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Romulus Fenimore, Jr.

first name
Romulus
last name
Fenimore
gender
male
birth, death year
1787 , 1789
first, last year in records
1789, 1789
confidence level
confirmed identity
freed status (year freed)
unknown
enslaver(s)
location(s)
Shelburne, MA  
place of origin
Shelburne, MA

Bio

Romulus, Jr. was the son of Romulus, Sr. and Rose Fenimore of Shelburne, Massachusetts. He was born in 1787 and died in 1789. He is buried in Shelburne's Hill Cemetery. His gravestone reads:

Romulus son of Mr Romels
& Mrs Rozannah Finemer
who died Octr  26th  1789 in
 ye  2nd  year of his age

 

 

 

Primary Source Entries for Romulus Fenimore, Jr.

Entry Source Vol Name Date entry id
• Negro Romus Negro Daniel Elihu Ashley Account Book Single 1775 1857
• Negro Romus and Negro Daniel Elihu Ashley Account Book Single 1775 1689
• Romus Negro (Shelburne) To visit and Direct 1/0 Emet /8d Phelod [?] 9 [?] 20th visit and Direct 1/4 3-8 Elihu Ashley Account Book Single 1777 Jul 7 586
• [Romus Negro (Shelburne)] Inst [interest ?] on the acct Jan. 7, 1778 __ __ 3 Elihu Ashley Account Book Single 1779 Apr 9 774
• [Romus Negro (Shelburne)] Contra: By 1 Days Reaping for Moses Smith 3/0 00-3-00 Elihu Ashley Account Book Single 1779 Aug 920
• Finemer, Romulus, "colored," s. Romulus [and] Rozannah G.R.4], Oct. 26, 1789, a. 2 y. P.R. 18. Shelburne Vital Records to 1850 Deaths 1789 Oct 26 1554

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