Keiape Felix (alias) - KEIA1
Title
Keiape Felix (alias) - KEIA1
Description
Indigenous descent
Status
Indentured
Sex
Male
Location or Address
Southold
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.
Biographical Text
The original indenture was dated 1693. The sale to John Paine Southold was recorded 6 January 1696/7.
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.
Files
Collection
Citation
“Keiape Felix (alias) - KEIA1,” Plain Sight Project, accessed December 26, 2024, https://plainsightproject.org/items/show/410.