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Peter Newport

first name: Peter
last name: Newport
gender: male
birth, death year: 1742 , 1821
first, last year in records: 1771, 1771
confidence level: confirmed identity
freed status (year freed): enslaved, then free (1783)
enslaver(s): Billings, Joseph;
location(s): Williamsburg, MA
place of origin: Hatfield, MA

Bio

son of Amos Sr. Newport; farmer; married Azubah; head of household (70-acre farm) in Williamsburg, MA census reports for 1790, 1800, 1810; freed upon the death of his owner, Joseph Billings, in 1783; in 1776 Billings and his nephew David Billings sold a piece of land in Williamsburg, MA to Peter for 5 pounds- he was still a slave at the time; died in Williamsburg, MA

Primary Source Entries for Peter Newport

Entry	Source	Vol Name	Date	entry id
• 107. PETER2 NEWPORT (Amos1) resided at Hatfield in 1771 and by 1800 owned a 70-acre farm at Williamsburg. His estate wasdistributed in April 1823 and his son, Amos Newport, was one of four heirs. Child: i. AMOS3 NEWPORT, b. ca May 1771 at Hatifield.	Smith, James Avery. History of the Black Population of Amherst 1728-1870	1728-1870	1771	1577

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