Frances - FRAS1

Title

Frances - FRAS1

Description

African descent

Status

Enslaved

Sex

Female

Location or Address

Mattituck

Enslaver or Household

Major Thomas Conkling followed by his widow Hannah Conkling.

Source/s

A History of Mattituck, Long Island, N.Y. Charles E. Craven (1906: privately printed), pages 285, 348.
Original records at Ancestry.com>U.S. Presbyterian Church Records 1701-1970>New York>Mattituck>Mattituck Presbyterian Church>Session, Register, Baptisms, Marriages, Deaths>1764-1809>image 83/157 [baptism], 130/157 [death].

Biographical Text

"Frances ye dughter of Dorcas, a wench belonging to Maj T Conkling."

"Francis Wench of widow Hannah Conkling."

Baptism Date

July 26, 1778.

Death Date

September 7, 1790

Biographical Notes

She was daughter of Dorcas (#1330) and sister of Pero (#498).

Owner or Household

Major Thomas Conkling died November 12, 1789. Hannah Conkline [Conkling] was enumerated in the 1790 federal census at Southold as head of a household including four enslaved people. Hannah married Reverend Benjamin Goldsmith in 1793.

Files

1778.BAP of Frances dau of Dorcas_F Conkling.JPG
1790.DEA Frances_Wid Hannah Conkling.JPG

Collection

Citation

“Frances - FRAS1,” Plain Sight Project, accessed December 21, 2024, https://plainsightproject.org/items/show/497.