John Persis

first name: John
last name: Persis
gender: male
birth, death year: -- , --
first, last year in records: 1800, --
confidence level: confirmed identity
freed status (year freed): unknown
enslaver(s)
location(s): Cummington, MA
place of origin

Bio

John "Prisept" appears in the Goshen, Massachusetts federal census with seven in the "All Other Free Persons" column. By 1810, it appears that John "Persiss" had moved to nearby Cummington with a household of 13 people. The 1820 federal census for Lanesborough, Massachusetts shows John "Persis" with 11 "Free Colored" people.