Pelletreau family papers 1662-1921

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Pelletreau family papers 1662-1921

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The Pelletreau family papers relate to multiple members of the Pelletreau family of Southampton, NY. A large portion of materials relate specifically to Elias Pelletreau and William S. Pelletreau as well as other members of the Southampton community. The collection includes a set of index cards providing access by individual name to the bulk of the documents. This collection is rich with legal and financial documentation that provide insight into the economic and political life of Southampton in Suffolk County, Long Island from the late seventeenth century to the early twentieth century. Document types include wills, deeds, indentures, indentures for apprenticeship, account books, maps and certificates. This collection also contains correspondence, some of which is in French, of the personal and family matters of the Pelletreau family. References to the American Revolution, land deals with the Shinnecock Native American Tribe, sea merchants and whaling as well as African-Americans appear in the collection in various genres of material.

1.0 Linear feet; in one manuscript box, one oversize flat box, and one box of index cards.

Center for Brooklyn History (2020-)

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SNAC Resource ID: 6329071

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New York (State). Militia

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Levies were special regiments recruited under provisions of the legislature which entitled recruits to plots of unappropriated land. From the description of Levy certificates issued record book. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122617529 ...

Pelletreau, Elias, 1726-1810

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Pelletreau was a silversmith on Long Island, NY. From the description of Account books, 1759-1852. (Winterthur Library). WorldCat record id: 122573759 Silversmith. From the description of Account books, 1759-1822. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155566970 The Pelletreau family originated from France and arrived in Massachusetts with twelve other Huguenot families in 1686. Francis Pelletreau (b. 1697) moved to Southampton in 1728. Francis marr...

Pelletreau family

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The Pelletreau family originated from France and arrived in Massachusetts with twelve other Huguenot families in 1686. Francis Pelletreau (b. 1697) moved to Southampton in 1728. Francis married Jane Osburne in 1721 and had two children: Elias (b. 1726) and Mary (b. 1723). Francis was involved in the whaling industry as well as a merchant; it has been cited that he was a business partner of Hugh Gelston. Francis died in London, where he was undergoing a surgical operation in 1737. ...