Dick
Title
Dick
Subject
Person
Description
1753
negro man
Sex
Male
Location or Address
East Hampton
Status
Enslaved
Enslaver or Household
Jacob Skellix/Schellinger
Death Date
January 10, 1753
(Also given as Jan. 17, 1753 in History of the Davis Family, p. 15.)
(Also given as Jan. 17, 1753 in History of the Davis Family, p. 15.)
Source/s
Records of the Town of East Hampton, Long Island, Suffolk Co., N.Y. With Other Ancient Documents of Historic Value Volume 5. Hedges, Henry Parsons, ed. Sag Harbor. J.H. Hunt, printer. 1905. p. 587.
Davis, Albert Henry. History of the Davis Family; Being an Account of the Descendants of John Davis, a Native of England, who Died in East Hampton, Long Island, in 1705. With Notices of Individuals and Families Connected with Them. Brought Down to 1886-7. 1888, p. 15.
Davis, Albert Henry. History of the Davis Family; Being an Account of the Descendants of John Davis, a Native of England, who Died in East Hampton, Long Island, in 1705. With Notices of Individuals and Families Connected with Them. Brought Down to 1886-7. 1888, p. 15.
Biographical Text
This is probably Dick, who drowned along with Jacob Schellinger and Capt. Daniel Baker in a whaleboat coming ashore on the south side, at East Hampton.
Files
Collection
Citation
“Dick,” Plain Sight Project, accessed March 25, 2023, https://plainsightproject.org/items/show/728.