Bucks County, Pennsylvania Slaveholders A - B

1. Enslaved Person's Name: Charley
   Sex: Male
   Age: 22
   Date of Birth: 1758 (calculated)
   Status: Slave for life
   Description:
   Source: 72
   Date of Record: 1780
   Notes:

1. Enslaved Person's Name: Ned
   Sex: Male
   Age: "about 19 or 20 years of age"
   Date of Birth: circa 1760 to 1761
   Status: Slave for life; self-emancipated June 1780
   Description: "Negroe man"
   Notes:
   Ned escaped from Armstrong on June 22, 1780. Armstrong placed the following escape ad and offer of reward in the Pennsylvania Packet newspaper:

   Five HALF JOES Reward, or the Exchange.
   RAN AWAY from the subscriber, living in Hill Town township, Bucks county, last Thursday afternoon the 22d inst. (June) a Negroe man named NED, of a yellowish complexion, about 19 or 20 years of age, by trade a tanner; He had on and took with him a tow linen shirt and trowsers, a pair of shoes without buckles; and is supposed to have taken a Gold Watch, made in London, No. 157. Whoever takes up said Negroe, and secures him in any gaol, so that his master may get him agian, shall have the above reward, and reasonable charges, paid by
   WILLIAM ARMSTRONG, Tanner. June 24.

   Date of Record: 24 June 1780
   Source: Pennsylvania Packet, 27 June 1780.

1. Enslaved Person's Name: Mary
   Sex: Female
   Age: 40
   Status: Slave for life
   Description:
   Source: 72
   Date of Record: 1780
   Notes:

2. Enslaved Person's Name: Amelia
   Sex: Female
   Age: 14
   Date of Birth: 1766 (calculated)
   Status: Slave for life
   Description:
   Source: 72
   Date of Record: 1780
   Notes:

3. Enslaved Person's Name: Jane
   Sex: Female
   Age: 42
   Date of Birth: 1738 (calculated)
   Status: Slave for life
   Description:
   Source: 72
   Date of Record: 1780
   Notes:

1. Enslaved Person's Name: Joseph
   Sex: Male
   Age: -
   Date of Birth: 1796-August 16
   Status: Slave to age 28
   Description: Mulatto
   Source: 72
   Date of Record: February 08, 1797
   Notes:

2. Enslaved Person's Name: Luce
   Sex: Female
   Age: -
   Date of Birth: 1790-June 15
   Status: Slave to age 28
   Description:
   Source: 72
   Date of Record: September 16, 1790
   Notes:

1. Enslaved Person's Name: Flora
   Sex: Female
   Age: 09
   Date of Birth: 1771 (calculated)
   Status: Slave for life
   Description:
   Source: 72
   Date of Record: 1780
   Notes:

2. Enslaved Person's Name: Jem
   Sex: Male
   Age: 35
   Date of Birth: 1745 (calculated)
   Status: Slave for life
   Description:
   Source: 72
   Date of Record: 1780
   Notes:

3. Enslaved Person's Name: Henrietta
   Sex: Female
   Age: 02 Years and 06 Months
   Date of Birth: 1778 (calculated)
   Status: Slave for life
   Description:
   Source: 72
   Date of Record: 1780
   Notes:

4. Enslaved Person's Name: Hannah
   Sex: Female
   Age: 30
   Date of Birth: 1750 (calculated)
   Status: Slave for life
   Description:
   Source: 72
   Date of Record: 1780
   Notes:

5. Enslaved Person's Name: Betty
   Sex: Female
   Age: 60
   Date of Birth: 1720 (calculated)
   Status: Slave for life
   Description:
   Source: 72
   Date of Record: 1780
   Notes:

6. Enslaved Person's Name: Harry
   Sex: Male
   Age: 01
   Date of Birth: 1779 (calculated)
   Status: Slave for life
   Description:
   Source: 72
   Date of Record: 1780
   Notes:

7. Enslaved Person's Name: Jess
   Sex: Male
   Age: 04
   Date of Birth: 1776 (calculated)
   Status: Slave for life
   Description:
   Source: 72
   Date of Record: 1780
   Notes:

8. Enslaved Person's Name: Ben
   Sex: Male
   Age: 30
   Date of Birth: 1750 (calculated)
   Status: Slave for life
   Description:
   Source: 72
   Date of Record: 1780
   Notes:

9. Enslaved Person's Name: Pompey
   Sex: Male
   Age: 16
   Date of Birth: 1764 (calculated)
   Status: Slave for life
   Description:
   Source: 72
   Date of Record: 1780
   Notes:

10. Enslaved Person's Name: Rent
    Sex: Male
    Age: 14
    Date of Birth: 1766 (calculated)
    Status: Slave for life
    Description:
    Source: 72
    Date of Record: 1780
    Notes:

11. Enslaved Person's Name: Prince
    Sex: Male
    Age: 32
    Date of Birth: 1748 (calculated)
    Status: Slave for life
    Description:
    Source: 72
    Date of Record: 1780
    Notes:

1. Enslaved Person's Name: Peg
   Sex: Female
   Age: 22
   Date of Birth: 1758 (calculated)
   Status: Slave for life
   Description:
   Source: 72
   Date of Record: 1780
   Notes:

2. Enslaved Person's Name: Pat
   Sex: Female
   Age: 02
   Date of Birth: 1778 (calculated)
   Status: Slave for life
   Description:
   Source: 72
   Date of Record: 1780
   Notes:

1. Enslaved Person's Name: Sam
   Sex: Male
   Age: 01 Year and 03 Months
   Date of Birth: 1779 (calculated)
   Status: Slave for life
   Description:
   Source: 72
   Date of Record: 1780
   Notes:

2. Enslaved Person's Name: Solomon, John
   Sex: Male
   Age: ?
   Date of Birth: ?
   Status: "A Slave for 10 Years."
   Description:
   Source: 72
   Date of Record: 1780
   Notes: No age is returned in the 1780 Registration for this person.

3. Enslaved Person's Name: Catharine
   Sex: Female
   Age: 29
   Date of Birth: 1751 (calculated)
   Status: Slave for life
   Description:
   Source: 72
   Date of Record: 1780
   Notes:

4. Enslaved Person's Name: Rachel
   Sex: Female
   Age: 05 Years and 06 Months
   Date of Birth: 1775 (calculated)
   Status: Slave for life
   Description:
   Source: 72
   Date of Record: 1780
   Notes:

1. Enslaved Person's Name: Quam
   Sex: Male
   Age: "aged about 22 Years"
   Date of Birth: circa 1700
   Status: Slave for life
   Description: "Negro Man"
   Notes: Quam went away from Samuel Beaks in company with Benjamin Hillyard, a white blacksmith indented to neighbor William Hunt, who placed the escape ad below. The ad makes an assumption that Quam did not leave Beaks' plantation voluntarily, but it does not hint at why that might have been the case:

   RUN away from William Hunt of Bucks County, a Servant Man named Benjamin Hillyard, a Blacksmith, aged about 25 Years. Pretty lusty and tall, with a grey Broadcloth Coat, and a brown Home-spun Drugget Coat, an Ozenbrig Jacket, Leather Breeches, with Glass Buttons, black Stockings with round-toed Shoos, wearing a Wig or Cap, having no Hair on.
   And the said Hillyard hath stolen or taken with him a lusty well-set Negro Man, belonging to Samuel Beaks, called Quam, aged about 22 Years, having on a brown short Kersey Coat with Horn Buttons, a fine red-striped Vest and Breeches, grey Stockings; Castor Hat and Garlicks Shirt, having his Right Hand burnt, between his Fore Finger and Thum when a Child. Whoever can take up the said Servant Man and Negro, and secure them so that their said Masters may have them, and gives notice to their said Masters, shall have Three Pounds current Money paid them, By
   William Hunt, and Samuel Beaks.
   Delaware Falls, June 17, 1722.

   Beaks recovered Quam at some point after he went off with Hillyard. However about one year later, Quam again escaped from Beaks, this time in company with three white indentured servant men from other farms. The ad below says the white servants "have taken [Quam] with them." As this is the second instance of escape, It is probable that Quam left voluntarily and was not "stolen or taken" as the ad from one year prior suggested.

   RUN away the 2d of this Instant June, from Robert Harris and William Hunt, at the Falls in Bucks County in Pennsylvania, Two Servant Men, the one named John Bealey, he is a tall Man, swarthy Complexion, dark short hair, wears a black and white Kersey Coat, homespun Shirt and Drawers, yearn Stockings and Pumps. The other named David Reeves a short well set fellow fresh Complexion light hair, wears a Blue Gray Druget Coat, strip'd Jacket home spun shirt and Drawers, yearn stockings & round to'd shooes, he is a Husbandman, Run away at the same time from Samuell Bonham of Trent Town in west Jersey, a servant man named Charles Brown a middle siz'd man fresh Complexion, light Brown hair, wears an old Snuff coloured Jacket, Leather Breeches with Brass buttons bluish stockings, new round to'd shooes, by trade a Baker, they have taken with them a Negro man named Quam belonging to Samuell Beaks of the Falls in Bucks County, he is a Lusty well sett fellow wears a black and white Kirsey Coat, Osinbrigs Jacket and drawers, home spun shirt and round to'd shooes, they are all about the age of Nineteen or Twenty (they are supposed to have taken Guns with them) Whosoever secures the said Servants or either of them so that their said Masters may have them again shall have a Pistole reward for each and Reasonable Charges paid by their said Masters.

   Date of Record: 17 June 1722 (first escape); 06 June 1723 (second escape)
   Source: The American Weekly Mercury (Philadelphia), 14-17 June 1722; 06 June 1723.

1. Enslaved Person's Name: Bet
   Sex: Female
   Age: 01
   Date of Birth: 1788-March 30
   Status: Slave to age 28
   Description:
   Source: 72
   Date of Record: March 25, 1789
   Notes:

2. Enslaved Person's Name: Stephen
   Sex: Male
   Age: 12
   Date of Birth: 1768 (calculated)
   Status: Slave for life
   Description: Mulatto
   Source: 72
   Date of Record: 1780
   Notes:

3. Enslaved Person's Name: Poll
   Sex: Female
   Age: 16
   Date of Birth: 1764 (calculated)
   Status: Slave for life
   Description: Mulatto
   Source: 72
   Date of Record: 1780
   Notes:

1. Enslaved Person's Name: Richard
   Sex: Male
   Age: 15
   Date of Birth: 1765 (calculated)
   Status: Slave for life
   Description:
   Source: 72
   Date of Record: 1780
   Notes:

2. Enslaved Person's Name: Highgate, Lydia
   Sex: Female
   Age: 27 or 28
   Date of Birth: 1773 or 1774 (calculated)
   Status: Manumitted
   Description: Negro Woman
   Source: 72
   Date of Record: September 01, 1801
   Notes: Partial text of manumission papers: "Samuel Benezet, administrator of the goods and chattels. of James Benezet," late of Bensalem Township, "with the advice and consent of my mother Ann Benezet and my sisters Ann and Jane Benezet, have manumitted, and set free my Negro Woman named Lydia Highgate aged between twenty seven and twenty eight years." For Lydia's 1780 Registration, see "Benizet, James."

1. Enslaved Person's Name: Merrijac, Cuffee
   Sex: Male
   Age: 26 Years and 6 Months
   Date of Birth: 1786-February (calculated)
   Status: Manumitted
   Description: Negro
   Source: 72
   Date of Record: August 31, 1812
   Notes: Manumission papers also list Jane Benezett as an owner. For an example of the full text of manumission papers, see Garret Beard, slave of Gilliam Cornell of Northampton Twp.

1. Enslaved Person's Name: Abraham
   Sex: Male
   Age: 09
   Date of Birth: 1771 (calculated)
   Status: Slave for life
   Description:
   Source: 72
   Date of Record: 1780
   Notes:

2. Enslaved Person's Name: Latitia
   Sex: Female
   Age: 47
   Date of Birth: 1733 (calculated)
   Status: Slave for life
   Description:
   Source: 72
   Date of Record: 1780
   Notes:

3. Enslaved Person's Name: Simon
   Sex: Male
   Age: 38
   Date of Birth: 1742 (calculated)
   Status: Slave for life
   Description:
   Source: 72
   Date of Record: 1780
   Notes:

4. Enslaved Person's Name: Sarah
   Sex: Female
   Age: 16
   Date of Birth: 1764 (calculated)
   Status: Slave for life
   Description:
   Source: 72
   Date of Record: 1780
   Notes:

5. Enslaved Person's Name: Lidia
   Sex: Female
   Age: 07
   Date of Birth: 1773 (calculated)
   Status: Slave for life
   Description:
   Source: 72
   Date of Record: 1780
   Notes: Apparently manumitted in 1801 by Samuel Benezet as administrator of James Benizet's estate. Her surname is Highgate, according to that document.

6. Enslaved Person's Name: Simon
   Sex: Male
   Age: 02
   Date of Birth: 1786-May 05
   Status: Slave to age 28
   Description:
   Source: 72
   Date of Record: February 09, 1789
   Notes:

7. Enslaved Person's Name: Andrew
   Sex: Male
   Age: 20
   Date of Birth: 1760 (calculated)
   Status: Slave for life
   Description:
   Source: 72
   Date of Record: 1780
   Notes:

8. Enslaved Person's Name: Rachel
   Sex: Female
   Age: -
   Date of Birth: 1788-May 11
   Status: Slave to age 28
   Description:
   Source: 72
   Date of Record: February 09, 1789
   Notes:

9. Enslaved Person's Name: Cuffe
   Sex: Male
   Age: 05
   Date of Birth: 1783-December 21
   Status: Slave to age 28
   Description:
   Source: 72
   Date of Record: February 23, 1789
   Notes:

10. Enslaved Person's Name: Isaac
    Sex: Male
    Age: 07
    Date of Birth: 1782-February 11
    Status: Slave to age 28
    Description:
    Source: 72
    Date of Record: February 09, 1789
    Notes:

11. Enslaved Person's Name: Andrew
    Sex: Male
    Age: -
    Date of Birth: 1792-June 14
    Status: Slave to age 28
    Description:
    Source: 72
    Date of Record: November 19, 1792
    Notes:

12. Enslaved Person's Name: Latitia
    Sex: Female
    Age: -
    Date of Birth: 1790-November 07
    Status: Slave to age 28
    Description:
    Source: 72
    Date of Record: February 06, 1791
    Notes:

1. Enslaved Person's Name: Adam
   Sex: Male
   Age: 16
   Date of Birth: 1764 (calculated)
   Status: Slave for life
   Description:
   Source: 72
   Date of Record: 1780
   Notes:

2. Enslaved Person's Name: John
   Sex: Male
   Age: 30
   Date of Birth: 1750 (calculated)
   Status: Slave for life
   Description:
   Source: 72
   Date of Record: 1780
   Notes:

1. Enslaved Person's Name: Joseph
   Sex: Male
   Age: 22
   Date of Birth: 1758 (calculated)
   Status: Slave for life
   Description:
   Source: 72
   Date of Record: 1780
   Notes:

2. Enslaved Person's Name: Limehouse, Anthony
   Sex: Male
   Age: 25
   Date of Birth: 1755 (calculated)
   Status: Slave for life
   Description:
   Source: 72
   Date of Record: 1780
   Notes:

1. Enslaved Person's Name: Ben
   Sex: Male
   Age: 06
   Date of Birth: 1774 (calculated)
   Status: Slave for life
   Description:
   Source: 72
   Date of Record: 1780
   Notes:

2. Enslaved Person's Name: Harry
   Sex: Male
   Age: 08
   Date of Birth: 1772 (calculated)
   Status: Slave for life
   Description:
   Source: 72
   Date of Record: 1780
   Notes:

3. Enslaved Person's Name: Dinah
   Sex: Female
   Age: 11
   Date of Birth: 1769 (calculated)
   Status: Slave for life
   Description:
   Source: 72
   Date of Record: 1780
   Notes:

4. Enslaved Person's Name: Sarah
   Sex: Female
   Age: 13
   Date of Birth: 1767 (calculated)
   Status: Slave for life
   Description:
   Source: 72
   Date of Record: 1780
   Notes:

1. Enslaved Person's Name: Peter
   Sex: Male
   Age: 35
   Date of Birth: 1745 (calculated)
   Status: Slave for life
   Description:
   Source: 72
   Date of Record: 1780
   Notes:

2. Enslaved Person's Name: Joseph
   Sex: Male
   Age: 04
   Date of Birth: 1776 (calculated)
   Status: Slave for life
   Description:
   Source: 72
   Date of Record: 1780
   Notes:

3. Enslaved Person's Name: Elizabeth
   Sex: Female
   Age: 24
   Date of Birth: 1756 (calculated)
   Status: Slave for life
   Description:
   Source: 72
   Date of Record: 1780
   Notes:

4. Enslaved Person's Name: Samson
   Sex: Male
   Age: 22
   Date of Birth: 1758 (calculated)
   Status: Slave for life
   Description:
   Source: 72
   Date of Record: 1780
   Notes:

1. Enslaved Person's Name: Tom
   Sex: Male
   Age: 33
   Date of Birth: 1747 (calculated)
   Status: Slave for life
   Description:
   Source: 72
   Date of Record: 1780
   Notes:

2. Enslaved Person's Name: Amos
   Sex: Male
   Age: -
   Date of Birth: 1793-November 10
   Status: Slave to age 28
   Description:
   Source: 72
   Date of Record: April 29, 1794
   Notes:

3. Enslaved Person's Name: Sarah
   Sex: Female
   Age: -
   Date of Birth: 1795-August 01
   Status: Slave to age 28
   Description:
   Source: 72
   Date of Record: January 19, 1796
   Notes:

4. Enslaved Person's Name: Anthony
   Sex: Male
   Age: 20
   Date of Birth: 1760 (calculated)
   Status: Slave for life
   Description:
   Source: 72
   Date of Record: 1780
   Notes:

5. Enslaved Person's Name: Sam
   Sex: Male
   Age: 11
   Date of Birth: 1769 (calculated)
   Status: Slave for life
   Description:
   Source: 72
   Date of Record: 1780
   Notes:

1. Enslaved Person's Name: Rolla
   Sex: Male
   Age: 06
   Date of Birth: 1818 (calculated)
   Status: Indentured to age 28 (see notes)
   Description: Negro Boy
   Source: 72
   Date of Record: December 09, 1824
   Notes: Manumitted from slavery December 09, 1824 on condition that he bind himself by indenture until the age of 28. Partial text of manumission papers: "hereby manumit and set free from Slavery my Negro Girls viz Elirna Aged 10 Years and Norah aged 8 years and also my Negro Boy named Rolla aged 6 years. On condition here after that they do forthwith bind themselves by indenture to serve me, my executors, administrators or assigns until they shall respectfuly attain the age of twenty Eight years."

   These papers were dated 09 December, 1824 but not recorded until 13 August, 1830.

2. Enslaved Person's Name: Norah
   Sex: Female
   Age: 08
   Date of Birth: 1816 (calculated)
   Status: Indentured to age 28 (see notes)
   Description: Negro Girl
   Source: 72
   Date of Record: December 09, 1824
   Notes: Manumitted from slavery December 09, 1824 on condition that she bind herself by indenture until the age of 28. Partial text of manumission papers: "hereby manumit and set free from Slavery my Negro Girls viz Elirna Aged 10 Years and Norah aged 8 years and also my Negro Boy named Rolla aged 6 years. On condition here after that they do forthwith bind themselves by indenture to serve me, my executors, administrators or assigns until they shall respectfuly attain the age of twenty Eight years."

   These papers were dated 09 December, 1824 but not recorded until 13 August, 1830.

3. Enslaved Person's Name: Elirna
   Sex: Female
   Age: 10
   Date of Birth: 1814 (calculated)
   Status: Indentured to 28 (see notes)
   Description: Negro Girl
   Source: 72
   Date of Record: December 09, 1824
   Notes: Manumitted from slavery December 09, 1824 on condition that she bind herself by indenture until the age of 28. Partial text of manumission papers:

   "hereby manumit and set free from Slavery my Negro Girls viz Elirna Aged 10 Years and Norah aged 8 years and also my Negro Boy named Rolla aged 6 years. On condition here after that they do forthwith bind themselves by indenture to serve me, my executors, administrators or assigns until they shall respectfuly attain the age of twenty Eight years."

   These papers were dated 09 December, 1824 but not recorded until 13 August, 1830.

1. Enslaved Person's Name: Sam
   Sex: Male
   Age: 36
   Date of Birth: 1744 (calculated)
   Status: Slave for life
   Description:
   Source: 72
   Date of Record: 1780
   Notes:

2. Enslaved Person's Name: Belinda
   Sex: Female
   Age: 05
   Date of Birth: 1775 (calculated)
   Status: Slave for life
   Description:
   Source: 72
   Date of Record: 1780
   Notes:

3. Enslaved Person's Name: Dinah
   Sex: Female
   Age: 28
   Date of Birth: 1752 (calculated)
   Status: Slave for life
   Description:
   Source: 72
   Date of Record: 1780
   Notes:

4. Enslaved Person's Name: Nat
   Sex: Male
   Age: 09
   Date of Birth: 1771 (calculated)
   Status: Slave for life
   Description:
   Source: 72
   Date of Record: 1780
   Notes:

Slaveholder Name: Bisonett, Charles
City or Township: Bristol Borough
Occupation: Innholder
Slaveholder Notes: Surname is also spelled "Bessonett."

1. Enslaved Person's Name: Cato
   Sex: Male
   Age: 22
   Date of Birth: 1758 (calculated)
   Status: Slave for life
   Description:
   Source: 72
   Date of Record: 1780
   Notes:

2. Enslaved Person's Name: Nance
   Sex: Female
   Age: 01
   Date of Birth: 1788-February
   Status: Slave to age 28
   Description:
   Source: 72
   Date of Record: March 27, 1789
   Notes:

1. Enslaved Person's Name: William
   Sex: Male
   Age: -
   Date of Birth: 1789-May 01
   Status: Slave to age 28
   Description:
   Source: 72
   Date of Record: October 14, 1789
   Notes:

2. Enslaved Person's Name: Aaron
   Sex: Male
   Age: 05
   Date of Birth: 1775 (calculated)
   Status: Slave for life
   Description:
   Source: 72
   Date of Record: 1780
   Notes:

3. Enslaved Person's Name: Isaac
   Sex: Male
   Age: 02
   Date of Birth: 1786-April 03
   Status: Slave to age 28
   Description:
   Source: 72
   Date of Record: March 25, 1789
   Notes:

4. Enslaved Person's Name: Benjamin
   Sex: Male
   Age: 05
   Date of Birth: 1784-March 27
   Status: Slave to age 28
   Description:
   Source: 72
   Date of Record: March 25, 1789
   Notes:

5. Enslaved Person's Name: Nancy
   Sex: Female
   Age: 06
   Date of Birth: 1782-October 08
   Status: Slave to age 28
   Description:
   Source: 72
   Date of Record: March 25, 1789
   Notes:

6. Enslaved Person's Name: Cinthya
   Sex: Female
   Age: -
   Date of Birth: 1801-September 02
   Status: Slave to age 28
   Description:
   Source: 72
   Date of Record: February 27, 1802
   Notes:

7. Enslaved Person's Name: Flora
   Sex: Female
   Age: 25
   Date of Birth: 1755 (calculated)
   Status: Slave for life
   Description:
   Source: 72
   Date of Record: 1780
   Notes:

8. Enslaved Person's Name: James
   Sex: Male
   Age: 02 years and 08 Months
   Date of Birth: 1777 or 1778 (calculated)
   Status: Slave for life
   Description:
   Source: 72
   Date of Record: 1780
   Notes:

9. Enslaved Person's Name: Harry
   Sex: Male
   Age: 53
   Date of Birth: 1727 (calculated)
   Status: Slave for life
   Description:
   Source: 72
   Date of Record: 1780
   Notes:

1. Enslaved Person's Name: Dine
   Sex: Female
   Age: 10
   Date of Birth: 1770 (calculated)
   Status: Slave for life
   Description:
   Source: 72
   Date of Record: 1780
   Notes:

1. Enslaved Person's Name: Rachel
   Sex: Female
   Age: 18
   Date of Birth: 1762 (calculated)
   Status: Slave for life
   Description:
   Source: 72
   Date of Record: 1780
   Notes:

1. Enslaved Person's Name: James, a.k.a. Jemmy
   Sex: Male
   Age: Described as "Middle age"
   Date of Birth: Not known
   Status: Slave for life -- Escaped slave
   Description: "Negro man"
   Notes: Escaped from Britain in June 1759. Text of runaway ads placed by Britain -- note the different wording, names and spellings in each:

   Run away from Richard Britain of the Four lane ends, a negro man named JAMES, middle age, 6 feet high, well set and streight limb'd has one small leg, and speaks broken English, had on when he went away an old beaver hat, a light blue home spun coat, red jacket and breeches and a pair of spotted stockings, with old shoes. Whoever takes up and secures the said negro in any gaol, so that his master may have him again shall have three pounds reward and reasonable charges paid by
   RICHARD BRITAIN

   RUN away on the the 9th ult. from Richard Britton, in Middletown Township, Bucks County, a Negroe Man, named Jemmy, 6 Feet high, strait limbed, small legs, kicks forward, a Scar in each Temple, a Hole in each Ear, and scars cut on each Arm; Had on a pale blue homespun Cloth Coat, red Flannel Jacket and Breeches, and old Beaver Hat. He speaks broken English; he understands making of Corn Baskets, and it si supposed he will go about to sell them. Whoever takes up and secures the said Negroe, so as his Master may have him again, shall have Three Pounds

   James/Jemmy has "a Scar in each Temple, a Hole in each Ear, and scars cut on each Arm," telltale body modifications of some African cultures.
   Dates of Records: 28 June 1759 and 26 July 1759
   Sources: The Pennsylvania Journal and Weekly Advertiser, 28 June 1759; The Pennsylvania Gazette, 26 July 1759

1. Enslaved Person's Name: Bob
   Sex: Male
   Age: 36
   Date of Birth: 1744 (calculated)
   Status: Slave for life
   Description:
   Source: 72
   Date of Record: 1780
   Notes:

1. Enslaved Person's Name: Phillis
   Sex: Female
   Age: -
   Date of Birth: 1794-January 11
   Status: Slave to age 28
   Description:
   Source: 72
   Date of Record: June 02, 1794
   Notes:

1. Enslaved Person's Name: George
   Sex: Male
   Age: 13
   Date of Birth: 1767 (calculated)
   Status: Slave for life
   Description:
   Source: 72
   Date of Record: 1780
   Notes:

1. Enslaved Person's Name: Ruth
   Sex: Female
   Age: 13
   Date of Birth: 1775 (calculated)
   Status: Manumitted
   Description: Negro
   Source: 72
   Date of Record: April 05, 1788
   Notes:

2. Enslaved Person's Name: Nancy
   Sex: Female
   Age: 27
   Date of Birth: 1761 (calculated)
   Status: Manumitted
   Description: Negro
   Source: 72
   Date of Record: April 05, 1788
   Notes:

3. Enslaved Person's Name: Susan
   Sex: Female
   Age: 24
   Date of Birth: 1764 (calculated)
   Status: Manumitted
   Description: Negro
   Source: 72
   Date of Record: April 05, 1788
   Notes:

4. Enslaved Person's Name: Peter
   Sex: Male
   Age: 22
   Date of Birth: 1766 (calculated)
   Status: Manumitted
   Description: Negro
   Source: 72
   Date of Record: April 05, 1788
   Notes:

5. Enslaved Person's Name: Hannah
   Sex: Female
   Age: 15
   Date of Birth: 1773 (calculated)
   Status: Manumitted
   Description: Negro
   Source: 72
   Date of Record: April 05, 1788
   Notes:

6. Enslaved Person's Name: Cole
   Sex: Male
   Age: 05
   Date of Birth: 1783 (calculated)
   Status: Manumitted
   Description: Negro
   Source: 72
   Date of Record: April 05, 1788
   Notes: Gender is presumed from name.

7. Enslaved Person's Name: Doll
   Sex: Female
   Age: 19
   Date of Birth: 1769 (calculated)
   Status: Manumitted
   Description: Negro
   Source: 72
   Date of Record: April 05, 1788
   Notes: