Jonah Newport

first name: Jonah
last name: Newport
gender: male
birth, death year: 1760 , --
first, last year in records: --, --
confidence level: confirmed identity
freed status (year freed): enslaved, then free (1781)
enslaver(s): Billings, Joseph;
location(s): Williamsburg, MA
place of origin: Hatfield, MA

Bio

possibly born 1760-65; his owner's 1781 will stipulated that he would be come free at the age of 21; used the surname "Bulkley"; son of Peter & Azubah Newport of Williamsburg