Sally Yorkshire (abt. 1778 - abt. 1848)

Born about 1778 in Maryland, USA [uncertain]

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Biography

Sally Yorkshire is a part of US Black heritage.

Sally was born about 1778. She passed away between 1845 to 1851.

She had three children:

1. Mary (b.1802)
2. Alexius (b.1805)
3. Henry (b.1813)

A Sally Yorkshins (Yorkshire?), born in 1778, was enumerated on a passenger list for the Katherine Jackson which departed Alexandria, District of Columbia, and arrived in New Orleans, Louisiana on 13 Nov 1838.^[1]

Who Are GU272?

In 1838, the Maryland Jesuits sold more than 300 enslaved people to sugar plantations in southern Louisiana, in order to rescue Georgetown University from bankruptcy. In all, the Jesuits sold 314 men, women and children over a 5-year period stretching from 1838 to 1843. Today, these enslaved people are known collectively as the “GU272 Ancestors.” Genealogists have identified many of the original people who were sold, along with 8,425 of their descendants, living and dead.

Sources

1. ↑ National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Washington, D.C.; Slave Manifests of Coastwise Vessels Filed at New Orleans, Louisiana, 1807-1860; Microfilm Serial: M1895; Microfilm Roll: 8

• GU272 Descendants, 1785-2000. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2019). https://trees.americanancestors.org/#!/tree/33338/people/53K-1WQ5-UCTS