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Town Negro

first name
Town
last name
gender
male
birth, death year
-- , --
first, last year in records
1761, 1763
confidence level
confirmed identity
freed status (year freed)
enslaved
enslaver(s)
Williams, Elijah;
location(s)
Deerfield, MA  
place of origin

Bio

Town was one of at least three people enslaved by Elijah Williams of Deerfield, Massachusetts. From 1761 through 1765 he had an account at Elijah Williams's store, where he purchased, among other things, a cotton handkerchief, fishing line, shoe buckles, various kinds of fabric and thread or yarn, gloves, and a Jew's harp. He paid for his purchases with fox pelts, tobacco, and cash.

Primary Source Entries for Town Negro

Entry Source Vol Name Date entry id
• Town Negro Dr 1761 May 138 To Cotton Handk 0-1-8 To Fish Line 0-0-10 To pair Shoe Buckles 0-1-0 To 3 1/2 Garlick 0-9-4 1761 MayTo Sundrys 0-11-1 To Sundrys 0-15-0 [total] 1:9:3 To pd Hannah Catlin 0-9-4 [total]1-10-7 March 1765 May 80 To Sundries 0-1-7-2 Elijah Williams Account Book Volume 5, 1759-1769 1761 1610
  Town Contra Cr By red fox £0-2-8 By 22 lb tobacco 0-6-1 By red Fox 0-2-8 By 2 Fox 11:2 By 18 lb of Tobacco @ 4 0-6-8 0-6- [total] 1-3- By Cash of Warner 10 [total] 2-1-[?] 1765 By 3 3/4 Tobacco 0-1-3 Elijah Williams Account Book 1761 1611
• [Town?] Dr To 1 pr Buckles 1/ Elijah Williams Day Book Dec 14, 1757-Jan 22, 1765 1765 162
• Town negro Dr to 3 1/4 yd thick felt - 10 - 3 Elijah Williams Day Book Dec 1, 1760 - July 27, 1762; Volume 12 1761 May 25 1969
• Town negro Dr to 1 scain Silk - - 8 Elijah Williams Day Book Dec 1, 1760 - July 27, 1762; Volume 12 1761 May 25 1971
• Town negro Dr to 1 scain mohane 6d - - 6 Elijah Williams Day Book Dec 1, 1760 - July 27, 1762; Volume 12 1761 May 25 1970
• Town negro Dr to 1 3/4 yd Shelloon @ 2/8 - 4 - 8 Elijah Williams Day Book Dec 1, 1760 - July 27, 1762; Volume 12 1761 May 26 1973
• Town negro Dr to 10 Buttons @ 8d - - 7 Elijah Williams Day Book Dec 1, 1760 - July 27, 1762; Volume 12 1761 May 26 1972
• Town Negro Dr To a pare of gloves old tenor 1-4-0 To juse [jew's] harp 0-2-6 John Russell Account Book 1763 - 1791, Vol 1 1763 Nov 646
• To [ounce of snuff 0 -2-6 total 0-18-0 John Russell Account Book 1763 - 1791, Vol 1 1763 1039

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