Childs, Samuel Jr.

title
first name
Samuel Jr.
last name
Childs
gender
male
birth, death year
1712, 1786
role
enslaver
race
white
location(s)
Deerfield, MA  

Bio

Samuel was a soldier and tailor who lived in Deerfield, Massachusetts. He and his wife had four children lived to adulthood. From 1747-1748, during King George's War (1744-1748), Childs was in command of Fort Pelham. He enslaved a man named Caesar who fought in the French and Indian War (1754-1763), and he rented the services of Titus enslaved by Dan Arms and Titus enslaved by Jonathan Ashley. He cut out a coat and breeches for Prince, enslaved by Joseph Barnard.

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