Pero

Title

Pero

Description

African descent

Sex

Male

Location or Address

Mattituck

Status

Enslaved

Enslaver or Household

Major Thomas Conkling [Conklyn]

Baptism Date

January 25, 1780

Biographical Notes

Pero was the son of Dorcas (#1330) and brother of Frances (#496).

Source/s

A History of Mattituck, Long Island, N.Y. Charles E. Craven (1906: privately printed), page 286.
Original record at Ancestry.com>U.S. Presbyterian Church Records 1701-1970>New York>Mattituck>Mattituck Presbyterian Church>Session, Register, Baptisms, Marriages, Deaths>1764-1809>image 84/157.

Biographical Text

"[Baptized] Pero son of Dorcas Wench of Maj Conkling."

Files

1780.BAP Pero son of Dorcas_Conkling.JPG

Collection

Citation

“Pero,” Plain Sight Project, accessed September 28, 2023, https://plainsightproject.org/items/show/498.