Bucks County, Pennsylvania Slaveholder Surnames A-B

Enslavement to freedom
	A series of pages exploring various aspects of enslavement in Pennsylvania
Bucks County, Pennsylvania Slaveholders A - B

Slaveholders Listed On This Page

Anderson, Joshua (Slaves listed: Charley)

Backhoun, Richard (Slaves listed: Mary, Amelia, Jane)

Bailey, John (Slaves listed: Joseph, Luce)

Barclay, Thomas (Slaves listed: Flora, Jem, Henrietta, Betty, Harry, Jess, Ben, Pompey, Rent, Prince)

Barnsley, John (Slaves listed: Peg, Pat)

Barr, Adam (Slaves listed: Sam, John Solomon, Catharine, Rachel)

Beans, Isaac (Slaves listed: Bet, Stephen, Poll)

Benezet, Samuel (Slaves listed: Richard, Lydia Highgate)

Benezett, Anne (Slaves listed: Cuffee Merrijac)

Benezet, James (Slaves listed: Abraham, Latitia (b. 1733), Simon (b. 1742), Sarah, Lidia, Simon (b. 1786), Andrew (b. 1760), Rachel, Cuffe, Isaac, Andrew (b. 1792), Latitia [b. 1790])

Bennett, Isaac (Slaves listed: Tom, Amos, Sarah, Anthony, Sam)

Bennet, Jacob (Slaves listed: Adam, John)

Bennet, John (Slaves listed: Joseph, Anthony Limehouse)

Bennet, William (Northampton Twp.) (Slaves listed: Ben, Harry, Dinah, Sarah)

Bennet, William (Buckingham Twp.) (Slaves listed: Peter, Joseph, Elizabeth, Samson)

Bering, Ann (Slaves listed: Rolla, Norah, Elirna)

Biles, Hannah (Slaves listed: Sam, Belinda, Dinah, Nat)

Bisonett, Charles (Slaves listed: Cato, Nance)

Boyd, James (Slaves listed: William, Aaron, Isaac, Benjamin, Nancy, Cinthya, Flora, James, Harry)

Bready, Ann (Slaves listed: Dine)

Britton, Abraham (Slaves listed: Rachel)

Brown, Joseph (Slaves listed: Bob)

Bryan, William (Slaves listed: Phillis)

Buckman, James (Slaves listed: George)

Burton, Anthony (Slaves listed: Ruth, Nancy, Susan, Peter, Hannah, Cole, Doll)

About The Data

Each listing represents a record of one Black enslaved person or indentured servant (more on terminology below). The list is sorted alphabetically according to the owner's surname. I felt that this order would be the most useful for several reasons. It groups slaves together who would have lived with the same owner, and increases the likelihood of finding persons related to each other. Records of slave surnames are rare, many being identified only through their given name. You can search this listing for a specific slave given name by using your browser's Find feature.

Dates of birth for the slaves, unless specified in the original documents, have been calculated by subtracting their given age from the date of the record. Very often, their ages as reported in the original records are given as approximations (such as "about 25 years of age"), indicated by a lower case a following their age. The term Status refers to the slave's relative freedom. Unless specified otherwise, slaves served "for life" prior to Pennsylvania's Gradual Emancipation Act of 1780. Children born to slave mothers after the passage of that legislation were to serve until age 28, which was much of their productive lives.

The term Description refers to the main description of the slave as given in the original source (including misspellings). This is often a means by which enslaved persons were categorized according to race and relative age. Source numbers correspond to the accompanying list of sources used in compiling these records.

Terminology, and Other Notes

The terms "slave" and "servant" were often used interchangeably, especially in the earliest years of the time period covered in this study. After the Gradual Emancipation Act of 1780 was passed in Pennsylvania, the term "servant" frequently came to mean either someone in indentured servitude or someone employed by the head of the household. The passage from slave to servant was often indistinct for many Blacks, many of whom remained with their former owners after being legally emancipated. For simplicity, the term "slave" is used to represent all people who were in bondage, even though some records list them as "servants."

The locations listed for the slaveholders, especially City or Township are greatly mixed, and represent the location listed in the original record. As township boundaries shifted and new townships and counties were created, the original listing may be misleading.

Enslavement Data

Slaveholder Name: Anderson, Joshua
City or Township: Lower Makefield
Occupation: Farmer
Slaveholder Notes: Anderson's first name was unreadable on the microfilm copy due to damage to the original document. From other sources, I believe that his first name was Joshua. - Editor
1. Slave Name: Charley
  Sex: Male
  Age: 22
  Date of Birth: 1758 (calculated)
  Status: Slave for life
  Description:
  Source: 72
  Date of Record: 1780
  Notes:
Slaveholder Name: Backhoun, Richard
City or Township: Durham
Occupation:
Slaveholder Notes:
1. Slave Name: Mary
  Sex: Female
  Age: 40
  Date of Birth: 1740 (calculated)
  Status: Slave for life
  Description:
  Source: 72
  Date of Record: 1780
  Notes:
2. Slave Name: Amelia
  Sex: Female
  Age: 14
  Date of Birth: 1766 (calculated)
  Status: Slave for life
  Description:
  Source: 72
  Date of Record: 1780
  Notes:
3. Slave Name: Jane
  Sex: Female
  Age: 42
  Date of Birth: 1738 (calculated)
  Status: Slave for life
  Description:
  Source: 72
  Date of Record: 1780
  Notes:
Slaveholder Name: Bailey, John
City or Township: Tinicum
Occupation: Farmer
Slaveholder Notes:
1. Slave Name: Joseph
  Sex: Male
  Age: -
  Date of Birth: 1796-August 16
  Status: Slave to age 28
  Description: Mulatto
  Source: 72
  Date of Record: February 08, 1797
  Notes:
2. Slave Name: Luce
  Sex: Female
  Age: -
  Date of Birth: 1790-June 15
  Status: Slave to age 28
  Description:
  Source: 72
  Date of Record: September 16, 1790
  Notes:
Slaveholder Name: Barclay, Thomas
City or Township: Falls Township
Occupation:
Slaveholder Notes:
1. Slave Name: Flora
  Sex: Female
  Age: 09
  Date of Birth: 1771 (calculated)
  Status: Slave for life
  Description:
  Source: 72
  Date of Record: 1780
  Notes:
2. Slave Name: Jem
  Sex: Male
  Age: 35
  Date of Birth: 1745 (calculated)
  Status: Slave for life
  Description:
  Source: 72
  Date of Record: 1780
  Notes:
3. Slave Name: Henrietta
  Sex: Female
  Age: 02 Years and 06 Months
  Date of Birth: 1778 (calculated)
  Status: Slave for life
  Description:
  Source: 72
  Date of Record: 1780
  Notes:
4. Slave Name: Hannah
  Sex: Female
  Age: 30
  Date of Birth: 1750 (calculated)
  Status: Slave for life
  Description:
  Source: 72
  Date of Record: 1780
  Notes:
5. Slave Name: Betty
  Sex: Female
  Age: 60
  Date of Birth: 1720 (calculated)
  Status: Slave for life
  Description:
  Source: 72
  Date of Record: 1780
  Notes:
6. Slave Name: Harry
  Sex: Male
  Age: 01
  Date of Birth: 1779 (calculated)
  Status: Slave for life
  Description:
  Source: 72
  Date of Record: 1780
  Notes:
7. Slave Name: Jess
  Sex: Male
  Age: 04
  Date of Birth: 1776 (calculated)
  Status: Slave for life
  Description:
  Source: 72
  Date of Record: 1780
  Notes:
8. Slave Name: Ben
  Sex: Male
  Age: 30
  Date of Birth: 1750 (calculated)
  Status: Slave for life
  Description:
  Source: 72
  Date of Record: 1780
  Notes:
9. Slave Name: Pompey
  Sex: Male
  Age: 16
  Date of Birth: 1764 (calculated)
  Status: Slave for life
  Description:
  Source: 72
  Date of Record: 1780
  Notes:
10. Slave Name: Rent
  Sex: Male
  Age: 14
  Date of Birth: 1766 (calculated)
  Status: Slave for life
  Description:
  Source: 72
  Date of Record: 1780
  Notes:
11. Slave Name: Prince
  Sex: Male
  Age: 32
  Date of Birth: 1748 (calculated)
  Status: Slave for life
  Description:
  Source: 72
  Date of Record: 1780
  Notes:
Slaveholder Name: Barnsley, John
City or Township: Bristol
Occupation:
Slaveholder Notes:
1. Slave Name: Peg
  Sex: Female
  Age: 22
  Date of Birth: 1758 (calculated)
  Status: Slave for life
  Description:
  Source: 72
  Date of Record: 1780
  Notes:
2. Slave Name: Pat
  Sex: Female
  Age: 02
  Date of Birth: 1778 (calculated)
  Status: Slave for life
  Description:
  Source: 72
  Date of Record: 1780
  Notes:
Slaveholder Name: Barr, Adam
City or Township: Buckingham
Occupation: Farmer
Slaveholder Notes:
1. Slave Name: Sam
  Sex: Male
  Age: 01 Year and 03 Months
  Date of Birth: 1779 (calculated)
  Status: Slave for life
  Description:
  Source: 72
  Date of Record: 1780
  Notes:
2. Slave Name: Solomon, John
  Sex: Male
  Age: ?
  Date of Birth: ?
  Status: "A Slave for 10 Years."
  Description:
  Source: 72
  Date of Record: 1780
  Notes: No age is returned in the 1780 Registration for this person.
3. Slave Name: Catharine
  Sex: Female
  Age: 29
  Date of Birth: 1751 (calculated)
  Status: Slave for life
  Description:
  Source: 72
  Date of Record: 1780
  Notes:
4. Slave Name: Rachel
  Sex: Female
  Age: 05 Years and 06 Months
  Date of Birth: 1775 (calculated)
  Status: Slave for life
  Description:
  Source: 72
  Date of Record: 1780
  Notes:
Slaveholder Name: Beans, Isaac
City or Township: Warminster
Occupation: Farmer
Slaveholder Notes:
1. Slave Name: Bet
  Sex: Female
  Age: 01
  Date of Birth: 1788-March 30
  Status: Slave to age 28
  Description:
  Source: 72
  Date of Record: March 25, 1789
  Notes:
2. Slave Name: Stephen
  Sex: Male
  Age: 12
  Date of Birth: 1768 (calculated)
  Status: Slave for life
  Description: Mulatto
  Source: 72
  Date of Record: 1780
  Notes:
3. Slave Name: Poll
  Sex: Female
  Age: 16
  Date of Birth: 1764 (calculated)
  Status: Slave for life
  Description: Mulatto
  Source: 72
  Date of Record: 1780
  Notes:
Slaveholder Name: Benezet, Samuel
City or Township:
Occupation:
Slaveholder Notes: Administrator of the goods and chattels of James Benezet of Bensalem Twp.
1. Slave Name: Richard
  Sex: Male
  Age: 15
  Date of Birth: 1765 (calculated)
  Status: Slave for life
  Description:
  Source: 72
  Date of Record: 1780
  Notes:
2. Slave Name: Highgate, Lydia
  Sex: Female
  Age: 27 or 28
  Date of Birth: 1773 or 1774 (calculated)
  Status: Manumitted
  Description: Negro Woman
  Source: 72
  Date of Record: September 01, 1801
  Notes: Partial text of manumission papers: "Samuel Benezet, administrator of the goods and chattels. of James Benezet," late of Bensalem Township, "with the advice and consent of my mother Ann Benezet and my sisters Ann and Jane Benezet, have manumitted. and set free my Negro Woman named Lydia Highgate aged between twenty seven and twenty eight years." For Lydia's 1780 Registration, see "Benizet, James."
Slaveholder Name: Benezet, Anne
City or Township: Bensalem
Occupation:
Slaveholder Notes:
1. Slave Name: Merrijac, Cuffee
  Sex: Male
  Age: 26 Years and 6 Months
  Date of Birth: 1786-February (calculated)
  Status: Manumitted
  Description: Negro
  Source: 72
  Date of Record: August 31, 1812
  Notes: Manumission papers also list Jane Benezett as an owner. For an example of the full text of manumission papers, see Garret Beard, slave of Gilliam Cornell of Northampton Twp.
Slaveholder Name: Benezet, James
City or Township: Bensalem
Occupation: Yeoman
Slaveholder Notes: Also lists occupation as farmer on some registrations. See also Samuel Benezet, "administrator of the goods and chattels... of James Benizet," late of Bensalem Township, and also James Benezet, Philadelphia.
1. Slave Name: Abraham
  Sex: Male
  Age: 09
  Date of Birth: 1771 (calculated)
  Status: Slave for life
  Description:
  Source: 72
  Date of Record: 1780
  Notes:
2. Slave Name: Latitia
  Sex: Female
  Age: 47
  Date of Birth: 1733 (calculated)
  Status: Slave for life
  Description:
  Source: 72
  Date of Record: 1780
  Notes:
3. Slave Name: Simon
  Sex: Male
  Age: 38
  Date of Birth: 1742 (calculated)
  Status: Slave for life
  Description:
  Source: 72
  Date of Record: 1780
  Notes:
4. Slave Name: Sarah
  Sex: Female
  Age: 16
  Date of Birth: 1764 (calculated)
  Status: Slave for life
  Description:
  Source: 72
  Date of Record: 1780
  Notes:
5. Slave Name: Lidia
  Sex: Female
  Age: 07
  Date of Birth: 1773 (calculated)
  Status: Slave for life
  Description:
  Source: 72
  Date of Record: 1780
  Notes: Apparently manumitted in 1801 by Samuel Benezet as administrator of James Benizet's estate. Her surname is Highgate, according to that document.
6. Slave Name: Simon
  Sex: Male
  Age: 02
  Date of Birth: 1786-May 05
  Status: Slave to age 28
  Description:
  Source: 72
  Date of Record: February 09, 1789
  Notes:
7. Slave Name: Andrew
  Sex: Male
  Age: 20
  Date of Birth: 1760 (calculated)
  Status: Slave for life
  Description:
  Source: 72
  Date of Record: 1780
  Notes:
8. Slave Name: Rachel
  Sex: Female
  Age: -
  Date of Birth: 1788-May 11
  Status: Slave to age 28
  Description:
  Source: 72
  Date of Record: February 09, 1789
  Notes:
9. Slave Name: Cuffe
  Sex: Male
  Age: 05
  Date of Birth: 1783-December 21
  Status: Slave to age 28
  Description:
  Source: 72
  Date of Record: February 23, 1789
  Notes:
10. Slave Name: Isaac
  Sex: Male
  Age: 07
  Date of Birth: 1782-February 11
  Status: Slave to age 28
  Description:
  Source: 72
  Date of Record: February 09, 1789
  Notes:
11. Slave Name: Andrew
  Sex: Male
  Age: -
  Date of Birth: 1792-June 14
  Status: Slave to age 28
  Description:
  Source: 72
  Date of Record: November 19, 1792
  Notes:
12. Slave Name: Latitia
  Sex: Female
  Age: -
  Date of Birth: 1790-November 07
  Status: Slave to age 28
  Description:
  Source: 72
  Date of Record: February 06, 1791
  Notes:
Slaveholder Name: Bennet, Jacob
City or Township: Northampton
Occupation: Yeoman
Slaveholder Notes:
1. Slave Name: Adam
  Sex: Male
  Age: 16
  Date of Birth: 1764 (calculated)
  Status: Slave for life
  Description:
  Source: 72
  Date of Record: 1780
  Notes:
2. Slave Name: John
  Sex: Male
  Age: 30
  Date of Birth: 1750 (calculated)
  Status: Slave for life
  Description:
  Source: 72
  Date of Record: 1780
  Notes:
Slaveholder Name: Bennet, John
City or Township: Northampton
Occupation: Yeoman
Slaveholder Notes:
1. Slave Name: Joseph
  Sex: Male
  Age: 22
  Date of Birth: 1758 (calculated)
  Status: Slave for life
  Description:
  Source: 72
  Date of Record: 1780
  Notes:
2. Slave Name: Limehouse, Anthony
  Sex: Male
  Age: 25
  Date of Birth: 1755 (calculated)
  Status: Slave for life
  Description:
  Source: 72
  Date of Record: 1780
  Notes:
Slaveholder Name: Bennet, William
City or Township: Northampton
Occupation: Blacksmith
Slaveholder Notes:
1. Slave Name: Ben
  Sex: Male
  Age: 06
  Date of Birth: 1774 (calculated)
  Status: Slave for life
  Description:
  Source: 72
  Date of Record: 1780
  Notes:
2. Slave Name: Harry
  Sex: Male
  Age: 08
  Date of Birth: 1772 (calculated)
  Status: Slave for life
  Description:
  Source: 72
  Date of Record: 1780
  Notes:
3. Slave Name: Dinah
  Sex: Female
  Age: 11
  Date of Birth: 1769 (calculated)
  Status: Slave for life
  Description:
  Source: 72
  Date of Record: 1780
  Notes:
4. Slave Name: Sarah
  Sex: Female
  Age: 13
  Date of Birth: 1767 (calculated)
  Status: Slave for life
  Description:
  Source: 72
  Date of Record: 1780
  Notes:
Slaveholder Name: Bennet, William (2)
City or Township: Buckingham
Occupation: Tavernkeeper
Slaveholder Notes:
1. Slave Name: Peter
  Sex: Male
  Age: 35
  Date of Birth: 1745 (calculated)
  Status: Slave for life
  Description:
  Source: 72
  Date of Record: 1780
  Notes:
2. Slave Name: Joseph
  Sex: Male
  Age: 04
  Date of Birth: 1776 (calculated)
  Status: Slave for life
  Description:
  Source: 72
  Date of Record: 1780
  Notes:
3. Slave Name: Elizabeth
  Sex: Female
  Age: 24
  Date of Birth: 1756 (calculated)
  Status: Slave for life
  Description:
  Source: 72
  Date of Record: 1780
  Notes:
4. Slave Name: Samson
  Sex: Male
  Age: 22
  Date of Birth: 1758 (calculated)
  Status: Slave for life
  Description:
  Source: 72
  Date of Record: 1780
  Notes:
Slaveholder Name: Bennett, Isaac
City or Township: Northampton
Occupation: Farmer
Slaveholder Notes:
1. Slave Name: Tom
  Sex: Male
  Age: 33
  Date of Birth: 1747 (calculated)
  Status: Slave for life
  Description:
  Source: 72
  Date of Record: 1780
  Notes:
2. Slave Name: Amos
  Sex: Male
  Age: -
  Date of Birth: 1793-November 10
  Status: Slave to age 28
  Description:
  Source: 72
  Date of Record: April 29, 1794
  Notes:
3. Slave Name: Sarah
  Sex: Female
  Age: -
  Date of Birth: 1795-August 01
  Status: Slave to age 28
  Description:
  Source: 72
  Date of Record: January 19, 1796
  Notes:
4. Slave Name: Anthony
  Sex: Male
  Age: 20
  Date of Birth: 1760 (calculated)
  Status: Slave for life
  Description:
  Source: 72
  Date of Record: 1780
  Notes:
5. Slave Name: Sam
  Sex: Male
  Age: 11
  Date of Birth: 1769 (calculated)
  Status: Slave for life
  Description:
  Source: 72
  Date of Record: 1780
  Notes:
Slaveholder Name: Bering, Ann
City or Township: Doylestown Township
Occupation:
Slaveholder Notes: Manumission papers note: "late of Charleston, S.C. & now of Doylestown Township, Bucks Co." Due to the ban on bringing slaves into Pennsylvania from other states, Ann Bering manumitted her slaves on the condition that they remain in servitude until age 28. This is one of the practices that the Pennsylvania Abolition Society was working to prevent, and actively opposed in court.
1. Slave Name: Rolla
  Sex: Male
  Age: 06
  Date of Birth: 1818 (calculated)
  Status: Indentured to age 28 (see notes)
  Description: Negro Boy
  Source: 72
  Date of Record: December 09, 1824
  Notes: Manumitted from slavery December 09, 1824 on condition that he bind himself by indenture until the age of 28. Partial text of manumission papers: "hereby manumit and set free from Slavery my Negro Girls viz Elirna Aged 10 Years and Norah aged 8 years and also my Negro Boy named Rolla aged 6 years. On condition here after that they do forthwith bind themselves by indenture to serve me, my executors, administrators or assigns until they shall respectfuly attain the age of twenty Eight years."
  These papers were dated 09 December, 1824 but not recorded until 13 August, 1830.
2. Slave Name: Norah
  Sex: Female
  Age: 08
  Date of Birth: 1816 (calculated)
  Status: Indentured to age 28 (see notes)
  Description: Negro Girl
  Source: 72
  Date of Record: December 09, 1824
  Notes: Manumitted from slavery December 09, 1824 on condition that she bind herself by indenture until the age of 28. Partial text of manumission papers: "hereby manumit and set free from Slavery my Negro Girls viz Elirna Aged 10 Years and Norah aged 8 years and also my Negro Boy named Rolla aged 6 years. On condition here after that they do forthwith bind themselves by indenture to serve me, my executors, administrators or assigns until they shall respectfuly attain the age of twenty Eight years."
  These papers were dated 09 December, 1824 but not recorded until 13 August, 1830.
3. Slave Name: Elirna
  Sex: Female
  Age: 10
  Date of Birth: 1814 (calculated)
  Status: Indentured to 28 (see notes)
  Description: Negro Girl
  Source: 72
  Date of Record: December 09, 1824
  Notes: Manumitted from slavery December 09, 1824 on condition that she bind herself by indenture until the age of 28. Partial text of manumission papers: "hereby manumit and set free from Slavery my Negro Girls viz Elirna Aged 10 Years and Norah aged 8 years and also my Negro Boy named Rolla aged 6 years. On condition here after that they do forthwith bind themselves by indenture to serve me, my executors, administrators or assigns until they shall respectfuly attain the age of twenty Eight years."
  These papers were dated 09 December, 1824 but not recorded until 13 August, 1830.
Slaveholder Name: Biles, Hannah
City or Township:
Occupation: Widow
Slaveholder Notes: 1780 Registration has the note: "Returned as the Property of Hannah Biles Widow of Langhorne Biles decd. Charlotte Biles, Nance Biles & Becky Biles who subscribed the Return." The return was registered in the name of Becky Biles.
1. Slave Name: Sam
  Sex: Male
  Age: 36
  Date of Birth: 1744 (calculated)
  Status: Slave for life
  Description:
  Source: 72
  Date of Record: 1780
  Notes:
2. Slave Name: Belinda
  Sex: Female
  Age: 05
  Date of Birth: 1775 (calculated)
  Status: Slave for life
  Description:
  Source: 72
  Date of Record: 1780
  Notes:
3. Slave Name: Dinah
  Sex: Female
  Age: 28
  Date of Birth: 1752 (calculated)
  Status: Slave for life
  Description:
  Source: 72
  Date of Record: 1780
  Notes:
4. Slave Name: Nat
  Sex: Male
  Age: 09
  Date of Birth: 1771 (calculated)
  Status: Slave for life
  Description:
  Source: 72
  Date of Record: 1780
  Notes:
Slaveholder Name: Bisonett, Charles
City or Township: Bristol Borough
Occupation: Innholder
Slaveholder Notes: Surname is also spelled "Bessonett."
1. Slave Name: Cato
  Sex: Male
  Age: 22
  Date of Birth: 1758 (calculated)
  Status: Slave for life
  Description:
  Source: 72
  Date of Record: 1780
  Notes:
2. Slave Name: Nance
  Sex: Female
  Age: 01
  Date of Birth: 1788-February
  Status: Slave to age 28
  Description:
  Source: 72
  Date of Record: March 27, 1789
  Notes:
Slaveholder Name: Boyd, James
City or Township: Middletown
Occupation: Minister
Slaveholder Notes: In the 1802 registration, Boyd reports his location as Newtown.
1. Slave Name: William
  Sex: Male
  Age: -
  Date of Birth: 1789-May 01
  Status: Slave to age 28
  Description:
  Source: 72
  Date of Record: October 14, 1789
  Notes:
2. Slave Name: Aaron
  Sex: Male
  Age: 05
  Date of Birth: 1775 (calculated)
  Status: Slave for life
  Description:
  Source: 72
  Date of Record: 1780
  Notes:
3. Slave Name: Isaac
  Sex: Male
  Age: 02
  Date of Birth: 1786-April 03
  Status: Slave to age 28
  Description:
  Source: 72
  Date of Record: March 25, 1789
  Notes:
4. Slave Name: Benjamin
  Sex: Male
  Age: 05
  Date of Birth: 1784-March 27
  Status: Slave to age 28
  Description:
  Source: 72
  Date of Record: March 25, 1789
  Notes:
5. Slave Name: Nancy
  Sex: Female
  Age: 06
  Date of Birth: 1782-October 08
  Status: Slave to age 28
  Description:
  Source: 72
  Date of Record: March 25, 1789
  Notes:
6. Slave Name: Cinthya
  Sex: Female
  Age: -
  Date of Birth: 1801-September 02
  Status: Slave to age 28
  Description:
  Source: 72
  Date of Record: February 27, 1802
  Notes:
7. Slave Name: Flora
  Sex: Female
  Age: 25
  Date of Birth: 1755 (calculated)
  Status: Slave for life
  Description:
  Source: 72
  Date of Record: 1780
  Notes:
8. Slave Name: James
  Sex: Male
  Age: 02 years and 08 Months
  Date of Birth: 1777 or 1778 (calculated)
  Status: Slave for life
  Description:
  Source: 72
  Date of Record: 1780
  Notes:
9. Slave Name: Harry
  Sex: Male
  Age: 53
  Date of Birth: 1727 (calculated)
  Status: Slave for life
  Description:
  Source: 72
  Date of Record: 1780
  Notes:
Slaveholder Name: Bready, Ann
City or Township: Warwick
Occupation:
Slaveholder Notes:
1. Slave Name: Dine
  Sex: Female
  Age: 10
  Date of Birth: 1770 (calculated)
  Status: Slave for life
  Description:
  Source: 72
  Date of Record: 1780
  Notes:
Slaveholder Name: Britton, Abraham
City or Township: Bristol
Occupation:
Slaveholder Notes:
1. Slave Name: Rachel
  Sex: Female
  Age: 18
  Date of Birth: 1762 (calculated)
  Status: Slave for life
  Description:
  Source: 72
  Date of Record: 1780
  Notes:
Slaveholder Name: Brown, Joseph
City or Township: Bristol
Occupation:
Slaveholder Notes:
1. Slave Name: Bob
  Sex: Male
  Age: 36
  Date of Birth: 1744 (calculated)
  Status: Slave for life
  Description:
  Source: 72
  Date of Record: 1780
  Notes:
Slaveholder Name: Bryan, William
City or Township: Plumstead
Occupation: Farmer
Slaveholder Notes:
1. Slave Name: Phillis
  Sex: Female
  Age: -
  Date of Birth: 1794-January 11
  Status: Slave to age 28
  Description:
  Source: 72
  Date of Record: June 02, 1794
  Notes:
Slaveholder Name: Buckman, James
City or Township: Newtown
Occupation: Farmer
Slaveholder Notes:
1. Slave Name: George
  Sex: Male
  Age: 13
  Date of Birth: 1767 (calculated)
  Status: Slave for life
  Description:
  Source: 72
  Date of Record: 1780
  Notes:
Slaveholder Name: Burton, Anthony
City or Township: Bristol Township
Occupation:
Slaveholder Notes: Manumitted the following seven slaves on April 05, 1788.
1. Slave Name: Ruth
  Sex: Female
  Age: 13
  Date of Birth: 1775 (calculated)
  Status: Manumitted
  Description: Negro
  Source: 72
  Date of Record: April 05, 1788
  Notes:
2. Slave Name: Nancy
  Sex: Female
  Age: 27
  Date of Birth: 1761 (calculated)
  Status: Manumitted
  Description: Negro
  Source: 72
  Date of Record: April 05, 1788
  Notes:
3. Slave Name: Susan
  Sex: Female
  Age: 24
  Date of Birth: 1764 (calculated)
  Status: Manumitted
  Description: Negro
  Source: 72
  Date of Record: April 05, 1788
  Notes:
4. Slave Name: Peter
  Sex: Male
  Age: 22
  Date of Birth: 1766 (calculated)
  Status: Manumitted
  Description: Negro
  Source: 72
  Date of Record: April 05, 1788
  Notes:
5. Slave Name: Hannah
  Sex: Female
  Age: 15
  Date of Birth: 1773 (calculated)
  Status: Manumitted
  Description: Negro
  Source: 72
  Date of Record: April 05, 1788
  Notes:
6. Slave Name: Cole
  Sex: Male
  Age: 05
  Date of Birth: 1783 (calculated)
  Status: Manumitted
  Description: Negro
  Source: 72
  Date of Record: April 05, 1788
  Notes: Gender is presumed from name.
7. Slave Name: Doll
  Sex: Female
  Age: 19
  Date of Birth: 1769 (calculated)
  Status: Manumitted
  Description: Negro
  Source: 72
  Date of Record: April 05, 1788
  Notes:

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