Frances
Title
Frances
Description
African descent
Sex
Female
Location or Address
Mattituck
Status
Enslaved
Enslaver or Household
Major Thomas Conkling followed by his 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).
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].
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].
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.
Biographical Text
"Frances ye dughter of Dorcas, a wench belonging to Maj T Conkling."
"Francis Wench of widow Hannah Conkling."
"Francis Wench of widow Hannah Conkling."
Files
Collection
Citation
“Frances,” Plain Sight Project, accessed January 27, 2023, https://plainsightproject.org/items/show/497.