An enslaved boy in the household of Captain Jean Marcos Coulon de Villiers.
Born 16 October 1818. Race is not recorded.
Baptized by Diego de Alcala Vasquez, chaplain, at St. Michael’s Parish (Spanish Pensacola) on May 30, 1819. Mother was Sily, a morena woman enslaved in the same household. Father was not mentioned in baptismal record (this usually meant the father was unwilling or unable to acknowledge the child).
FAMILY:
Mother: Sily de Villiers*
SOURCES:
Records of St. Michael’s Parish, Pensacola, FL, Book III: Baptisms of People of Color, 1817 – 1882. University of West Florida Archives and West Florida History Center. 22 SEP 2021.