Fortune

first name
Fortune
last name
gender
male
birth, death year
-- , --
first, last year in records
1737, 1737
confidence level
confirmed identity
freed status (year freed)
enslaved
enslaver(s)
Dickinson, Samuel;
location(s)
Deerfield, MA  
place of origin

Bio

Fortune lived in Deerfield, Massachusetts, where he was enslaved by Samuel and Hannah Dickinson. They had him baptized on June 22, 1737: "Fortune Servant to Samuell Dickinson was Baptized upon his mistress account".

Primary Source Entries for Fortune

Entry Source Vol Name Date entry id
Fortune Servant to Samuell Dickinson was Baptized upon his Mistress account "Names of Children Baptized" First Congregational Church of Deerfield, Massachusetts Single 1737 Jun 22 266

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