Slaveholders Listed on this Page
- Anderson, William (Enslaved persons: Francis)
- Baker, Richard (Enslaved persons: Kassee, Phineas)
- Burns, William (Enslaved persons: Flora, Cuff)
- Calhoun, Mary (Enslaved persons: Margaret Reddon)
- Cheyney, Thomas (Enslaved persons: Lizey, Isaac)
- Craig, George (Enslaved persons: Phebe, Phill, Jack, Amy, Thomas)
- Crosby, John Jr. (Enslaved persons: Fann)
- Crozer, James (Enslaved persons: Anthony Walsh, Amelia)
- Davis, Caleb (Enslaved persons: Frank)
- Davis, Lewis (Enslaved persons: Rebecca)
- Deihl, Adam (Enslaved persons: Nancy Norris)
- Dick, Archibald (Enslaved persons: Cuff, Nance, Statea, Flora, Ben)
- Diehl, Nicholas (Enslaved persons: Lonnon, Cojo, Dinah, Cesar)
- Doyle, Maryan (Enslaved persons: Ruth)
- Doyle, William (Enslaved persons: Un-named girl)
- Elliott, Christopher (Enslaved persons: Frank, Joe, Betts, Rach)
- Elliott, Enoch (Enslaved persons: Hannah, Frank, Joe, Betts, Rach, Old Primus, Young Prime, Dina, Peter, Nance)
- Elliott, Israel (Enslaved persons: Phebe, Elizabeth, Primus Neid)
- Elliott, Martha (Enslaved persons: Hannah)
- Elliott, Peter (Enslaved persons: Primus, Dina, Peter, Nance)
- Evans, Elizabeth (Enslaved persons: one unnamed female slave)
- Evans, Philip, Heirs of (Enslaved persons: Dinah, Adam, Abb, Sylvia)
- Flower, John (Enslaved persons: George)
- German, John (Enslaved persons: Venus)
- Gibbons, Joseph (Enslaved persons: Phebe)
- Harman, Sarah (Enslaved persons: Clarissa)
- Hendrickson, Isaac (Enslaved persons: Tone, Nance, Frank, Bett, Tone, Jos, Pol, Dine)
- Hortright, Hester (Enslaved persons: Joe)
- Hughes, Edward (Enslaved persons: Will)
- Humphreys, Charles, and others (Enslaved persons: Nanny, Cezar, Tone, Nancy, Judy, Dolly, Alice, Jimmy, Fanny)
- Hunter, Jonathan (Enslaved persons: Philis, Paddy, Samson, Prudi, Philis, unnamed male child)
Enslavement Data
- Slaveholder Name: Anderson, William
City or Township: Chester
County: Delaware County
Occupation:
Notes:
- Slave Name: Francis
Slave Sex: Male
Slave Age: infant
Slave Date of Birth: 17 February 1806
Slave Status: Slave to age 28
Slave Description: "male mulatto bastard child"
Slave Notes:
Date of Record: 2 July 1806
Source: Henry Graham Ashmead, History of Delaware County, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1884, p. 205.
- Slaveholder Name: Baker, Richard
City or Township: Middletown Township
County: Delaware County
Occupation: Yeoman
Notes: Baker's slaves are recorded on page 10 of the 1780 register.
- Slave Name: Kassee
Slave Sex: Female
Slave Age: 13
Slave Date of Birth: 1767 (calculated)
Slave Status: Slave for life
Slave Description: "Negro girl"
Slave Notes: Registered as "A Negro girl named Kassee aged thirteen years a slave for life."
Date of Record: November 1, 1780
Sources: Slave Register, Chester County, November 1, 1780; Henry Graham Ashmead, History of Delaware County, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1884, p. 204.
- Slave Name: Phineas
Slave Sex: Male
Slave Age: 17
Slave Date of Birth: 1763 (calculated)
Slave Status: Slave to the age of 31
Slave Description: "Mulatto servant Boy"
Slave Notes: Registered as "A Mulatto servant Boy till he attains the age of thirty one years named Phineas aged seventeen years."
Date of Record: November 1, 1780
Sources: Slave Register, Chester County, November 1, 1780; Henry Graham Ashmead, History of Delaware County, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1884, p. 204.
- Slaveholder Name: Burns, William
City or Township: Marcus Hook
County: Delaware County
Occupation: Inn keeper
Notes:
- Slave Name: Flora
Slave Sex: Female
Slave Age: infant
Slave Date of Birth: 14 February 1794
Slave Status: Slave to age 28
Slave Description: "female negro child"
Slave Notes:
Date of Record: 29 April 1794
Source: Henry Graham Ashmead, History of Delaware County, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1884, p. 205.
- Slave Name: Cuff
Slave Sex: Male
Slave Age: infant
Slave Date of Birth: 16 March 1794
Slave Status: Slave to the age of 28
Slave Description: "male negro child"
Slave Notes:
Date of Record: 29 April 1794
Source: Henry Graham Ashmead, History of Delaware County, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1884, p. 205.
- Slaveholder Name: Calhoun, Mary
City or Township:
County: Delaware County
Occupation:
Notes: Historian Henry Ashmead notes that Mary Calhoun's entry of the child Margaret Reddon is the last registration of a slave in Delaware County.
- Slave Name: Margaret Reddon
Slave Gender: Female
Slave Age: infant
Slave Date of Birth: 5 April 1809
Slave Status: Slave to age 28
Slave Description: "Female negro child"
Slave Notes:
Date of Record: 22 September 1809
Source: Henry Graham Ashmead, History of Delaware County, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1884, p. 205.
- Slaveholder Name: Cheyney, Thomas
City or Township: Thornbury Township
County: Dealaware County
Occupation: Esquire
Notes: The slaves of Thomas Cheyney are listed on page 17 of the 1780 Register.
- Slave Name: Lizey
Slave Gender: Female
Slave Age: 9
Slave Date of Birth: 1771 (calculated)
Slave Status: Slave for life
Slave Description: "Negro Girl"
Slave Notes: Registered as "A Negro Girl named Lizey aged nine years a slave for life."
Date of Record: November 1, 1780.
Sources: Slave Register, Chester County, November 1, 1780; Henry Graham Ashmead, History of Delaware County, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1884, p. 205.
- Slave Name: Isaac
Slave Gender: Male
Slave Age: 6
Slave Date of Birth: 1774 (calculated)
Slave Status: Slave for life
Slave Description: "Negro Boy"
Slave Notes: Registered as "A Negro Boy named Isaac aged six years a slave for life."
Date of Record: November 1, 1780.
Sources: Slave Register, Chester County, November 1, 1780; Henry Graham Ashmead, History of Delaware County, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1884, p. 205.
- Slaveholder Name: Craig, George
City or Township: Marcus Hook
County: Delaware County
Occupation: Clerk
Notes: The slaves of George Craig are listed on pages 11 [Phebe, Phill, Jack and Amy] and 22 [Thomas] of the 1780 Register. No explanation was given as to why Thomas was not registered with the other slaves.
- Slave Name: Phebe
Slave Gender: Female
Slave Age: 32
Slave Date of Birth: 1748 (calculated)
Slave Status: Slave for life
Slave Description: "Negro woman"
Slave Notes: Registered as "A Negro woman named Phebe aged thirty two years a slave for life."
Date of Record: November 1, 1780.
Sources: Slave Register, Chester County, November 1, 1780; Henry Graham Ashmead, History of Delaware County, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1884, p. 204.
- Slave Name: Phill
Slave Gender: Male
Slave Age: 7
Slave Date of Birth: 1773 (calculated)
Slave Status: Slave for life
Slave Description: "Negro Boy"
Slave Notes: Registered as "A Negro Boy named Phill aged seven years a slave for life."
Date of Record: November 1, 1780.
Sources: Slave Register, Chester County, November 1, 1780; Henry Graham Ashmead, History of Delaware County, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1884, p. 204.
- Slave Name: Jack
Slave Gender: Male
Slave Age: "aged three years and an half"
Slave Date of Birth: May 1777 (calculated)
Slave Status: Slave for life
Slave Description: "Mulatto Boy"
Slave Notes: Registered as "A Mulatto Boy named Jack aged three years and an half a slave for life."
Date of Record: November 1, 1780.
Sources: Slave Register, Chester County, November 1, 1780; Henry Graham Ashmead, History of Delaware County, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1884, p. 204.
- Slave Name: Amy
Slave Gender: Female
Slave Age: "aged one year and nine months"
Slave Date of Birth: March 1779 (calculated)
Slave Status: Slave for life
Slave Description: "Mulatto Girl"
Slave Notes: Registered as "A Mulatto Girl named Amy aged one year and nine months a slave for life."
Date of Record: November 1, 1780.
Sources: Slave Register, Chester County, November 1, 1780; Henry Graham Ashmead, History of Delaware County, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1884, p. 204.
- Slave Name: Thomas
Slave Gender: Male
Slave Age: 50
Slave Date of Birth: 1730 (calculated)
Slave Status: Slave for life
Slave Description: "negro man"
Slave Notes: Registered as "A negro man named Thomas aged fifty years a slave for life."
Date of Record: November 1, 1780.
Sources: Slave Register, Chester County, November 1, 1780; Henry Graham Ashmead, History of Delaware County, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1884, p. 204.
- Slaveholder Name: Crosby, John Jr.
City or Township: Ridley Township
County: Delaware County
Occupation: Yeoman
Notes: The slave of John Crosby Junior is listed on page 14 of the 1780 Register.
- Slave Name: Fann
Slave Gender: Female
Slave Age: 10
Slave Date of Birth: 1770 (calculated)
Slave Status: Slave for life
Slave Description: "Negro Girl"
Slave Notes: Registered as "A Negro Girl named Fann aged ten years a slave for life."
Date of Record: November 1, 1780.
Sources: Slave Register, Chester County, November 1, 1780; Henry Graham Ashmead, History of Delaware County, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1884, p. 204.
- Slaveholder Name: Crozer, James
City or Township: Springfield Township
County: Delaware County
Occupation: Farmer
Notes: The slaves of James Crozer are listed on page 40 of the 1780 Register.
- Slave Name: Anthony Walsh
Slave Gender: Male
Slave Age: 22
Slave Date of Birth: 1758 (calculated)
Slave Status: Slave to the age of 31 years
Slave Description: "Mulatto servant man"
Slave Notes: Registered as "A Mulatto servant man till he attains the age of thirty one years named Anthony Walsh aged twenty two years."
Date of Record: November 1, 1780.
Sources: Slave Register, Chester County, November 1, 1780; Henry Graham Ashmead, History of Delaware County, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1884, p. 204.
- Slave Name: Amelia
Slave Gender: Female
Slave Age: 19
Slave Date of Birth: 1761 (calculated)
Slave Status: Slave to the age of 21 years
Slave Description: "Negro woman"
Slave Notes: Registered as "A Negro woman a servant till she attains the age of twenty one years named Amelia aged nineteen years."
Date of Record: November 1, 1780.
Sources: Slave Register, Chester County, November 1, 1780; Henry Graham Ashmead, History of Delaware County, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1884, p. 204.
- Slaveholder Name: Davis, Caleb
City or Township: Springfield Township
County: Delaware County
Occupation: Esquire
Notes: The slave of Caleb Davis is listed on page 46 of the 1780 Register.
- Slave Name: Frank
Slave Gender: Male
Slave Age: 15
Slave Date of Birth: 1765 (calculated)
Slave Status: Slave for life
Slave Description: "Negro Boy"
Slave Notes: Registered as "A Negro Boy named Frank aged fifteen years a slave for life."
Date of Record: November 1, 1780.
Source: Slave Register, Chester County, November 1, 1780; Henry Graham Ashmead, History of Delaware County, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1884, p. 204.
- Slaveholder Name: Davis, Lewis
City or Township: Springfield Township
County: Delaware County
Occupation: Yeoman
Notes: The slave of Lewis Davis is listed on page 46 of the 1780 Register.
- Slave Name: Rebecca
Slave Gender: Female
Slave Age: 23
Slave Date of Birth: 1757 (calculated)
Slave Status: Slave to the age of 31 years old
Slave Description: "Mulatto servant woman"
Slave Notes: Registered as "A Mulatto servant woman till she attains the age of thirty one years named Rebecca aged twenty three years."
Date of Record: November 1, 1780.
Sources: Slave Register, Chester County, November 1, 1780; Henry Graham Ashmead, History of Delaware County, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1884, p. 204.
- Slaveholder Name: Deihl, Adam
City or Township: Tinicum
County: Delaware County
Occupation: Grazier
Notes:
- Slave Name: Nancy Norris
Slave Gender: Female
Slave Age: infant
Slave Date of Birth: 24 September 1793 (see notes)
Slave Status: Slave to age 28
Slave Description: "Negro female child"
Slave Notes: The year of birth is given as 1794 in the transcription, which is obviously a typo because the child was born in September but registered in January. Because registrations were supposed to occur within six months of birth, the child was most likely born in the year 1793.
Date of Record: January 28, 1794
Sources: Henry Graham Ashmead, History of Delaware County, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1884, p. 205.
- Slaveholder Name: Dick, Archibald
City or Township: Lower Chichester Township
County: Delaware County
Occupation:
Notes: The slaves of Archibald Dick are listed on page 6 of the 1780 Register.
- Slave Name: Cuff
Slave Gender: Male
Slave Age: 40
Slave Date of Birth: 1740 (calculated)
Slave Status: Slave for life
Slave Description: "Negro man"
Slave Notes: Registered as "A negro man named Cuff aged forty years a slave for life."
Date of Record: November 1, 1780.
Sources: Slave Register, Chester County, November 1, 1780; Henry Graham Ashmead, History of Delaware County, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1884, p. 204.
- Slave Name: Nance
Slave Gender: Female
Slave Age: 20
Slave Date of Birth: 1760 (calculated)
Slave Status: Slave for life
Slave Description: "Negro woman"
Slave Notes: Registered as "A negro woman named Nance twenty years of age a slave for life."
Date of Record: November 1, 1780.
Sources: Slave Register, Chester County, November 1, 1780; Henry Graham Ashmead, History of Delaware County, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1884, p. 204.
- Slave Name: Statea (Statia)
Slave Gender: Male
Slave Age: 14
Slave Date of Birth: 1766 (calculated)
Slave Status: Slave for life
Slave Description: "Negro Boy"
Slave Notes: Registered as "A negro Boy named Statea aged fourteen years a slave for life."
Date of Record: November 1, 1780.
Sources: Slave Register, Chester County, November 1, 1780; Henry Graham Ashmead, History of Delaware County, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1884, p. 204.
- Slave Name: Flora
Slave Gender: Female
Slave Age: 7
Slave Date of Birth: 1773 (calculated)
Slave Status: Slave for life
Slave Description: "Negro girl"
Slave Notes: Registered as "A negro girl named Flora aged seven years a slave for life."
Date of Record: November 1, 1780.
Sources: Slave Register, Chester County, November 1, 1780; Henry Graham Ashmead, History of Delaware County, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1884, p. 204.
- Slave Name: Ben
Slave Gender: Male
Slave Age: 2
Slave Date of Birth: 1778 (calculated)
Slave Status: Slave for life
Slave Description: "mulatto Boy"
Slave Notes: Registered as "A mulatto Boy named Ben aged two years a slave for life."
Date of Record: November 1, 1780.
Sources: Slave Register, Chester County, November 1, 1780; Henry Graham Ashmead, History of Delaware County, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1884, p. 204.
- Slaveholder Name: Diehl, Nicholas
City or Township: Tinicum Township
County: Delaware County
Occupation: Grazier (one who cares for grazing livestock)
Notes: The slaves of Nicholas Diehl are listed on page 11 of the 1780 Register.
- Slave Name: Lonnon
Slave Gender: Male
Slave Age: 26
Slave Date of Birth: 1754 (calculated)
Slave Status: Slave for life
Slave Description: "Negro Man"
Slave Notes: Registered as "A Negro Man named Lonnon aged twenty six years a slave for life."
Date of Record: November 1, 1780.
Sources: Slave Register, Chester County, November 1, 1780; Henry Graham Ashmead, History of Delaware County, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1884, p. 204.
- Slave Name: Cojo
Slave Gender: Male
Slave Age: 24
Slave Date of Birth: 1756 (calculated)
Slave Status: Slave for life
Slave Description: "Negro Man"
Slave Notes: Registered as "A Negro Man named Cojo aged twenty four years a slave for life."
Date of Record: November 1, 1780.
Sources: Slave Register, Chester County, November 1, 1780; Henry Graham Ashmead, History of Delaware County, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1884, p. 204.
- Slave Name: Dinah
Slave Gender: Female
Slave Age: 7
Slave Date of Birth: 1773 (calculated)
Slave Status: Slave for life
Slave Description: "Negro Girl"
Slave Notes: Registered as "A Negro Girl named Dinah aged seven years a slave for life."
Date of Record: November 1, 1780.
Sources: Slave Register, Chester County, November 1, 1780; Henry Graham Ashmead, History of Delaware County, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1884, p. 204.
- Slave Name: Cesar
Slave Gender: Male
Slave Age: 5
Slave Date of Birth: 1775 (calculated)
Slave Status: Slave for life
Slave Description: "Negro Boy"
Slave Notes: Registered as "A Negro Boy named Cesar aged five years a slave for life."
Date of Record: November 1, 1780.
Sources: Slave Register, Chester County, November 1, 1780; Henry Graham Ashmead, History of Delaware County, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1884, p. 204.
- Slaveholder Name: Doyle, Maryan
City or Township: Middletown Township
County: Delaware County
Occupation: Seamstress
Notes: The slave of Maryan Doyle is listed on page 15 of the 1780 Register.
- Slave Name: Ruth
Slave Gender: Female
Slave Age: 10
Slave Date of Birth: 1770 (calculated)
Slave Status: Slave for life
Slave Description: "Negro Girl"
Slave Notes: Registered as "A Negro Girl named Ruth aged Ten years a slave for life."
Date of Record: November 1, 1780.
Sources: Slave Register, Chester County, November 1, 1780; Henry Graham Ashmead, History of Delaware County, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1884, p. 204.
- Slaveholder Name: Doyle, William
City or Township: Middletown Township
County: Delaware County
Occupation:
Notes: The slave of William Doyle is listed on page 48 of the 1780 Register.
- Slave Name: No name recorded
Slave Gender: Female
Slave Age: 5
Slave Date of Birth: 1775 (calculated)
Slave Status: Slave for life
Slave Description: "Negro Girl"
Slave Notes: Registered as "A Negro Girl named _____ aged five years a slave for life."
Date of Record: November 1, 1780.
Sources: Slave Register, Chester County, November 1, 1780; Henry Graham Ashmead, History of Delaware County, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1884, p. 204.
- Slaveholder Name: Elliott, Christopher
City or Township: Darby
County: Delaware County
Occupation:
Notes: Christopher's father Enoch Elliott bequeathed four enslaved persons to him in 1767: Frank, Joe, Bett and Rach.
- Slave Name: Frank
Slave Sex: Male
Slave Age: Not specified
Slave Date of Birth: Not known
Slave Status: Slave for life, to be manumitted at age 30.
Slave Description:
Slave Notes: Per the will of Enoch Elliott, proved 20 October 1767:
And I give and dispose of my eight Negroes as followeth: That is to say I give unto my son Christopher, Frank, Joe, Betts and Rach until they arrive at the age of thirty years.
And I give unto my son Peter, Young Prime, Dina, Peter and Nance until they arrive at the age of thirty years, respectively to live with them and their heirs as such servants ought to do. And I forbid that either of these Negroes should be sold or hired out of the two Counties of Philadelphia and Chester for any term or time whatsoever.
Date of Record: 1767
Source: "Complete Estate Acct. including Will of Enoch Elliott dated 13 Aug 1767, proved 30 Oct 1767," Chester County, Pennsylvania. Estate Papers, 1713–1810. File No. 2393 in Estate nos. 2363-2441.
- Slave Name: Joe
Slave Sex: Male
Slave Age: Not specified
Slave Date of Birth: Not known
Slave Status: Slave for life, to be manumitted at age 30.
Slave Description:
Slave Notes: Per the will of Enoch Elliott, proved 20 October 1767. See Frank, above, for text from the will.
Date of Record: 1767
Source: "Complete Estate Acct. including Will of Enoch Elliott dated 13 Aug 1767, proved 30 Oct 1767," Chester County, Pennsylvania. Estate Papers, 1713–1810. File No. 2393 in Estate nos. 2363-2441.
- Slave Name: Betts
Slave Sex: Female
Slave Age: Not specified
Slave Date of Birth: Not known
Slave Status: Slave for life, to be manumitted at age 30.
Slave Description:
Slave Notes: Per the will of Enoch Elliott, proved 20 October 1767. See Frank, above, for text from the will.
Date of Record: 1767
Source: "Complete Estate Acct. including Will of Enoch Elliott dated 13 Aug 1767, proved 30 Oct 1767," Chester County, Pennsylvania. Estate Papers, 1713–1810. File No. 2393 in Estate nos. 2363-2441.
- Slave Name: Rach
Slave Sex: Female
Slave Age: Not specified
Slave Date of Birth: Not known
Slave Status: Slave for life, to be manumitted at age 30.
Slave Description:
Slave Notes: Per the will of Enoch Elliott, proved 20 October 1767. See Frank, above, for text from the will.
Date of Record: 1767
Source: "Complete Estate Acct. including Will of Enoch Elliott dated 13 Aug 1767, proved 30 Oct 1767," Chester County, Pennsylvania. Estate Papers, 1713–1810. File No. 2393 in Estate nos. 2363-2441.
- Slaveholder Name: Elliott, Enoch
City or Township: Darby
County: Delaware County
Occupation:
Notes:
- Slave Name: Primus, a.k.a Old Primus
Slave Sex: Male
Slave Age: Not specified, but described as "old"
Slave Date of Birth: Not known
Slave Status: Slave for life, allowed to live free per will of Enoch Elliott, 1767
Slave Description: "Negro"
Slave Notes: Per the will of Enoch Elliott, proved 20 October 1767:
ITEM I give and devise to my son John and to the lawful heirs of his body forever, All my plantation Westward of Darby Creek, commonly called Smith's Fields, that which I purchased of Joseph Bonsall and Aurthur Nitsillies, with the appurtenances thereunto belonging. Excepting the house where Milford now lives, which I reserve together with two acres of land convenient thereto and keeping for a cow, Summer and Winter, for a settlement for my old Negro Primus during his natural life.
And I do order one good milk cow to be taken out of John's part of the stock by my executors for the use of Old Primus. And I allow my son John to keep the said cow and one sow Winter and Summer during the natural life of him, the said Primus, and it is my will that this Primus with all his little necessarys and c. to be free and at his liberty to go when he pleases after my decease, to Milford's House and there to live and enjoy his privileges peaceably as before reserved to him during his natural life.
Date of Record: 1767
Source: "Complete Estate Acct. including Will of Enoch Elliott dated 13 Aug 1767, proved 30 Oct 1767," Chester County, Pennsylvania. Estate Papers, 1713–1810. File No. 2393 in Estate nos. 2363-2441.
- Slave Name: Additional enslaved people
Slave Sex:
Slave Age: Various, young and old
Slave Date of Birth: Various
Slave Status: Slaves for life, bequeathed to wife and children as below.
Slave Description: "Negroes"
Slave Notes: Per the will of Enoch Elliott, proved 20 October 1767:
"Negro Wench named Hannah" bequeathd to wife Martha Elliott,
"Negroes Frank, Joe, Betts and Rach" bequeathed to son Christopher Elliott,
"Negroes Young Prime, Dina, Peter and Nance" bequeathed to son Peter Elliott.
Date of Record: 1767
Source: "Complete Estate Acct. including Will of Enoch Elliott dated 13 Aug 1767, proved 30 Oct 1767," Chester County, Pennsylvania. Estate Papers, 1713–1810. File No. 2393 in Estate nos. 2363-2441.
- Slaveholder Name: Elliott, Israel, Esquire
City or Township: Tinicum
County: Delaware County
Occupation: Grazier
Notes:
- Slave Name: Phebe
Slave Gender: Female
Slave Age: infant
Slave Date of Birth: 10 September 1794
Slave Status: Slave to age 28
Slave Description: "Femael negro child"
Slave Notes: Registered as the daughter of Dinah McCormick
Date of Record: 6 January 1795
Source: Henry Graham Ashmead, History of Delaware County, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1884, p. 205.
- Slave Name: Elizabeth
Slave Gender: Female
Slave Age: infant
Slave Date of Birth: no date given
Slave Status: Slave to age 28
Slave Description: "Femael negro child"
Slave Notes: Registered as the daughter of Dinah McCormick
Date of Record: 12 November 1796
Source: Henry Graham Ashmead, History of Delaware County, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1884, p. 205.
- Slave Name: Primus Neid
Slave Gender: Male
Slave Age: 28
Slave Date of Birth: 1773 (calculated)
Slave Status: Manumitted in 1801 at age 28
Slave Description: "Femael negro child"
Slave Notes: Elliot filed papers manumitting Primus "in consideration of his Integrity, honesty and uprightness. . . during his servitude"
Date of Record: 1 August 1801
Source: Henry Graham Ashmead, History of Delaware County, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1884, p. 205.
- Slaveholder Name: Elliott, Martha
City or Township: Darby
County: Delaware County
Occupation:
Notes: Widow of Enoch Elliott
- Slave Name: Hannah
Slave Sex: Female
Slave Age: Not specified
Slave Date of Birth: Not known
Slave Status: Slave for life.
Slave Description: "Negro Wench"
Slave Notes: Per the will of Enoch Elliott, proved 20 October 1767: "I likewise give her my Negro Wench named Hannah during her natural life in case the s'd Wench should live so long."
Date of Record: 1767
Source: "Complete Estate Acct. including Will of Enoch Elliott dated 13 Aug 1767, proved 30 Oct 1767," Chester County, Pennsylvania. Estate Papers, 1713–1810. File No. 2393 in Estate nos. 2363-2441.
- Slaveholder Name: Elliott, Peter
City or Township: Darby
County: Delaware County
Occupation:
Notes: Peter's father Enoch Elliott bequeathed four enslaved persons to him in 1767: Young Prime, Dina, Peter and Nance. Peter's estate inventory in 1769 provided ages for Primus, Dina and Nance. Peter was not listed in the estate inventory.
Source: "Administration of Estate of Peter Elliott of Darby, dec'd, by Christopher Elliott. Benjamin Lobb & Benjamin Elliott securities 18 Feb 1769 bond." Pennsylvania Estates, Chester Estates 1700-1810 no. 2442-2542. Case File 2476.
- Slave Name: Primus, also "Young Prime"
Slave Sex: Male
Slave Age: Per estate inventory, aged 24 in 1769
Slave Date of Birth: circa 1745
Slave Status: Slave for life, to be manumitted at age 30.
Slave Description:
Slave Notes: Per the will of Enoch Elliott, proved 20 October 1767:
And I give unto my son Peter, Young Prime, Dina, Peter and Nance until they arrive at the age of thirty years, respectively to live with them and their heirs as such servants ought to do. And I forbid that either of these Negroes should be sold or hired out of the two Counties of Philadelphia and Chester for any term or time whatsoever.
Date of Record: 1767
Source: "Complete Estate Acct. including Will of Enoch Elliott dated 13 Aug 1767, proved 30 Oct 1767," Chester County, Pennsylvania. Estate Papers, 1713–1810. File No. 2393 in Estate nos. 2363-2441.
- Slave Name: Dina
Slave Sex: Female
Slave Age: Per estate inventory, aged 17 in 1769
Slave Date of Birth: circa 1752
Slave Status: Slave for life, to be manumitted at age 30.
Slave Description:
Slave Notes: Per the will of Enoch Elliott, proved 20 October 1767. See Primus, above, for text from the will.
Date of Record: 1767
Source: "Complete Estate Acct. including Will of Enoch Elliott dated 13 Aug 1767, proved 30 Oct 1767," Chester County, Pennsylvania. Estate Papers, 1713–1810. File No. 2393 in Estate nos. 2363-2441.
- Slave Name: Peter
Slave Sex: Male
Slave Age: Not specified
Slave Date of Birth: Not known
Slave Status: Slave for life, to be manumitted at age 30.
Slave Description:
Slave Notes: Per the will of Enoch Elliott, proved 20 October 1767. See Primus, above, for text from the will.
Date of Record: 1767
Source: "Complete Estate Acct. including Will of Enoch Elliott dated 13 Aug 1767, proved 30 Oct 1767," Chester County, Pennsylvania. Estate Papers, 1713–1810. File No. 2393 in Estate nos. 2363-2441.
- Slave Name: Nance
Slave Sex: Female
Slave Age: Per estate inventory, aged 3 in 1769
Slave Date of Birth: Circa 1766
Slave Status: Slave for life, to be manumitted at age 30.
Slave Description:
Slave Notes: Per the will of Enoch Elliott, proved 20 October 1767. See Primus, above, for text from the will.
Date of Record: 1767
Source: "Complete Estate Acct. including Will of Enoch Elliott dated 13 Aug 1767, proved 30 Oct 1767," Chester County, Pennsylvania. Estate Papers, 1713–1810. File No. 2393 in Estate nos. 2363-2441.
- Slaveholder Name: Evans, Elizabeth
City or Township: Ashton Township
County: Delaware County
Occupation:
Notes:
- Slave Name: Not recorded
Slave Sex: Female
Slave Age: not recorded
Slave Date of Birth:
Slave Status: not recorded
Slave Description: "Woman slave"
Slave Notes: Recorded in tax records in 1799. According to Ashmead, Evans "was assessed for one woman slave valued at two hundred and fifty dollars."
Date of Record: 1799
Source: Henry Graham Ashmead, History of Delaware County, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1884, p. 205.
- Slaveholder Name: Evans, Philip, Heirs of
City or Township: Ashton Township
County: Delaware County
Occupation: Deceased
Notes: Evan's slaves are listed on page 11 of the 1780 register.
- Slave Name: Dinah
Slave Sex: Female
Slave Age: 27
Slave Date of Birth: 1753 (calculated)
Slave Status: "A slave for life."
Slave Description: "Negro Woman"
Slave Notes: Registered as "A Negro Woman named Dinah aged twenty seven years a slave for life."
Date of Record: (Registration) 1780;
Sources: Slave Register, Chester County, November 1, 1780; Henry Graham Ashmead, History of Delaware County, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1884, p. 204.
- Slave Name: Adam
Slave Sex: Male
Slave Age: 6
Slave Date of Birth: 1774 (calculated)
Slave Status: "A slave for life."
Slave Description: "Negro Boy"
Slave Notes: Registered as "A Negro Boy named Adam aged six years a slave for life."
Date of Record: (Registration) 1780;
Sources: Slave Register, Chester County, November 1, 1780; Henry Graham Ashmead, History of Delaware County, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1884, p. 204.
- Slave Name: Abb
Slave Sex: Female
Slave Age: 4
Slave Date of Birth: 1776 (calculated)
Slave Status: "A slave for life."
Slave Description: "Negro girl"
Slave Notes: Registered as "A Negro girl named Abb aged four years a slave for life."
Date of Record: (Registration) 1780;
Sources: Slave Register, Chester County, November 1, 1780; Henry Graham Ashmead, History of Delaware County, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1884, p. 204.
- Slave Name: Sylvia
Slave Sex: Female
Slave Age: 2
Slave Date of Birth: 1778 (calculated)
Slave Status: "A slave for life."
Slave Description: "Negro girl"
Slave Notes: Registered as "A Negro girl named Sylvia aged two years a slave for life."
Date of Record: (Registration) 1780;
Sources: Slave Register, Chester County, November 1, 1780; Henry Graham Ashmead, History of Delaware County, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1884, p. 204.
- Slaveholder Name: Flower, John
City or Township: Marcus Hook
County: Delaware County
Occupation: Tavern keeper, Sign of the Ship; Sign of the Chichester Man-of-War, both in Marcus Hook
Notes: This was Chester County in 1779 when Flower placed the ad, below, for runaway George. I am reasonably sure this person is the John Flower who died in 1790, and not the John Flower who was a captain in the Chichester Militia, who died in 1825 in Southwark.
- Slave Name: George
Slave Sex: Male
Slave Age: Age not stated in ad, described as a "man"
Slave Date of Birth: Not known
Slave Status: Slave for life
Slave Description: "Negro man"
Slave Notes: George escaped, probably in early 1779. John Flower placed the following ad to recover him in February of that year:
Marcus-Hook, February 1.
THIRTY DOLLARS REWARD.
RAN AWAY from the subscriber, living in Marcus-Hook, Chester county, state of Pennsylvania, a lusty stout Negro man named GEORGE, about five feet eight or nine inches high; had on when he went away, a short homespun grey coloured jacket lined with the same, a French camblet jacket lined with the same, with short skirts, an old pair of superfine cloth breeches with silk knee-bands, yarn stockings, old shoes, oznabrug shirt, and old hat; the lower part of one of his ears has been bit off by fighting with another Negro some years ago; he formerly belonged to Mr. James James, of Wood's-Town, in West New-Jersey;
He is apt to get drunk, and when so he will laugh and behave a little silly when spoken to. Whoever will secure said Negro in any gaol in the United States, so that his master may get him again, shall have the above reward, and if brought home reasonable charges paid, by
JOHN FLOWER.
N.B. He has been at sea several times. All masters of vessels are forwarned not to take him at their peril.
Date of Record: Ad dated 1 February 1779
Sources: Dunlap's Pennsylvania Packet and General Advertiser, 29 February 1779.
- Slaveholder Name: German, John
City or Township: Newtown Township
County: Delaware County
Occupation: Yeoman
Notes: John German's slave is listed on page 36 of the 1780 register. Surname is spelled "Jerman" by historian Henry Ashmead.
- Slave Name: Venus
Slave Sex: Female
Slave Age: 32
Slave Date of Birth: 1748 (calculated)
Slave Status: "A slave for life."
Slave Description: "Negro woman"
Slave Notes: Registered as "A Negro woman named Venus aged thirty two years a slave for life."
Date of Record: (Registration) 1780;
Sources: Slave Register, Chester County, November 1, 1780; Henry Graham Ashmead, History of Delaware County, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1884, p. 205.
- Slaveholder Name: Gibbons, Joseph
City or Township: Springfield Township
County: Delaware County
Occupation: Innholder
Notes: Joseph Gibbon's slaves are listed on page 11 of the 1780 register.
- Slave Name: Phebe
Slave Sex: Female
Slave Age: 8
Slave Date of Birth: 1772 (calculated)
Slave Status: "A slave for life."
Slave Description: "Negro girl"
Slave Notes: Registered as "A Negro girl named Phebe aged eight years a slave for life."
Date of Record: (Registration) 1780;
Sources: Slave Register, Chester County, November 1, 1780, page 2; Henry Graham Ashmead, History of Delaware County, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1884, p. 204.
- Slaveholder Name: Harman, Sarah
City or Township: Upper Darby Township
County: Delaware County
Occupation: Seamstress
Notes: The slave of Sarah Harman is listed on page 25 of the 1780 Register.
- Slave Name: Clarissa
Slave Gender: Female
Slave Age: 19
Slave Date of Birth: 1761 (calculated)
Slave Status: Slave for life
Slave Description: "Mulatto woman"
Slave Notes: Registered as "A Mulatto woman named Clarissa aged nineteen years a slave for life."
Date of Record: November 1, 1780.
Sources: Slave Register, Chester County, November 1, 1780; Henry Graham Ashmead, History of Delaware County, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1884, p. 204.
- Slaveholder Name: Hendrickson, Isaac
City or Township: Ridley Township
County: Delaware County
Occupation: Farmer
Notes: The slaves of Isaac Hendrickson are listed on page 41 of the 1780 Register.
- Slave Name: Tone
Slave Gender: Male
Slave Age: 40
Slave Date of Birth: 1740 (calculated)
Slave Status: Slave for life
Slave Description: "Negro man"
Slave Notes: Registered as "A negro man named Tone aged forty years a slave for life."
Date of Record: November 1, 1780.
Sources: Slave Register, Chester County, November 1, 1780; Henry Graham Ashmead, History of Delaware County, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1884, p. 204.
- Slave Name: Nance
Slave Gender: Female
Slave Age: 36
Slave Date of Birth: 1744 (calculated)
Slave Status: Slave for life
Slave Description: "Negro woman"
Slave Notes: Registered as "A negro woman named Nance aged thirty six years a slave for life."
Date of Record: November 1, 1780.
Sources: Slave Register, Chester County, November 1, 1780; Henry Graham Ashmead, History of Delaware County, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1884, p. 204.
- Slave Name: Frank
Slave Gender: Male
Slave Age: 12
Slave Date of Birth: 1768 (calculated)
Slave Status: Slave for life
Slave Description: "Negro Boy"
Slave Notes: Registered as "A negro Boy named Frank aged twelve years a slave for life."
Date of Record: November 1, 1780.
Sources: Slave Register, Chester County, November 1, 1780; Henry Graham Ashmead, History of Delaware County, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1884, p. 204.
- Slave Name: Bett
Slave Gender: Female
Slave Age: 10
Slave Date of Birth: 1770 (calculated)
Slave Status: Slave for life
Slave Description: "Negro Girl"
Slave Notes: Registered as "A negro Girl named Bett aged ten years a slave for life."
Date of Record: November 1, 1780.
Sources: Slave Register, Chester County, November 1, 1780; Henry Graham Ashmead, History of Delaware County, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1884, p. 204.
- Slave Name: Tone
Slave Gender: Male
Slave Age: 7
Slave Date of Birth: 1773 (calculated)
Slave Status: Slave for life
Slave Description: "Negro Boy"
Slave Notes: Registered as "A negro Boy named Tone aged seven years a slave for life."
Date of Record: November 1, 1780.
Sources: Slave Register, Chester County, November 1, 1780; Henry Graham Ashmead, History of Delaware County, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1884, p. 204.
- Slave Name: Jos
Slave Gender: Male
Slave Age: 5
Slave Date of Birth: 1775 (calculated)
Slave Status: Slave for life
Slave Description: "Negro Boy"
Slave Notes: Registered as "A negro Boy named Jos aged five years a slave for life."
Date of Record: November 1, 1780.
Sources: Slave Register, Chester County, November 1, 1780; Henry Graham Ashmead, History of Delaware County, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1884, p. 204.
- Slave Name: Pol
Slave Gender: Female
Slave Age: 3
Slave Date of Birth: 1777 (calculated)
Slave Status: Slave for life
Slave Description: "Negro Girl"
Slave Notes: Registered as "A negro Girl named Pol aged three years a slave for life."
Date of Record: November 1, 1780.
Sources: Slave Register, Chester County, November 1, 1780; Henry Graham Ashmead, History of Delaware County, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1884, p. 204.
- Slave Name: Dine
Slave Gender: Female
Slave Age: "aged six months"
Slave Date of Birth: April 1780 (calculated)
Slave Status: Slave for life
Slave Description: "Negro Girl"
Slave Notes: Registered as "A negro Girl named Dine aged six months a slave for life."
Date of Record: November 1, 1780.
Sources: Slave Register, Chester County, November 1, 1780; Henry Graham Ashmead, History of Delaware County, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1884, p. 204.
- Slaveholder Name: Hortright, Hester
City or Township: Haverford Township
County: Delaware County
Occupation: Gentlewoman
Notes: The slave of Hester Hortright is listed on page 40 of the 1780 Register.
- Slave Name: Joe
Slave Gender: Male
Slave Age: "aged fifteen years"
Slave Date of Birth: 1765 (calculated)
Slave Status: Slave for life
Slave Description: "Negro Boy"
Slave Notes: Registered as "A Negro Boy named Joe aged fifteen years a slave for life."
Date of Record: November 1, 1780.
Sources: Slave Register, Chester County, November 1, 1780; Henry Graham Ashmead, History of Delaware County, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1884, p. 204.
- Slaveholder Name: Hughes, Edward
City or Township: Haverford Township
County: Delaware County
Occupation: Carpenter
Notes: The slave of Edward Hughes is listed on page 5 of the 1780 Register.
- Slave Name: Will
Slave Gender: Male
Slave Age: "aged one year and eight months"
Slave Date of Birth: March 1779 (calculated)
Slave Status: Slave for life
Slave Description: "Negro Boy"
Slave Notes: Registered as "A Negro Boy named Will aged one year and eight months a slave for life."
Date of Record: November 1, 1780.
Sources: Slave Register, Chester County, November 1, 1780; Henry Graham Ashmead, History of Delaware County, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1884, p. 204.
- Slaveholder Name: Humphreys, Charles, and Family
City or Township: Haverford Township
County: Delaware County
Occupation: Miller
Notes: The entry for this family is partially cut off on the register copy, but historian Henry Ashmead identifies it as Charles Humphreys. It appears that several individuals are registering nine slaves. The slaveholders are identified as "______ Humphreys of Haverford township his Sister Elizabeth Hunphreys and the Estate of Rebecca Humphreys deceased." The slaves of the Humphries family are listed on page 5 of the 1780 Register.
- Slave Name: Nanny
Slave Gender: Female
Slave Age: "aged seventy years"
Slave Date of Birth: 1710 (calculated)
Slave Status: Slave for life
Slave Description: "Negro woman"
Slave Notes: Registered as "A Negro woman named nanny aged seventy years a Slave for life."
Date of Record: November 1, 1780.
Source: Slave Register, Chester County, November 1, 1780; Henry Graham Ashmead, History of Delaware County, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1884, p. 204.
- Slave Name: Cezar
Slave Gender: Male
Slave Age: 36
Slave Date of Birth: 1744 (calculated)
Slave Status: Slave for life
Slave Description: "Negro man"
Slave Notes: Registered as "A Negro man named Cezar thirty six years of age a Slave for life."
Date of Record: November 1, 1780.
Source: Slave Register, Chester County, November 1, 1780; Henry Graham Ashmead, History of Delaware County, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1884, p. 204.
- Slave Name: Tone
Slave Gender: Male
Slave Age: 34
Slave Date of Birth: 1746 (calculated)
Slave Status: Slave for life
Slave Description: "Negro man"
Slave Notes: Registered as "A negro Man named Tone aged thirty four years a Slave for life."
Date of Record: November 1, 1780.
Source: Slave Register, Chester County, November 1, 1780; Henry Graham Ashmead, History of Delaware County, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1884, p. 204.
- Slave Name: Nancy
Slave Gender: Female
Slave Age: 44
Slave Date of Birth: 1736 (calculated)
Slave Status: Slave for life
Slave Description: "Negro woman"
Slave Notes: Registered as "A negro woman named Nancy aged forty four years a Slave for life."
Date of Record: November 1, 1780.
Source: Slave Register, Chester County, November 1, 1780; Henry Graham Ashmead, History of Delaware County, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1884, p. 204.
- Slave Name: Judy
Slave Gender: Female
Slave Age: 25
Slave Date of Birth: 1755 (calculated)
Slave Status: Slave for life
Slave Description: "Mulatto woman"
Slave Notes: Registered as "A Mulatto woman named Judy aged twenty five years a slave for life."
Date of Record: November 1, 1780.
Source: Slave Register, Chester County, November 1, 1780; Henry Graham Ashmead, History of Delaware County, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1884, p. 204.
- Slave Name: Dolly
Slave Gender: Female
Slave Age: 20
Slave Date of Birth: 1760 (calculated)
Slave Status: Slave for life
Slave Description: "Mulatto woman"
Slave Notes: Registered as "A Mulatto woman named Dolly aged twenty years a slave for life."
Date of Record: November 1, 1780.
Source: Slave Register, Chester County, November 1, 1780; Henry Graham Ashmead, History of Delaware County, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1884, p. 204.
- Slave Name: Alice
Slave Gender: Female
Slave Age: 10
Slave Date of Birth: 1770 (calculated)
Slave Status: Slave for life
Slave Description: "Mulatto girl"
Slave Notes: Registered as "A Mulatto girl named Alice aged ten years a slave for life."
Date of Record: November 1, 1780.
Source: Slave Register, Chester County, November 1, 1780; Henry Graham Ashmead, History of Delaware County, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1884, p. 204.
- Slave Name: Jimmy
Slave Gender: Male
Slave Age: 8
Slave Date of Birth: 1772 (calculated)
Slave Status: Slave for life
Slave Description: "Mulatto Boy"
Slave Notes: Registered as "A Mulatto Boy named Jimmy aged eight years a slave for life."
Date of Record: November 1, 1780.
Source: Slave Register, Chester County, November 1, 1780; Henry Graham Ashmead, History of Delaware County, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1884, p. 204.
- Slave Name: Fanny
Slave Gender: Female
Slave Age: "aged thirteen months"
Slave Date of Birth: 1772 (calculated)
Slave Status: Slave for life
Slave Description: "Mulatto female Child"
Slave Notes: Registered as "A Mulatto female Child aged thireen months named Fanny a slave for life."
Date of Record: November 1, 1780.
Source: Slave Register, Chester County, November 1, 1780; Henry Graham Ashmead, History of Delaware County, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1884, p. 204.
- Slaveholder Name: Hunter, Jonathan
City or Township: Edgmont Township
County: Delaware County
Occupation: Yeoman
Notes: The slaves of Jonathan Hunter are listed on page 39 of the 1780 Register. All of the slaves still with him upon his death were, in 1799, sold at public auction: "To be Sold, by Public Vendue, On the 27th instant, at 2 o'clock in the
afternoon, at the sign of the Black Horse, in Middletown township, Delaware county, THE time of one NEGRO MAN, and three NEGRO WOMEN, for life; and four CHILDREN, until of age; late the property of Jonathan Hunter, deceased, and to be sold by us, GEORGE HUNTER, RICHARD FAWKES, JONATHAN MATLACK, Administrat. April 23." (Pennsylvania Gazette, 24 April 1799, in Accessible Archives, www.accessible.com)
- Slave Name: Philis
Slave Gender: Female
Slave Age: 30
Slave Date of Birth: 1750 (calculated)
Slave Status: Slave for life
Slave Description: "Negro woman"
Slave Notes: Registered as "A Negro woman named Philis aged thirty years a slave for life."
Date of Record: November 1, 1780.
Sources: Slave Register, Chester County, November 1, 1780; Henry Graham Ashmead, History of Delaware County, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1884, p. 205.
- Slave Name: Paddy
Slave Gender: Male
Slave Age: 16
Slave Date of Birth: 1764 (calculated)
Slave Status: Slave for life
Slave Description: "Negro Lad"
Slave Notes: Registered as "A Negro Lad named Paddy aged sixteen years a slave for life." Paddy escaped in April 1794 in company with Sampson, Prudi, and the younger Philis, who had with her a two-month old male child. Hunter placed the following ad in the Philadelphia newspapers to recover them:
FIVE DOLLARS REWARD.
Ran away from the Subscriber,
LIVING in Edgmont township, Delaware county, FOUR NEGROES, of the following description --
Two negro men, one named PAD, and the other SAMPSON; and two negro women, one named PRU, and the other named PHIL, who carried with her a young negro male child about two months old. Whoever secures the above negroes in any goal, so that their master may have them again, shall be entitled to the above reward, or one dollar for each of them.
JONATHAN HUNTER.
N.B. The above negroes will be sold on very moderate terms. Apply as above.
April 14.
Date of Record: Registration: November 1, 1780; Runaway ad: 14 April 1794.
Sources: Slave Register, Chester County, November 1, 1780; Henry Graham Ashmead, History of Delaware County, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1884, p. 205; General Advertiser (Philadelphia), 4 July 1794.
- Slave Name: Samson
Slave Gender: Male
Slave Age: 10
Slave Date of Birth: 1770 (calculated)
Slave Status: Slave for life. Escaped in April 1794. See ad above, with Paddy.
Slave Description: "Negro Boy"
Slave Notes: Registered as "A Negro Boy named Samson aged ten years a slave for life."
Date of Record: November 1, 1780.
Sources: Slave Register, Chester County, November 1, 1780; Henry Graham Ashmead, History of Delaware County, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1884, p. 205.
- Slave Name: Prudi
Slave Gender: Female
Slave Age: 6
Slave Date of Birth: 1774 (calculated)
Slave Status: Slave for life. Escaped in April 1794. See ad above, with Paddy.
Slave Description: "Negro Girl"
Slave Notes: Registered as "A Negro Girl named Prudi aged six years a slave for life."
Date of Record: November 1, 1780.
Sources: Slave Register, Chester County, November 1, 1780; Henry Graham Ashmead, History of Delaware County, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1884, p. 205.
- Slave Name: Philis
Slave Gender: Female
Slave Age: 3
Slave Date of Birth: 1777 (calculated)
Slave Status: Slave for life. Escaped in April 1794. See ad above, with Paddy.
Slave Description: "Negro Girl"
Slave Notes: Registered as "A Negro Girl named Philis aged three years a slave for life."
Date of Record: November 1, 1780.
Sources: Slave Register, Chester County, November 1, 1780; Henry Graham Ashmead, History of Delaware County, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1884, p. 205.
- Slave Name: Name not given in ad
Slave Gender: Male
Slave Age: 2 months old at time his mother ran away with him.
Slave Date of Birth: circa February 1794
Slave Status: Slave to Age 28. Escaped in April 1794. See ad above, with Paddy.
Slave Description: "Negro male child"
Slave Notes:
Date of Record: 14 April 1794.
Sources: General Advertiser (Philadelphia), 4 July 1794.
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