Rosetta Page

Rosetta (also known as Rose) was an enslaved worker at Tuckahoe during the Wight and Allen period.  She is thought to have been born sometime between 1836-1838.  Her name first appears on the inventory list of Edwin Wight’s estate in April 1850.  Shortly thereafter, she is listed in Joseph Allen’s account after he acquired Tuckahoe in July of that year.  Rosetta was listed as a field hand in the Allen records.  Rosetta gave birth to a daughter (Susan) on December 5, 1856 and another daughter (Idenia) on July 4, 1859.  It is unknown who the father of either of these two children was.