Amy Walker Cheston (1744-1841)
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This white person has 1 related event in the database, listed at the bottom of this page.
- Identifier
- NJS-PER-02427
- Given Name
- Amy
- Family Name
- Cheston
- Alternate Name
- Walker
- Amey Cheston
- Birth Date
- 1744
- Death Date
- 1841
- Sex
- Female
- Biographical Description
- Amy (or Amey) Cheston née Walker was an enslaver who resided in Stony Brook, in the vicinity of Princeton, New Jersey, in the early 19th century. She was the widow of John Cheston.
- Keywords
- white person
- enslaver
- Enslaver of
- Nelly (b. 1793)
- Spouse of
- John Cheston (1748-1792)
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This person is represented on the following page(s):
Find a Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/54194990 - Record Contributor
- Larissa Jimenez Gratereaux
- Princeton & Slavery Project
- Jesse Bayker
- Linked Sources
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Author:
- Runaway ad for Nelly, by Amy Walker Cheston (Runaway ad for Nelly, by Amy Walker Cheston, "10 DOLLARS REWARD," Trenton Federalist, November 6, 1809.)
- Linked Events
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Additional Participant in:
- 1809-10-15 Freedom Seeking: Nelly (Role: Enslaver, Advertiser)
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