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Prince

first name
Prince
last name
gender
male
birth, death year
-- , 1752
first, last year in records
1742, 1752
confidence level
confirmed identity
freed status (year freed)
enslaved
enslaver(s)
Barnard, Joseph; Wells, Thomas;
location(s)
Deerfield, MA  
place of origin

Bio

Joseph Barnard bought Prince from Dr. Thomas Wells of Deerfield, Massachusetts, and earned money by hiring Prince out to work for others. In 1744, Barnard bought him a coat, breeches, and other items. He also paid for Dr. Thomas Williams to treat Prince after a fall he took in the spring of 1749. When he escaped the following fall, Joseph Barnard placed a notice in the Boston Post-Boy offering a reward for Prince's capture. By July of 1750, he was once again in Deerfield under Barnard's control. Two years later, Barnard paid carpenter James Crouch for making Prince's coffin.

Primary Source Entries for Prince

Entry Source Vol Name Date entry id
To Phleb. Prince 4/c -4- Dr. Thomas Williams Acct. Book 1755-1756 1749 Apr 20 907
To Phleb. Prince 4/c -4- Dr. Thomas Williams Acct. Book 1755-1756 1749 May 7 908
• Joseph Barnard Dr to Phlebot. Prince 4 Dr. Thomas Williams Day Book Volume 1 1748 May 7 847
• Joseph Barnard Dr to Phlebot Prince Negro 4/ Dr. Thomas Williams Day Book Volume 1 1749 Apr 20 850
• Ensn Barnard Dr to Soleing & Caping Princes Shoes 0-2-4 Ebenezer Arms Day Book Single 1750 Feb 1 739
• Octr 21 to a Jack Knife 3/ Elijah Williams Account Book Volume 1 1745 Oct 21 2161
• 1746 Aug. to a knife   3.6 Elijah Williams Account Book Volume 1 1746 Aug 2162
• Prince Dr to 10 plate buttons vest 2/6 Elijah Williams Day Book April 26, 1742- Jan 16, 1746; Volume 1 1742 Oct 20 993
• Prince Cr by 6lbs tobacko Elijah Williams Day Book April 26, 1742- Jan 16, 1746; Volume 1 1742 Oct 29 991
• Prince Cr by Cash lent for violin 2/0/6 Elijah Williams Day Book April 26, 1742- Jan 16, 1746; Volume 1 1743 Nov 22 1628
• Prince Cr by 3 foxes 2/4/0 Elijah Williams Day Book April 26, 1742- Jan 16, 1746; Volume 1 1744 May 3 1630
• Prince Dr to a Jack Knife 0-3-0 Elijah Williams Day Book April 26, 1742- Jan 16, 1746; Volume 1 1745 Oct 21 1829
• to to prince to thrash peas & oats 0 9 0 Joseph Barnard Account Book Joseph Barnard Account Book 1737-1785 1746 Aug 2268
• to prince a Day to mend fence at Green River Meadow fence 12/ - - 0 12 0  Joseph Barnard Account Book Joseph Barnard Account Book 1737-1785 1748 Apr 2280
• to myself & prince a Day at the high way in the Street 40/ myselfe 2 Days 40/ 4 0 0 Joseph Barnard Account Book Joseph Barnard Account Book 1737-1785 1750 Jul 2282
Prince worked at Great River Joseph Barnard Day Book 5/1737 - 8/1785 1744 Oct 1169
Joseph Bardwell & Prince a fence for Samuel Barnard Joseph Barnard Day Book 5/1737 - 8/1785 1745 Jun 1174
• Abner Barnard Dr to prince to fetch Cole from Nathan Frarey's 8/ } 0-8-0 Joseph Barnard Day Book 5/1737 - 8/1785 1746 Dec 1185
• Samll Hinsdell Dr to prince 1/2 a day to fan pese & oats 4/ 0-4-0 Joseph Barnard Day Book 5/1737 - 8/1785 1746 Dec 1644
to prince three days to [reap] 1£ 0 Joseph Barnard Day Book 5/1737 - 8/1785 1746 1202
• to prince 10 Days at great River 4£ Joseph Barnard Day Book 5/1737 - 8/1785 1746 1201
Remem Sheldon myself & prince two Days to hew frame & Raise 2-8-9 Joseph Barnard Day Book 5/1737 - 8/1785 1746 557
• prince Dr to money 70/ 3-10-0 Joseph Barnard Day Book 5/1737 - 8/1785 1747 Feb 1211
• Capt Barnard Dr to prince to Reep three Days at the River 45/ 2-5-0 Joseph Barnard Day Book 5/1737 - 8/1785 1747 Jul 1213
• to prince to keep three Days at the River 45/ } 2-5-0 Joseph Barnard Day Book 5/1737 - 8/1785 1747 Jul 1212
Prince dungs field Joseph Barnard Day Book 5/1737 - 8/1785 1747 Nov 1214
• Father Barnard Dr to prince & the teeme to Cart Dung to Second Devision three Days 60/ ... 3-0-0 Joseph Barnard Day Book 5/1737 - 8/1785 1747 Nov 1216
• prince Dr to Cash 30/6 1-10-6 Joseph Barnard Day Book 5/1737 - 8/1785 1747 Nov 664
• Capt Williams Dr to prince a Day to fan Peas from oats omitted 12/ 0-12-0 Joseph Barnard Day Book 5/1737 - 8/1785 1748 Apr 1654
• Capt Williams Dr to prince a Day to fan Peas ... 0-12-0 Joseph Barnard Day Book 5/1737 - 8/1785 1748 Apr 1225
• Capt Barnard Dr to prince a Day to mend fence at Green River Meadow fence 12/ 0-12-0 Joseph Barnard Day Book 5/1737 - 8/1785 1748 Apr 1218
• Capt Barnard Dr to myself & prince a Day at the River to fence 30/ 1-10-0 Boarding 4 Weaks at 30/ 6-0-0 Joseph Barnard Day Book 5/1737 - 8/1785 1748 Oct 1221
• Colo Williams Dr to prince a Day to fan peas & oats & Sepparate peas from oats 15/ 0-15-0 Joseph Barnard Day Book 5/1737 - 8/1785 1748 Nov 1220
• Col Wm Williams do [ditto] to Carting 15 Bushels Wheat to Hatfield Joseph Barnard Day Book 5/1737 - 8/1785 1748 1224
• Colo Williams Dr to prince to fan peas & oats 0-15-0 Joseph Barnard Day Book 5/1737 - 8/1785 1748 1222
Myself two Days 30/ 1£ 10-0 Joseph Barnard Day Book 5/1737 - 8/1785 1748 1223
• Colo Wm Williams to prince a Day to hoe beens 20/ to go[?] 1/2 a Day to Ride hors 2/6 Joseph Barnard Day Book 5/1737 - 8/1785 1749 Jun 1230
to myself & prince a Day at the high way in the Street 4£ 0-0 Joseph Barnard Day Book 5/1737 - 8/1785 1750 Jul 1231
to myself & prince & teem ... to mend the Meeting [?] 2£ Joseph Barnard Day Book 5/1737 - 8/1785 1751 Jan 1232
Prince Dr to paid Nth. Brooks for meal you took of his at mill 15/ 0-15 Joseph Barnard Day Book 5/1737 - 8/1785 1751 Jul 1235
to a Trap you had of Col. Hindell 3-10-[?] Joseph Barnard Day Book 5/1737 - 8/1785 1751 Jul 1233
to paid Col. Williams for yr Buckles Joseph Barnard Day Book 5/1737 - 8/1785 1751 Jul 1234
a coffin for Prince 2-[?]- Joseph Barnard Day Book 5/1737 - 8/1785 1752 Jun 1236
• "May [?] 1744 J. Barnard - Prince scored timber for the mounts 8/ Town of Deerfield, MA, Wars - French and Indian Box 2, Folder 8-V, # 7 1744 May 1283
• Prince to a Knife 0-3-6 to a pocketbook 0-3-6 to a pair of sleave buttons 0-1-6 to a pair Do [of the same] 0-1-6 Williams and Field Account Book 1744-1746 1745 1347

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