books>Liber C 1685-1701> image 62/635.
Original record at URL https://southoldtownny.gov/ [click on Weblink/Laserfiche icon bottom of page] Town Clerk>Town Record Books>Liber C 1685-1701> image 62/635.
Owner or Household
Matthew Mayhew of Martha's Vineyard sold the indenture contract (seven years) for two native Americans, Keiape (alias Felix) and James Covell (#411), to Jacob Mayle for 25 pounds. Keiape and Covell were given the chance to pay Mayhew for their freedom. If not ["for want thereof"] they were to be sold "into any part of their Majesties Dominions." Mayle sold the indentures to Paine.
Biographical Text
The original indenture was dated 1693. The sale to John Paine Southold was recorded 6 January 1696/7.
Files
Collection
Citation
“Keiape,” Plain Sight Project, accessed January 27, 2023, https://plainsightproject.org/items/show/410.