Palfrey, John, 1768-1843.
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Palfrey, John, 1768-1843.
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Palfrey, John, 1768-1843.
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John Palfrey was born in Boston where he operated various businesses and had a family. He moved to New Orleans in 1803 and worked as a ship chandler. Later, he managed his brother-in-law's plantation near New Orleans. In 1809, he assumed control of it and sold it in 1810. Palfrey then moved to Bayou l'Albaye near St. Martinville where he operated Forlorn Hope Plantation. His eldest son, John Gorham Palfrey (1796-1881), a Harvard graduate in theology, remained in Boston.
His other sons eventually moved to Louisiana: Henry William Palfrey (1798-1866) was a cotton factor in New Orleans and in 1820 established the firm Taylor and Palfrey; William Taylor Palfrey (1800-1868) was a planter of Ricahoc Plantation on Bayou Teche in Saint Mary Parish and served as a parish judge, sheriff, and State Senator (1855); Edward Palfrey (d.1816) worked for a mercantile firm in New Orleans and died of yellow fever; George Palfrey (d. 1824) died in a duel in Boston.
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Slavery
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Plantation life
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New Orleans (La.)
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Saint Martinville (La.)
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Confederate States of America
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Ricahoc Plantation (La.)
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United States
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Vicksburg (Miss.)
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Forlorn Hope Plantation (La.)
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Louisiana
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Saint Mary Parish (La.)
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