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Joel

first name
Joel
last name
gender
male
birth, death year
-- , --
first, last year in records
1808, 1808
confidence level
confirmed identity
freed status (year freed)
unknown
enslaver(s)
location(s)
Deerfield, MA  
place of origin

Bio

"Joel Negro" appears in two 1808 entries in Orlando Ware's day book. Ware had a store in Deerfield, Massachusetts. Thomas Barnard purchased rum for Joel and delivered it to him, and Thomas Wells purchased "sundries" (various items) and delivered them to Joel.

Primary Source Entries for Joel

Entry Source Vol Name Date entry id
• Toms Barnard Dr to Store For 1 pt Rum deld Negro Joel  - 17 Orlando Ware Day Book Volume 2 1808 May 5 1265
• 28 Thomas Wells Dr to Store For Sundres Del Joel Negro 1 50 Orlando Ware Day Book Volume 2 1808 Oct 28 1264
• Thomas Wells Dr to Store For Sundres Deld Joel Negro 1 50 Orlando Ware Day Book Volume 2 1808 Oct 29 1263
• 1 pt. Rum   17 Orlando Ware Day Book Volume 2 1808 Oct 29 3313

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