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Prince, Abijah and Lucey Terry, servant to Ensign Ebenezer Wells, May 17, 1756
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Deerfield Vital Records to 1850,
Marriages
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1756
May
17
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Abijah Prince
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Free
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Terry, Lucey, servant to Esign Eben[ezer]r Wells and Abijah Prince, May 17, 1756
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Deerfield Vital Records to 1850,
Marriages
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1756
May
17
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Abijah Prince
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Free
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Prince, Abijah and Lucey Terry, servant to Ensign Ebenezer Wells, May 17, 1756
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Deerfield Vital Records to 1850,
Marriages
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1756
May
17
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Lucy Terry Prince
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Wells, Ebenezer |
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Terry, Lucey, servant to Esign Eben[ezer]r Wells and Abijah Prince, May 17, 1756
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Deerfield Vital Records to 1850,
Marriages
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1756
May
17
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Lucy Terry Prince
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Wells, Ebenezer |
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Cesar and Hagar, servants to Samuel Dickinson, Jan. 16, 1778
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Deerfield Vital Records to 1850,
Marriages
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1778
Jan
16
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Free
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Hagar and Cesar, servants to Samuel Dickinson, Jan. 16, 1778
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Deerfield Vital Records to 1850,
Marriages
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1778
Jan
16
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Free
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Freedom, Dinah (of Greenfield int.) and John Rowley, May 6, 1794, Negroes.
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Deerfield Vital Records to 1850,
Marriages
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1794
May
6
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Dinah Freedom Rowley
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Free
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Freedom, Dinah (of Greenfield int.) and John Rowley, May 6, 1794, Negroes.
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Deerfield Vital Records to 1850,
Marriages
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1794
May
6
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John Rowley
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Free
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Noble, Spencer and Cloe Syllaman [Silliman?], Oct. 23, 1794. [Chloe manumitted by AWHHS's will 1783.]
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Deerfield Vital Records to 1850,
Marriages
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1794
Oct
23
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Chloe Spencer Freeman
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Free
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Syllaman, Cloe and Noble Spencer, Oct. 23, 1794
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Deerfield Vital Records to 1850,
Marriages
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1794
Oct
23
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Chloe Spencer Freeman
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Free
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Noble, Spencer and Cloe Syllaman [Silliman?], Oct. 23, 1794. [Chloe manumitted by AWHHS's will 1783.]
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Deerfield Vital Records to 1850,
Marriages
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1794
Oct
23
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Noble Spencer
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Free
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Syllaman, Cloe and Noble Spencer, Oct. 23, 1794
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Deerfield Vital Records to 1850,
Marriages
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1794
Oct
23
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Noble Spencer
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Free
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Paine, Metita and Amos Newport of Hat. 12/6/1806
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Deerfield Vital Records to 1850,
Marriages
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1806
Dec
6
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Amos Newport
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Free
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Paine, Metita and Amos Newport of Hat. 12/6/1806
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Deerfield Vital Records to 1850,
Marriages
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1806
Dec
6
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Melita Paine Newport
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Free
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Till, William of Hadley, and Lucinda Paine, Dec. 26, 1810. Persons of Color
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Deerfield Vital Records to 1850,
Marriages
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1810
Dec
26
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Lucinda Day Paine Till
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Free
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Till, William of Hadley, and Lucinda Paine, Dec. 26, 1810. Persons of Color
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Deerfield Vital Records to 1850,
Marriages
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1810
Dec
26
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William Till, Sr.
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Free
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Imanuel [also Emanuel], Prince and Mahala Paine, June 30, 1813
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Deerfield Vital Records to 1850,
Marriages
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1813
Jun
30
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Prince Manuel
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Free
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Imanuel [also Emanuel], Prince and Mahala Paine, June 30, 1813
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Deerfield Vital Records to 1850,
Marriages
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1813
Jun
30
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Mahala Paine Manuel
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Free
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Boston, Nancy of Hadley and Charles Pain, int. Oct. 5, 1820
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Deerfield Vital Records to 1850,
Marriages
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1820
Oct
5
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Nancy Boston Paine
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Free
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Boston, Nancy of Hadley and Charles Pain, int. Oct. 5, 1820
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Deerfield Vital Records to 1850,
Marriages
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1820
Oct
5
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Charles Paine, Sr.
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Free
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[Cole, Cato and Jenny - previously noted in research] ? U.S. Census 1810?
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Deerfield Vital Records to 1850,
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1810
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Free
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[Cole, Cato and Jenny - previously noted in research] ? U.S. Census 1810?
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Deerfield Vital Records to 1850,
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1810
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Free
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Mention of a bill of sale to Lt. Benjamin Maxwell from Nthaniel Dunkelle, April 27, 1767, for a "negro child about twelve months old." for six _, 13 shillings, and 4 pence.
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Healy, Allan. Charlemont, Massachusetts, 1765-1965,
1765-1965,
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1767
Apr
27
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negro child
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Maxwell, Benjamin |
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6
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13
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4.0
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Mention of a bill of sale to Lt. Benjamin Maxwell from Nthaniel Dunkelle, April 27, 1767, for a "negro child about twelve months old." for six _, 13 shillings, and 4 pence.
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Healy, Allan. Charlemont, Massachusetts, 1765-1965,
1765-1965,
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1767
Apr
27
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negro child
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Dunkell, Nathaniel |
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Jonathan Taylor in 1771, buys from Daniel Arms of Deerfield "one negro man named Titus, aged thirty-one year, for twenty shillings."
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Healy, Allan. Charlemont, Massachusetts, 1765-1965,
1765-1965,
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1771
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Titus
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Arms, Daniel Jr. |
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20
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Jonathan Taylor in 1771, buys from Daniel Arms of Deerfield "one negro man named Titus, aged thirty-one year, for twenty shillings."
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Healy, Allan. Charlemont, Massachusetts, 1765-1965,
1765-1965,
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1771
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Titus
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Taylor, Jonathan, Sr. |
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20
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Among the first documented free black families in Deerfield, the Paines moved here in 1786 and stayed until at least 1830.
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Leavitt, Sarah A., The African American Presence in 19th Century Deerfield,
Single
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1786
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Free
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Juda Paine, daug. of Charles and Rachel Paine, married Paul Goff of Southampton, 1796; 1790 census lists Paul Goff in Dfld.
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Leavitt, Sarah A., The African American Presence in 19th Century Deerfield,
Single
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1796
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Juda Paine Goff
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Free
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Church record notes Schyler Salisbury's death 1832 by pleurisy, at age 27
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Leavitt, Sarah A., The African American Presence in 19th Century Deerfield,
Single
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1832
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Schuyler Salisbury
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Free
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Speech about slavery
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Library Collection,
Library Collection Scrap Book
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1879
Feb
25
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Free
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Speech about slavery
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Library Collection,
Library Collection Scrap Book
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1879
Feb
25
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Free
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Sharpe, Caleb (listed in Conway with 8 "all other free persons" in his household)
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MA Census 1790,
1790
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1790
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Calab Sharp
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Free
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