Peleg  Nott (Black Governor)

• Record ID #: 346
• Ancestry tree: Nott Family Tree
• Confidence Level: Somewhat Confident
• gender: Male
• Race/ethnicity: Black
• Date of death: Before 1810
• Master / Mistress: Colonel Jeremiah Wadsworth
• Manumission date: 1780
• Occupation: Manager of Wadsworth's farm; in American Revolution, drove a provisions cart; Black Governor, 1780
• Spouse: Rachel
• Child: Henry
• Most recent residence: Hartford, CT
• Longest place of residence: West Hartford
• Notes: Listed in the 1800 federal census in Hartford, he is listed as the householder and 2 people of color lived with him. His son (possibly grandson) Henry had 2 sons; James had 2 daughters, never married, who died in 1727 in Worcester, MA.
• Bibliographic sources: http://www.hartford-hwp.com/HBHP/exhibit/03/1.html; CTExplored; DAR, 285; Knoblock, 37.