Lucy
Title
Lucy
Description
1760
Negro Lucy
Sex
Female
Location or Address
East Hampton
Status
Enslaved
Enslaver or Household
John Chatfield negro lucy to a pair of shoes 0|6|0; John Chatfield negro lucy to a pair of shoes 0|7|0. See also Thomas Chatfield's will, 1751: "I leave to my well beloved wife Hannah the use of my negro woman "Lewsey" so long as she remains my widow, "
Misc. Date
10/1760; 12/1761
Source/s
Hedges Shoemaker account book 1760-1768. East Hampton Library Long Island Collection.
Biographical Text
John Chatfield negro lucy to a pair of shoes 0|6|0; John Chatfield negro lucy to a pair of shoes 0|7|0. See also Thomas Chatfield's will, http://genealogytrails.com/ny/suffolk/wills.html "I, THOMAS CHATFIELD, of East Hampton, in Suffolk County, yeoman, "being under indisposition of body, and knowing that it is appointed for man once to dye." I leave to my well beloved wife Hannah the use of my negro woman "Lewsey" so long as she remains my widow, "
Collection
Citation
“Lucy,” Plain Sight Project, accessed March 25, 2023, https://plainsightproject.org/items/show/740.