was a proprietor in Hadley, MA, in 1742 and was granted 5.5 acres in N. Amherst, MA; 1743 granted 8.5 acres in Amherst, which he sold in 1753; owned land in Sunderland, MA, too; as a landowner he could vote; when Porter died in 1722, his children freed Ralph; 1750 plan of Hadley meetinghouse lists Ralph Way in gallery; married Lois but in Oct. of 1751 the MA General Court dissolved their marriage because she had a male child with a slave named Boston; Ralph remarried
| Entry | Source | Vol Name | Date | entry id |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| • Power, Rachel and Ralph Way, "people of colour," Jan. 3, 1816 | Shelburne Vital Records to 1850 | Marriages | 1816 Jan 3 | 1562 |