Tag: Murderkill Hundred
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Manumission Pompey and Hannah from Nimrod and Elizabeth Maxwell 1799
Know all Me by this Instrument of Writing that We Nimrod Maxwell & Elizabeth Maxwell of Motherkiln Hundred and County of Kent on Delaware, do hereby manumit & set absolutely free the following named Negroes, towitt, Negro Man named Pompey aged about forty five years, & his Wife named Hannah aged about thirty-three years; so…
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Manumission Chloe and her Children from Henry and Margaret Newell 1779
Know all Men by this present Instrument that We Henry and Margaret Newell of Motherkiln Hundred in Kent County on Delaware do hereby manumit & set absolutely free ^all our Negroes hereafter particularly named towitt Negro Woman named Chloe aged upwards of fifty years, and her children towitt Chloe aged about___ years, her Daughter named…
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Manumission Sundry Negroes from Thomas Nock 1777
I Thomas Nock of murtherkiln hundred & County of Kent on Delawa Fully persuaded in my own Breast of the Iniquity of detaining my fellow Man in Bondage & believing it to be the natural equitable & unalienable Right of all Men to have the Liberty of disposing of their Persons & Property, do form…
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Will Peter Lowber 1794
In the Name of God Amen. I Peter Lowber (senior of Murderkill hundred, Kent County in the Delaware State being weak of Body, But of sound and Disposing mind, Memory and understanding Considering the Certainty of Death, and the uncertainty of the time thereof; and being desirous to settle my wordley affairs, and thereby to…
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Probate Estate Files – John Emerson 1755-1756
[Partial Estate Inventory Mentioning Slaves 1 Mar 1756] one negro man named wemoth £45 one negro woman named Curthena £50 one negro Girl named Sall £32 10s one negro man named George £55 one negro woman named Sidney with her Child named Venus £55 one negro man named Mingo £55 one negro woman named Filliss…
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Manumission Jonathan Emerson to Sundry Negroes 1776
Know all Men by this present Instrument of Writing that I Jonathan Emerson of murtherkiln Hundred of Kent County on Delaware Yeoman do hereby manumitt & set absolutely free all my Negroes as hereafter particularly named viz Negro Man called Mingo aged, as judged, near fifty years, Andrew a negro Man aged about thirty years,…
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Manumission Vincent Emerson to Sundry Negroes 1776
Know all Men by these presents that I Vincent Emerson of murtherkill Hundred in Kent County on Delaware Farmer, do hereby manumitt and set absolutely free all my Negroes as particularly hereafter named towitt, negro Man called George, aged (supposed) about fifty years; Alice a negro Woman aged upwards of forty Years, Judah Woman aged…
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Manumission Lydia Sipple to Sundry Negroes 1776
I Lydia Sipple of murtherkiln Hundred in Kent County on Delaware do hereby from an apprehension of its being there equitable Right, manumit & set absolutely free all my Negroes towitt, Anthony aged nineteen years the tenth Day of last Month; negro Woman named Barbara aged about seventeen years & three Months, & her child…
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Manumission Rachel Bowers to Negroes Charles & Fill 1776
Whereas my beloved Husband John Bowers did in his last Will & Testament devise unto Me the following Negroes towitt, Charles a negro Man aged about forty years to be for my use during my natural Life, also his Wife called Fill aged about forty years also to my own use and Behoof forever, Now…
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Will, John Bower 1765
Be it Remembered That I John Bowers of the County of Kent upon Delaware Calling to mind the uncertainty of time here in the world and being but weak in Body yet through Divine favor of Sound mind and memory in order to Settle my outward affairs whilst in this Situation of mind I do…
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