- Dorothy A. DeBisschop, Oxford's Record: The First 175 Years (Oxford, CT, Oxford Record, Inc., 1973), 18, 22.
- W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), 12.
Congregational Church ... Febr 19, 1758-9, Pero Negro owned his Covenant.
- Ibid., 19.
Congregational Church .. Feby 19, 1949, Pero, Negro, upon his confession of Faith was baptized.
- Ibid., 49.
1789 ... April 13th, Pero, Negro, died.
- Dorothy A. DeBisschop, Oxford's Record: The First 175 Years (Oxford, CT, Oxford Record, Inc., 1973), 18, 22.
- W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), 19.
Congregational Church. Baptisms ... Jany 15, 1750, Philis, Negro woman to James Wheler.
- Dorothy A. DeBisschop, Oxford's Record: The First 175 Years (Oxford, CT, Oxford Record, Inc., 1973), 21.
- W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), 19.
Congregational Church ... 1780 ... Laban, Son to Desire, Wife to Laban, Negro.
- 1790 Derby Census.
- W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), 39.
Congregational Church. Marriages ... June 30, 1747, Pero and Phylis, Negroes, Servants to James Wheler, entered into ye Marriage Covenant.