Tag: Delaware History
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Apprentice Indenture Rachel Handy to Amelia Shadd 1842
This Indenture made this tenth day of September A.D. 1842 Witnesseth that Kendal Handy of White Clay Creek Hundred NewCastle County & State of Delaware (free man of Colour) Father of Rachel Handy a minor, hath, in the presence and with the approbation of William MCaulley a Justice of the Peace for New Castle County,…
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Apprenticeship of Thomas Hill to Robert Phillips 1795
This Indenture Witnesseth That Thomas Hill a Negro lately manumitted by Joseph Rotheram hath put himself and by these presents doth voluntarily and of his own free-will and accord put himself as an apprentice unto Robert Phillips of Christiana Hundred and (after the manner of an Apprentice) to serve the said Robert Phillips his heirs…
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Manumission Thomas Hill from Joseph Rotheram 1795
I, Joseph Rotheram, of White Clay Creek Hundred County of New Castle, and State of Delaware, do hereby set free from Bondage my negro man named Thomas Hill aged thirty two years in April instant, and do myself my executors and administrators, release unto the said Thomas Hall all my right and all claim whatsoever…
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Deed John Way and wife Jane to Abraham Doras 1803
This Indenture Made the Seventeenth day of April in the Year of our Lord one thou- sand eight hundred and three, Between John Way of of Christiana Hundred and County of NewCastle in the State of Delaware Esquire, and Jane his wife of the one Part and Abraham Doras of the Borough of Wilmington &…
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Will Abraham Doris June 3 1825
Recorded in Book S Page 70 Be it remembered, that I Abraham Doris of Wilmington do make & declare the following to be my last will & testament I give & bequeath to Evan Lewis & Samuel Hillis, their heirs Executors & administrators, the sum of one hundred Dollares in trust for the use of the…
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Probate Estate File Joseph Nicholson 1816
Will Joseph Nicholson 1809 Be it Remembered that I Joseph Nicholson of the Borough of Wilmington County of Newcastle and State of Delaware (Couleredman) being (though weak of body) of sound disposing mind and memory have thought proper by this my last will and Testament to dispose of my worldly affairs in manner and form…
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Manumission Margaret & Darcas from Joseph Nock 1777
I Joseph Nock of Duckcreek Hundred in Kent County on Delaware (Farmer) do hereby manumit & set absolutely free my Negro Woman named Margaret aged about forty years, and her Child named Darcas aged about three years; so that henceforth the said Woman named Margaret shall be at her own Disposal and at Liberty to…
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Manumission Sundry Negroes from Daniel Mifflin Sr & Daniel Mifflin Jr 1776
This Indenture made this sixteenth Day of January Anno Domini one thousand seven hundred seventy six between Daniel Mifflin Senr & Daniel Mifflin Junr of Worcester County of the one Part; and Negroes; Frank alias Frank Allen; James called Kent James; & Sophia his Wife with their Children towitt Hannah, Ben, Rhoda, Betty, Fisher, Ned…
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Manumission Negro Paris Freedom from Joshua Fisher 1776
Whereas I Joshua Fisher of Philadelphia Merchant did some years ago sell and dispose of a certain negro Woman named Sue as a Slave, but have since (upon Consideration that in so doing I exercised a Power which, however it may be warranted by the Laws of the Land, one human Creature ought not to…
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Manumission Negro Sabina Freedom from Joshua Fisher 1776
Whereas I Joshua Fisher of Philadelphia Merchant did some years ago sell and dispose of a certain negro Woman named Sue as a Slave, but have since (upon Consideration, that in so doing I exercised a Power which however it may be warranted by the Laws of the Land, one human Creature ought not to…
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