Delaware County, Pennsylvania Slaveholders A-H

Enslaved Person's Name: Francis
Sex: Male
Age: Four months old at Registration
Date of Birth: 17 February 1806
Status: Slave to age 28
Description: "Male mulatto bastard child"
Notes: Text of clerk's entry. This appears to be the final entry in the Delaware County Slave Register:
On the second day of July Anno Domini 1806 William Anderson of the Borough of Chester makes return, on oath, of a Male mulatto bastard child, named Francis, born the 17th day of February last, in order that the said child may be entered & registered according to law WB Dick Clk.
Date of Record: 2 July 1806
Source: Henry Graham Ashmead, History of Delaware County, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1884, p. 205; "Dockets for Enslaved People in Delaware County, 1762-1831," Delaware County Bar Association, Delaware County Community College, DCCTO_10, DCCTO_11, DCCTO_12. Scan of dockets provided by Dr. Ife Williams. Excerpted in Colin McCrossan, "Slavery in the Greater Philadelphia Area: A Documentary History," The Lower Merion Historical Society, 2023, pp. 94-95.

Slaveholder Name: Baker, Margary
City or Township: Chichester Township
County: Chester County, now Delaware County
Occupation: Widow
Notes:

Enslaved Person's Name: Adam
Sex: Male
Age: Age not given in document
Date of Birth: Not known
Status: Manumitted 1776 per will of Margary Baker.
Description: "Slave"
Notes: Item in will of Margary Baker, Widow: "My slave Adam to be free at my decease and £20 given for his maintenance if he should become incapable."
Date of Record: Will dated 03 June 1773, proved 11 December 1776.
Source: Will of Margary Baker of Chichester, Chester County, 03 June 1773.

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.

Enslaved Person's Name: Kassee
Sex: Female
Age: 13
Date of Birth: 1767 (calculated)
Status: Slave for life
Description: "Negro girl"
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.
Enslaved Person's Name: Phineas
Sex: Male
Age: 17
Date of Birth: 1763 (calculated)
Status: Slave to the age of 31
Description: "Mulatto servant Boy"
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: Barnard, Thomas
City or Township: Marcus Hook; Lower Chichester Township
County: Chester County (now Delaware County)
Occupation: Tanner
Notes:

Enslaved Person's Name: Phebe a.k.a. Sarah
Sex: Female
Age: "about 30 Years of Age"
Date of Birth: circa 1733
Status: Slave for life; escaped
Description: "Negroe Wench"
Notes: Sarah escaped from Barnard on August 1, 1763. He placed the following ad to locate her:
Marcus-Hook, Chester County, August 23, 1763.
Run-away from the Subscriber, the First of this Inst. A Negroe Wench, named Phebe, about 30 Years of Age, of a small Stature, has three or four large Negroe Scars up and down her Forehead, but is apt to wear a Handkerchief round her Head to hide them: Had on, and took with her, Three fine Shifts, and one coarse Ditto, a Calicoe Gown and Bed-gown, a striped Linsey Bed-gown and three Petticoats. She sometimes calls herself Sarah, and pretends to be free. Whoever takes up and secures said Wench in any Goal, so that the Subscriber may have her again, shall have Thirty Shillings Reward, and reasonable Charges, paid by
THOMAS BARNARD.
N.B. It is supposed that she is harboured by some of the free Negroes in or near Philadelphia or Germantown.
Note that Sarah has distinct African tribal markings on her forehead.
Date of Record: 23 August 1763
Source: The Pennsylvania Gazette, 01 September 1763.

Slaveholder Name: Boyd, Alexander
City or Township:
County: Chester County (now Delaware County)
Occupation:
Notes:

Enslaved Person's Name: Glascow
Sex: Male
Age: Adult
Date of Birth: Not known
Status: Slave for life;
Description: "Negro slave"
Notes: Killed by Abraham Johnson, the enslaved man of Humphrey Marshall. Johnson was tried for Glascow's murder in 1762. Delaware County historian Keith Lockhart recounts this event on his history blog:
"Abraham Johnson, a Negro slave belonging to Humphrey Marshall was arraigned on an information exhibited by Benjamin Chew, Attorney General, charging the defendant with 'murdering a certain negro man named Glascow, the slave of Alexander Boyd.' For the first time in the legal history of the Commonwealth, so far as I have knowledge, it was in this case that the Court assigned Counsel for the defense. In this instance, it was Joseph Galloway, one of the foremost lawyers of his day, ... it was a lucky assignment for Johnson, since, as the record reads, the 'Court finds the defendant not guilty of murder but that he is guilty of homicide di defend,' and thereupon, discharged the prisoner from arrest on the information, but held him for payment of costs."
Date of Record: 27 May 1762
Sources: Keith Lockhart, "Some early trials in Chester from the 18th century," Delaware County History Blog, 11 May 2018, https://dtimeshistory.blogspot.com/2018/05/some-early-trails-at-1724-corthouse-in.html, accessed 24 October 2024.

Slaveholder Name: Burns, William
City or Township: Marcus Hook
County: Delaware County
Occupation: Inn keeper
Notes:

Enslaved Person's Name: Flora
Sex: Female
Age: infant
Date of Birth: 14 February 1794
Status: Slave to age 28
Description: "female negro child"
Notes: Transcription of clerk's entry:
On the twenty Ninth day of April anno Domini 1794 William Burns of Marcus Hook in the County of Delaware Innholder upon his solemn oath makes return to the Clerk of the Court of General Quarter Sessions of the Peace for said County of two negro Children the one a female named Floras born the fourteenth Day of January Anno Domini 1794 the other a male named Cuff born the Sixteenth Day of March Anno Domini 1794 the property of the said William Burns; to be registered according to Law April 29, 1794.
Date of Record: 29 April 1794
Source: Henry Graham Ashmead, History of Delaware County, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1884, p. 205; "Dockets for Enslaved People in Delaware County, 1762-1831," Delaware County Bar Association, Delaware County Community College, DCCTO_10, DCCTO_11, DCCTO_12. Scan of dockets provided by Dr. Ife Williams. Excerpted in Colin McCrossan, "Slavery in the Greater Philadelphia Area: A Documentary History," The Lower Merion Historical Society, 2023, p. 93-94.
Enslaved Person's Name: Cuff
Sex: Male
Age: infant
Date of Birth: 16 March 1794
Status: Slave to the age of 28
Description: "male negro child"
Notes: Transcription of clerk's entry:
On the twenty Ninth day of April anno Domini 1794 William Burns of Marcus Hook in the County of Delaware Innholder upon his solemn oath makes return to the Clerk of the Court of General Quarter Sessions of the Peace for said County of two negro Children the one a female named Floras born the fourteenth Day of January Anno Domini 1794 the other a male named Cuff born the Sixteenth Day of March Anno Domini 1794 the property of the said William Burns; to be registered according to Law April 29, 1794.
Date of Record: 29 April 1794
Source: Henry Graham Ashmead, History of Delaware County, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1884, p. 205; "Dockets for Enslaved People in Delaware County, 1762-1831," Delaware County Bar Association, Delaware County Community College, DCCTO_10, DCCTO_11, DCCTO_12. Scan of dockets provided by Dr. Ife Williams. Excerpted in Colin McCrossan, "Slavery in the Greater Philadelphia Area: A Documentary History," The Lower Merion Historical Society, 2023, p. 93-94.

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.

Enslaved Person's Name: Margaret Reddon
Sex: Female
Age: infant
Date of Birth: 5 April 1809
Status: Slave to age 28
Description: "Female negro child"
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.

Enslaved Person's Name: Lizey
Sex: Female
Age: 9
Date of Birth: 1771 (calculated)
Status: Slave for life
Description: "Negro Girl"
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.
Enslaved Person's Name: Isaac
Sex: Male
Age: 6
Date of Birth: 1774 (calculated)
Status: Slave for life
Description: "Negro Boy"
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.

Enslaved Person's Name: Phebe
Sex: Female
Age: 32
Date of Birth: 1748 (calculated)
Status: Slave for life
Description: "Negro woman"
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.
Enslaved Person's Name: Phill
Sex: Male
Age: 7
Date of Birth: 1773 (calculated)
Status: Slave for life
Description: "Negro Boy"
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.
Enslaved Person's Name: Jack
Sex: Male
Age: "aged three years and an half"
Date of Birth: May 1777 (calculated)
Status: Slave for life
Description: "Mulatto Boy"
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.
Enslaved Person's Name: Amy
Sex: Female
Age: "aged one year and nine months"
Date of Birth: March 1779 (calculated)
Status: Slave for life
Description: "Mulatto Girl"
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.
Enslaved Person's Name: Thomas
Sex: Male
Age: 50
Date of Birth: 1730 (calculated)
Status: Slave for life
Description: "negro man"
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.

Enslaved Person's Name: Fann
Sex: Female
Age: 10
Date of Birth: 1770 (calculated)
Status: Slave for life
Description: "Negro Girl"
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.

Enslaved Person's Name: Anthony Walsh
Sex: Male
Age: 22
Date of Birth: 1758 (calculated)
Status: Slave to the age of 31 years
Description: "Mulatto servant man"
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.
Enslaved Person's Name: Amelia
Sex: Female
Age: 19
Date of Birth: 1761 (calculated)
Status: Slave to the age of 21 years
Description: "Negro woman"
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: Cruikshank, Charles
City or Township: Clifton Hall, Haverford Township
County: Delaware County
Occupation: Farmer; Army officer
Notes: An officer in the British Army, Cruikshank purchased Clifton Hall in 1761. His daughter Clementine married Philadelphia merchant John Ross in 1768 and Ross in 1782 purchased the property from Cruikshank, renaming it "The Grange." Cruikshank, a Loyalist, moved back to his native Scotland about that time.

Enslaved Person's Name: Names not given in ad
Sex: Males
Ages: Described as "men and boys."
Dates of Birth: Not known
Status: Slaves for life
Description: "Negroe Men and Boys"
Notes: Cruikshank was retiring from farming and advertised to sell all of his farming assets in December 1769:
Clifton-Hall, Haverford Township, Chester County.
THE SUBSCRIBER, having left off farming, has some NEGROE MEN and BOYS, to be sold; they are all sound and healthy, and very fit for farmers work; he has also several horses, mares, colts, cows, and sheep, to dispose of, a waggon, cart, 4 harrows, ploughs, and other farming tools, and instruments of husbandry; all which will be sold for cash, or on credit, as the offers appear reasonable.
CHARLES CRUIKSHANK.
Date of Record: 28 December 1769
Sources: The Pennsylvania Gazette, 28 December 1769.

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.

Enslaved Person's Name: Frank
Sex: Male
Age: 15
Date of Birth: 1765 (calculated)
Status: Slave for life
Description: "Negro Boy"
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.

Enslaved Person's Name: Rebecca
Sex: Female
Age: 23
Date of Birth: 1757 (calculated)
Status: Slave to the age of 31 years old
Description: "Mulatto servant woman"
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: DeHaven, Peter
City or Township: Radnor Township
County: Delaware County
Occupation:
Notes:

Enslaved Person's Name: Nance
Sex: Female
Age: "about eighteen years of age"
Date of Birth: circa 1786
Status: Term slave, or indentured servant
Description: "mulatto or mustee girl"
Notes: Nance escaped from DeHaven on the night of September 28, 1804. He placed the following ad to recover her:
TWENTY DOLLARS REWARD.
RAN-AWAY from the subscriber living in Radnor township, Delaware county near the Buck tavern, Lancaster turnpike road, on the evening of the 28th Sept. a mulatto or mustee indented servant girl named NANCE, about eighteen years of age, short and thick made, with large lips, she took with her sundry wearing apparel, a particular description of those she had on would be very uncertain, any person apprehending the said servant and returning her to her master, or confining her in any jail in this state shall be entitled to the above reward and reasonable charges.
PETER DE HAVEN.
October 3.
Date of Record: 03 October 1804
Sources: Aurora General Advertiser (Philadelphia), 03 October 1804.

Slaveholder Name: Deihl, Adam
City or Township: Tinicum
County: Delaware County
Occupation: Grazier
Notes:

Enslaved Person's Name: Nancy Norris or Morris
Sex: Female
Age: infant
Date of Birth: 24 September 1793 (see notes)
Status: Slave to age 28
Description: "Negro female child"
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 (This source transcribes name as Nancy Norris); "Dockets for Enslaved People in Delaware County, 1762-1831," Delaware County Bar Association, Delaware County Community College, DCCTO_10, DCCTO_11, DCCTO_12. Scan of dockets provided by Dr. Ife Williams. Excerpted in Colin McCrossan, "Slavery in the Greater Philadelphia Area: A Documentary History," The Lower Merion Historical Society, 2023, p. 93 (This source transcribes name as Nancy Morris).

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.

Enslaved Person's Name: Cuff
Sex: Male
Age: 40
Date of Birth: 1740 (calculated)
Status: Slave for life
Description: "Negro man"
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.
Enslaved Person's Name: Nance
Sex: Female
Age: 20
Date of Birth: 1760 (calculated)
Status: Slave for life
Description: "Negro woman"
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.
Enslaved Person's Name: Statea (Statia)
Sex: Male
Age: 14
Date of Birth: 1766 (calculated)
Status: Slave for life
Description: "Negro Boy"
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.
Enslaved Person's Name: Flora
Sex: Female
Age: 7
Date of Birth: 1773 (calculated)
Status: Slave for life
Description: "Negro girl"
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.
Enslaved Person's Name: Ben
Sex: Male
Age: 2
Date of Birth: 1778 (calculated)
Status: Slave for life
Description: "mulatto Boy"
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.

Enslaved Person's Name: Lonnon
Sex: Male
Age: 26
Date of Birth: 1754 (calculated)
Status: Slave for life
Description: "Negro Man"
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.
Enslaved Person's Name: Cojo
Sex: Male
Age: 24
Date of Birth: 1756 (calculated)
Status: Slave for life
Description: "Negro Man"
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.
Enslaved Person's Name: Dinah
Sex: Female
Age: 7
Date of Birth: 1773 (calculated)
Status: Slave for life
Description: "Negro Girl"
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.
Enslaved Person's Name: Cesar
Sex: Male
Age: 5
Date of Birth: 1775 (calculated)
Status: Slave for life
Description: "Negro Boy"
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.

Enslaved Person's Name: Ruth
Sex: Female
Age: 10
Date of Birth: 1770 (calculated)
Status: Slave for life
Description: "Negro Girl"
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.

Enslaved Person's Name: No name recorded
Sex: Female
Age: 5
Date of Birth: 1775 (calculated)
Status: Slave for life
Description: "Negro Girl"
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.

Enslaved Person's Name: Frank
Sex: Male
Age: Not specified
Date of Birth: Not known
Status: Slave for life, to be manumitted at age 30.
Description:
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.
Enslaved Person's Name: Joe
Sex: Male
Age: Not specified
Date of Birth: Not known
Status: Slave for life, to be manumitted at age 30.
Description:
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.
Enslaved Person's Name: Betts
Sex: Female
Age: Not specified
Date of Birth: Not known
Status: Slave for life, to be manumitted at age 30.
Description:
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.
Enslaved Person's Name: Rach
Sex: Female
Age: Not specified
Date of Birth: Not known
Status: Slave for life, to be manumitted at age 30.
Description:
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:

Enslaved Person's Name: Primus, a.k.a Old Primus
Sex: Male
Age: Not specified, but described as "old"
Date of Birth: Not known
Status: Slave for life, allowed to live free per will of Enoch Elliott, 1767
Description: "Negro"
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.
Enslaved Person's Name: Additional enslaved people
Sex:
Age: Various, young and old
Date of Birth: Various
Status: Slaves for life, bequeathed to wife and children as below.
Description: "Negroes"
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:

Enslaved Person's Name: Phebe
Sex: Female
Age: infant
Date of Birth: 10 September 1794
Status: Slave to age 28
Description: "Femael negro child"
Notes: Registered as the daughter of Dinah McCormick. Text of clerk's entry in slave register:
On the sixty Day of January Anno Domini One thousand seven hundred & ninety five Israel Elliott Esquire of Tinicum in the County of Delaware on his solemn Affirmation makes return to the Clerk of the Court of General Quarter Sessions of the peace for said County of a Negro female child named Phebe Daughter of Dina McCormick born the tenth day of September 1794 a slave of the said Israel Elliott to be registered according to Law Jan. 6th 1795.
Date of Record: 6 January 1795
Source: Henry Graham Ashmead, History of Delaware County, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1884, p. 205; "Dockets for Enslaved People in Delaware County, 1762-1831," Delaware County Bar Association, Delaware County Community College, DCCTO_10, DCCTO_11, DCCTO_12. Scan of dockets provided by Dr. Ife Williams. Excerpted in Colin McCrossan, "Slavery in the Greater Philadelphia Area: A Documentary History," The Lower Merion Historical Society, 2023, p. 94.
Enslaved Person's Name: Elizabeth
Sex: Female
Age: Six months old at Registration
Date of Birth: 23 May 1796
Status: Slave to age 28
Description: "Negroe female Child"
Notes: Registered as the daughter of Dinah McCormick. Text of clerk's entry in slave register:
Be it Remembered that on the Twelfth day of November Anno Domini 1796 Israel Elliott Esqr. Of the Township of Tinicum in the County of Delaware Grazier upon his solemn affirmation makes return to the Clerk of the Peace of said County of a Negroe female Child named Elizabeth born the Twenty third day of May Last the Daughter of Dina MCormick the Property & Slave of said Elliott to be registered According to Law November 12, 1796.
Date of Record: 12 November 1796
Source: Henry Graham Ashmead, History of Delaware County, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1884, p. 205; "Dockets for Enslaved People in Delaware County, 1762-1831," Delaware County Bar Association, Delaware County Community College, DCCTO_10, DCCTO_11, DCCTO_12. Scan of dockets provided by Dr. Ife Williams. Excerpted in Colin McCrossan, "Slavery in the Greater Philadelphia Area: A Documentary History," The Lower Merion Historical Society, 2023, p. 94.
Enslaved Person's Name: Primus Neid
Sex: Male
Age: 28
Date of Birth: 1773 (calculated)
Status: Manumitted in 1801 at age 28
Description: "Femael negro child"
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

Enslaved Person's Name: Hannah
Sex: Female
Age: Not specified
Date of Birth: Not known
Status: Slave for life.
Description: "Negro Wench"
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.

Enslaved Person's Name: Primus, also "Young Prime"
Sex: Male
Age: Per estate inventory, aged 24 in 1769
Date of Birth: circa 1745
Status: Slave for life, to be manumitted at age 30.
Description:
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.
Enslaved Person's Name: Dina
Sex: Female
Age: Per estate inventory, aged 17 in 1769
Date of Birth: circa 1752
Status: Slave for life, to be manumitted at age 30.
Description:
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.
Enslaved Person's Name: Peter
Sex: Male
Age: Not specified
Date of Birth: Not known
Status: Slave for life, to be manumitted at age 30.
Description:
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.
Enslaved Person's Name: Nance
Sex: Female
Age: Per estate inventory, aged 3 in 1769
Date of Birth: Circa 1766
Status: Slave for life, to be manumitted at age 30.
Description:
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:

Enslaved Person's Name: Not recorded
Sex: Female
Age: not recorded
Date of Birth:
Status: not recorded
Description: "Woman 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.

Enslaved Person's Name: Dinah
Sex: Female
Age: 27
Date of Birth: 1753 (calculated)
Status: "A slave for life."
Description: "Negro Woman"
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.
Enslaved Person's Name: Adam
Sex: Male
Age: 6
Date of Birth: 1774 (calculated)
Status: "A slave for life."
Description: "Negro Boy"
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.
Enslaved Person's Name: Abb
Sex: Female
Age: 4
Date of Birth: 1776 (calculated)
Status: "A slave for life."
Description: "Negro girl"
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.
Enslaved Person's Name: Sylvia
Sex: Female
Age: 2
Date of Birth: 1778 (calculated)
Status: "A slave for life."
Description: "Negro girl"
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: Eyre, Isaac
City or Township: Ridley Township
County: Delaware County
Occupation:
Notes:

Enslaved Person's Name: Julas, a.k.a. Alexander Bruce
Sex: Male
Age: Age not stated in ad, described as a "man"
Date of Birth: Not known
Status: Slave for life; self emancipated, 1776
Description: "Mulatto man"
Notes: Bruce escaped from Eyre on December 26, 1776. Eyre placed the following ad to recover him nearly two years later:
SIXTY DOLLARS REWARD.
RAN AWAY from the subscriber, in the township of Ridley, and county of Chester, a Mulatto man named JULAS, (has since changed his name to Alexander Bruce) about five feet ten inches high, has long straight hair somewhat like the Indians, walks a little stooping; he enlisted with Capt. Roach, and was sometime on board his galley: He left his master's service the 26th of December, 1776. Any person taking up said run away and delivering him to his master, or to JEHU EYRE in Philadelphia, shall be entitled to the above Reward.
ISAAC EYRE.
Date of Record: 08 December 1778
Sources: The Pennsylvania Packet 08 December 1778.

Slaveholder Name: Flower, Hannah
City or Township: Marcus Hook
County: Delaware County
Occupation: Shallopwoman;
Notes: Shallops were small open boats that transported goods between towns and settlements on the Delaware River. They were invaluable sources of trade since roads through the region along the river were not always good and the small boats could better navigate the network of waterways throughout the region. Hannah (nee Grubb) Flower was the wife of Richard Flower, who died circa 1762. She would later remarry to John Wall.
Hannah was the daughter of John Grubb. Hannah's uncle, Peter Grubb, founded Cornwall Iron Furnace in modern day Lebanon County. Peter Grubb Jr. and Curtis Grubb were her cousins.

Enslaved Person's Name: Pegg
Age: Age not given, but described as a "child."
Sex: Female
Date of Birth: Not known
Description: "Negroe Child"
Status: To be manumitted at age 25
Notes: Bequeathed by John Grubb to his daughter Hannah (Grubb) Flower. Per will of John Grubb: "And my negroe Child Pegg to live with my Daughter Hannah Flower Till she arrives to the age Twenty-five years and then to be free."
Date of Record 10 March 1758
Source: The Grubb Family of Pennsylvania and Delaware. (From the Daily Local News, Oct. l893.) Reprint online.
Enslaved Person's Name: Name not given in ad
Sex: Male
Age: Age not stated in ad, described as a "man"
Date of Birth: Not known
Status: Slave for life
Description: "Young Negro Man"
Notes: Advertised for sale in April 1762:
April 27, 1762.
A Man that understands the Shalloping Business, Invoices, and how to make out Accounts for the Employers, and can be well recommended, will meet with Encouragement, either by purchasing the one Half Park of a good Shallop, and renting Half the Wharff and Stores, or by going in the said Shallop by the Month on Wages, by applying to the Subscriber, at Marcus-Hook.
HANNAH FLOWER.
N.B. To be sold, a young Negroe Man, that has had the Small-pox and Measles, and understands sawing, and going in a Shallop, &c. Enquire of said Hannah Flower.
Date of Record: Ad dated 27 April 1762
Sources: The Pennsylvania Gazette, 06 May 1762.

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.

Enslaved Person's Name: George
Sex: Male
Age: Age not stated in ad, described as a "man"
Date of Birth: Not known
Status: Slave for life
Description: "Negro man"
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.

Enslaved Person's Name: Venus
Sex: Female
Age: 32
Date of Birth: 1748 (calculated)
Status: "A slave for life."
Description: "Negro woman"
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.

Enslaved Person's Name: Phebe
Sex: Female
Age: 8
Date of Birth: 1772 (calculated)
Status: "A slave for life."
Description: "Negro girl"
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.

Enslaved Person's Name: Clarissa
Sex: Female
Age: 19
Date of Birth: 1761 (calculated)
Status: Slave for life
Description: "Mulatto woman"
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.

Enslaved Person's Name: Tone
Sex: Male
Age: 40
Date of Birth: 1740 (calculated)
Status: Slave for life
Description: "Negro man"
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.
Enslaved Person's Name: Nance
Sex: Female
Age: 36
Date of Birth: 1744 (calculated)
Status: Slave for life
Description: "Negro woman"
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.
Enslaved Person's Name: Frank
Sex: Male
Age: 12
Date of Birth: 1768 (calculated)
Status: Slave for life
Description: "Negro Boy"
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.
Enslaved Person's Name: Bett
Sex: Female
Age: 10
Date of Birth: 1770 (calculated)
Status: Slave for life
Description: "Negro Girl"
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.
Enslaved Person's Name: Tone
Sex: Male
Age: 7
Date of Birth: 1773 (calculated)
Status: Slave for life
Description: "Negro Boy"
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.
Enslaved Person's Name: Jos
Sex: Male
Age: 5
Date of Birth: 1775 (calculated)
Status: Slave for life
Description: "Negro Boy"
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.
Enslaved Person's Name: Pol
Sex: Female
Age: 3
Date of Birth: 1777 (calculated)
Status: Slave for life
Description: "Negro Girl"
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.
Enslaved Person's Name: Dine
Sex: Female
Age: "aged six months"
Date of Birth: April 1780 (calculated)
Status: Slave for life
Description: "Negro Girl"
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.

Enslaved Person's Name: Joe
Sex: Male
Age: "aged fifteen years"
Date of Birth: 1765 (calculated)
Status: Slave for life
Description: "Negro Boy"
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.

Enslaved Person's Name: Will
Sex: Male
Age: "aged one year and eight months"
Date of Birth: March 1779 (calculated)
Status: Slave for life
Description: "Negro Boy"
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.

Enslaved Person's Name: Nanny
Sex: Female
Age: "aged seventy years"
Date of Birth: 1710 (calculated)
Status: Slave for life
Description: "Negro woman"
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.
Enslaved Person's Name: Cezar
Sex: Male
Age: 36
Date of Birth: 1744 (calculated)
Status: Slave for life
Description: "Negro man"
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.
Enslaved Person's Name: Tone
Sex: Male
Age: 34
Date of Birth: 1746 (calculated)
Status: Slave for life
Description: "Negro man"
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.
Enslaved Person's Name: Nancy
Sex: Female
Age: 44
Date of Birth: 1736 (calculated)
Status: Slave for life
Description: "Negro woman"
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.
Enslaved Person's Name: Judy
Sex: Female
Age: 25
Date of Birth: 1755 (calculated)
Status: Slave for life
Description: "Mulatto woman"
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.
Enslaved Person's Name: Dolly
Sex: Female
Age: 20
Date of Birth: 1760 (calculated)
Status: Slave for life
Description: "Mulatto woman"
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.
Enslaved Person's Name: Alice
Sex: Female
Age: 10
Date of Birth: 1770 (calculated)
Status: Slave for life
Description: "Mulatto girl"
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.
Enslaved Person's Name: Jimmy
Sex: Male
Age: 8
Date of Birth: 1772 (calculated)
Status: Slave for life
Description: "Mulatto Boy"
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.
Enslaved Person's Name: Fanny
Sex: Female
Age: "aged thirteen months"
Date of Birth: 1772 (calculated)
Status: Slave for life
Description: "Mulatto female Child"
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, James
City or Township: Newtown
County: Chester County (modern day Delaware County)
Occupation:
Notes:

Enslaved Person's Name: Name not given in ad
Sex: Male
Age: "about 21 years old"
Date of Birth: circa 1749
Status: Slave for life
Description: "Negroe man"
Notes: Offered for sale in January 1770. Text (partial) of ad:
To be SOLD by the SUBSCRIBER,
A PLANTATION, [description follows]...
Also to be sold, a lusty strong Negroe man, about 21 years old, has had the small-pox and measles, has been bred on a plantation, and is a good workman. Any person inclining to purchase the plantation or Negroe, may know the terms, by applying to the subscriber, in Newtown, Chester county. Credit will be given for one half of the purchase money, paying interest, and giving security, if required.
JAMES HUNTER.
Date of Record: The Pennsylvania Gazette, 11 January 1770.
Source:

Slaveholder Name: Hunter, Jonathan
City or Township: Edgmont Township
County: Delaware County
Occupation: Yeoman
Notes: The enslaved people of Jonathan Hunter are listed on page 39 of the Chester County 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.)
1. Enslaved Person's Name: Philis
  Sex: Female
  Age: 30
  Date of Birth: 1750 (calculated)
  Status: Slave for life
  Description: "Negro woman"
  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.
2. Enslaved Person's Name: Paddy or Pad
  Sex: Male
  Age: 16 (at Registration); "about 25 years of age" (at first escape attempt); The age reported at Registration is probably more accurate.
  Date of Birth: circa 1764 (Registration); circa 1768, estimated from description in 1793 escape notice.
  Status: Slave for life
  Description: "Negro Lad"
  Notes: Registered as "A Negro Lad named Paddy aged sixteen years a slave for life." Paddy, or "Pad," escaped from Hunter on February 28, 1793. Hunter published the following escape notice and offer of reward:
  FOUR DOLLARS Reward.
  RAN AWAY from the subscriber, on the 28th of February, a Negro Man, called Pad, about 25 years of age, a stout likely fellow, and talks good English: Had on when he went away, an old great coat of a light colour, a good nankeen coat, striped jacket, buckskin breeches, and a pair of black velvet ditto, 2 or 3 pairs of yarn stockings, one pair of shoes with buckles, and one pair with whangs half soaled and nailed, and old castor hat.
  Whoever apprehends said negro, and lodges him in any prison, or brings him home, shall have the above reward, and reasonable charges, paid by
  JONATHAN HUNTER.
  Edgmont township, Delaware county, March 1, 1793.
  Paddy was apparently captured, but a year later escaped again, in April 1794, this time 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.
3. Enslaved Person's Name: Samson
  Sex: Male
  Age: 10
  Date of Birth: 1770 (calculated)
  Status: Slave for life. Escaped in April 1794. See ad above, with Paddy.
  Description: "Negro Boy"
  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.
4. Enslaved Person's Name: Prudi
  Sex: Female
  Age: 6
  Date of Birth: 1774 (calculated)
  Status: Slave for life. Escaped in April 1794. See ad above, with Paddy.
  Description: "Negro Girl"
  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.
5. Enslaved Person's Name: Philis
  Sex: Female
  Age: 3
  Date of Birth: 1777 (calculated)
  Status: Slave for life. Escaped in April 1794. See ad above, with Paddy.
  Description: "Negro Girl"
  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.
6. Enslaved Person's Name: Name not given in ad
  Sex: Male
  Age: 2 months old at time his mother ran away with him.
  Date of Birth: circa February 1794
  Status: Slave to Age 28. Escaped in April 1794. See ad above, with Paddy.
  Description: "Negro male child"
  Notes:
  Date of Record: 14 April 1794.
  Sources: General Advertiser (Philadelphia), 4 July 1794.
7. Enslaved Person's Name: Philip
  Sex: Male
  Age: Adult man
  Date of Birth:
  Status: Slave for life
  Description: "Negroe Philip the SLAVE of George Hunter and Jonathan Hunter"
  Notes: Tried at Special Court in Chester County for burglary, 12 June 1771 and found not guilty. At a second trial a few months later, however, was found guilty:
  On an Information exhibited by Andrew Allen Esq Attorney General of our Lord the King against the defendant for feloniously stealing one pair of worsted stockings of the value of six shillings two clasp Knives of the value of two Shillings two Quarts of Rum of the value of two Shillings and two Glass Bottles of the value of one Shilling of the Goods and Chattles of William Gibbons
  The defendant being charged pleads non Cul et de hoc Attorney General Similiter & and now on fully hearing the Proofs in this Cause it is Considered & adjudged by this Court that the said defendant Negroe Philip is Guilty of the Felony in Manner & Form aforesaid & and therefore it is further considered & adjudged by this Court that the said Negroe Philip be whipp’d with thirty nine lashes well laid on his bare back at the common whipping Post between the hours of 2 & 3 oclock this Afternoon and that his Masters pay the Costs of Prosecution and that the Freehold Security be given for the said Negroes good Behaviour for one Year and stand committed till this Judgement be complyed with ---
  Jonathan Hunter
  in the sum of £200
  On Condition that the said Negroe Philip keep the Peace and be of good Behaviour towards all of his Majesties liege Subjects
  Acknowledged Oct. 26. 1771.
  Before Me
  John Morton
  Date of Record: 26 October 1771
  Source: "Dockets for Enslaved People in Delaware County, 1762-1831," Delaware County Bar Association, Delaware County Community College, DCCTO_06. Scan of dockets provided by Dr. Ife Williams. Reproduced in Colin McCrossan, "Slavery in the Greater Philadelphia Area," Lower Merion Historical Society, 2023, pp 63-65.

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