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Bucks County, Pennsylvania Slaveholders, Surnames C - D

Slaveholders Listed On This Page

  1. Calley, John (Slaves listed: Ming)
  2. Carr, ? (Slaves listed: Bob, George, Bek)
  3. Carr, John (Slaves listed: Stephen)
  4. Clark, John (Slaves listed: Sheffield, James St. Clair, Sampson, James, Peter, Caesar, Charles, Martia, Flora)
  5. Clark, Wheeler (Slaves listed: Aube)
  6. Colvin, Patrick (Slaves listed: James, Stanhope)
  7. Cornell, Gilliam --Northampton Twp.-- (Slaves listed: Fleet, Sook, Richard, Nance, Putt, Caesar, Jack, Bett, Lill, Will, Sarah, Garret Beard, Hannah, Tomb, Joseph)
  8. Cornell, Gilliam --Southampton Twp.-- (Slaves listed: Charles, John, Nance)
  9. Cornell, Rem (Slaves listed: Will, Mary, Jacob, unknown male, Dinah (b. 1773), Dinah (b. 1792), Dick, Yast, Isabel, Caesar, Thomas)
  10. Cornell, Willelmus (Slaves listed: Cuff, Jane, Tone, Sam)
  11. Cornell, William (Slaves listed: William)
  12. Cornick, David (Slaves listed: Ben a.k.a. "Tim")
  13. Corson, Mary (Slaves listed: Sarah, Dinah)
  14. Coryell, John (Slaves listed: Bront)
  15. Coxe, William (Slaves listed: Passika, Jude, Caesar, Harry)
  16. Craven, Giles (Slaves listed: Jacob)
  17. Craven, Isaac (Slaves listed: Dinah)
  18. Craven, Thomas (Slaves listed: Jeffery, Bet, Dick, Jo, Harry, Tony, Dine, Pol, Ezabel)
  19. Davis, William (Slaves listed: Vine)
  20. Denormandie, John Abraham (Slaves listed: Two un-named men)
  21. Dougherty, Jennet (Slaves listed: James)
  22. Dowdney, John (Slaves listed: Strephon, Mary, Jude)
  23. Dubois, Abraham (Slaves listed: Will)
  24. Dubois, Helina (Slaves listed: Harry)
  25. Duer, John (Slaves listed: Peg, Fan, Sal, Harry)
  26. Dungan, Clement (Slaves listed: Damphin, Joseph)
  27. Dungan, David (Slaves listed: Mahlon, Richard)
  28. Dungan, David Jr. (Slaves listed: Elizabeth, Aaron)
  29. Dungan, Elias (Slaves listed: Bets, David, Patt, Hannah, Jake, Joe, Abe, Isaac)
  30. Dungan, Jeremiah Sr. (Slaves listed: Cuff, Mary)
  31. Dungan, John  (Slaves listed:  Unnamed mother and child)
  32. Dungan, Jonathan (Slaves listed: Glasgow, Dolly, Sam)
  33. Dungan, Joshua (Slaves listed: Hannah, Enoch, Jesse)

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: Calley, John
    City or Township: Middletown Township
    Occupation: Tanner
    Slaveholder Notes:

    1. Slave Name: Ming
      Sex: Male
      Age: ?
      Date of Birth: ?
      Status: Slave for life
      Description: "Negro"
      Source: The Pennsylvania Gazette
      Date of Record: August 05, 1756
      Notes: Ming ran away in 1756 and was captured and jailed in New Castle.

     

  • Slaveholder Name: Carr, ?
    City or Township: Warwick
    Occupation: Farmer
    Slaveholder Notes:

    1. Slave Name: Bob
      Sex: Male
      Age: 13
      Date of Birth: 1767 (calculated)
      Status: Slave for life
      Description:
      Source: Bucks County Prothonotary Records; Register of Slaves
      Date of Record: 1780
      Notes:

       

    2. Slave Name: George
      Sex: Male
      Age: 35
      Date of Birth: 1745 (calculated)
      Status: Slave for life
      Description:
      Source: Bucks County Prothonotary Records; Register of Slaves
      Date of Record: 1780
      Notes:

       

    3. Slave Name: Bek
      Sex: Female
      Age: 12
      Date of Birth: 1768 (calculated)
      Status: Slave for life
      Description:
      Source: Bucks County Prothonotary Records; Register of Slaves
      Date of Record: 1780
      Notes:

     

  • Slaveholder Name: Carr, John
    City or Township: Warwick
    Occupation: Schoolmaster
    Slaveholder Notes: In the signature, the surname is spelled "Kerr."

    1. Slave Name: Stephen
      Sex: Male
      Age: 04
      Date of Birth: 1784-July 29
      Status: Slave to age 28
      Description:
      Source: Bucks County Prothonotary Records; Register of Slaves
      Date of Record: March 12, 1789
      Notes:

     

  • Slaveholder Name: Clark, John
    City or Township: Bristol
    Occupation: Farmer
    Slaveholder Notes:

    1. Slave Name: Sheffield
      Sex: Male
      Age: 28
      Date of Birth: 1752 (calculated)
      Status: Slave for life
      Description:
      Source: Bucks County Prothonotary Records; Register of Slaves
      Date of Record: 1780
      Notes:

    2. Slave Name: St. Clair, James
      Sex: Male
      Age: 18
      Date of Birth: 1762 (calculated)
      Status: Slave to age 31
      Description: Mulatto
      Source: Bucks County Prothonotary Records; Register of Slaves
      Date of Record: 1780
      Notes: 1780 Registration notes: "Mollattoe to be free at 31 Years of Age."

    3. Slave Name: Sampson
      Sex: Male
      Age: 40
      Date of Birth: 1740 (calculated)
      Status: Slave for life
      Description:
      Source: Bucks County Prothonotary Records; Register of Slaves
      Date of Record: 1780
      Notes:

    4. Slave Name: James
      Sex: Male
      Age: Infant, two months old at registration
      Date of Birth: 1791-September 05
      Status: Slave to age 28
      Description:
      Source: Bucks County Prothonotary Records; Register of Slaves
      Date of Record: November 12, 1791
      Notes:

    5. Slave Name: Peter
      Sex: Male
      Age: 11
      Date of Birth: 1769 (calculated)
      Status: Slave for life
      Description:
      Source: Bucks County Prothonotary Records; Register of Slaves
      Date of Record: 1780
      Notes:

    6. Slave Name: Caesar
      Sex: Male
      Age: 08
      Date of Birth: 1772 (calculated)
      Status: Slave for life
      Description:
      Source: Bucks County Prothonotary Records; Register of Slaves
      Date of Record: 1780
      Notes:

    7. Slave Name: Charles
      Sex: Male
      Age: 06
      Date of Birth: 1774 (calculated)
      Status: Slave for life
      Description:
      Source: Bucks County Prothonotary Records; Register of Slaves
      Date of Record: 1780
      Notes:

    8. Slave Name: Martia
      Sex: Female
      Age: 38
      Date of Birth: 1742 (calculated)
      Status: Slave for life
      Description:
      Source: Bucks County Prothonotary Records; Register of Slaves
      Date of Record: 1780
      Notes:

    9. Slave Name: Flora
      Sex: Female
      Age: 11
      Date of Birth: 1769 (calculated)
      Status: Slave for life
      Description:
      Source: Bucks County Prothonotary Records; Register of Slaves
      Date of Record: 1780
      Notes:

     

  • Slaveholder Name: Clark, Wheeler
    City or Township: Lower Makefield
    Occupation: Carpenter
    Slaveholder Notes:

    1. Slave Name: Aube
      Sex: Male
      Age: 21
      Date of Birth: 1759 (calculated)
      Status: Slave for life
      Description:
      Source: Bucks County Prothonotary Records; Register of Slaves
      Date of Record: 1780
      Notes:

     

  • Slaveholder Name: Colvin, Patrick
    City or Township: Trenton Ferry, Falls Township, later Colvin's Ferry
    Occupation: Innkeeper, ferry operator
    Slaveholder Notes:

    1. Slave Name: James
      Sex: Male
      Age: 27a
      Date of Birth: 1760 (calculated)
      Status: Manumitted
      Description: Negro
      Source: Bucks County Prothonotary Records; Register of Slaves
      Date of Record: August 29, 1787
      Notes: Manumission papers read, in part: "manumit and set free my Nigro Slave Named James" who is about 27 years of age.

    2. Slave Name: Stanhope
      Sex: Male
      Age: 24
      Date of Birth: circa 1749
      Status: Slave for life, runaway
      Description: "Negro man"
      Source: Pennsylvania Packet, 7 June 1773; Dunlap's Pennsylvania Packet & General Advertiser, 28 November 1774.
      Date of Records: 01 June 1773; 28 November 1774
      Notes: Purchased from Robert Irwin in Philadelphia. Ran away from Colvin in June 1773:
      Philadelphia, June 1, 1773.
      TWENTY SHILLINGS REWARD.
      RANAWAY from the subscriber, living at Trenton Ferry, Bucks County, a negro man named STANHOPE, (formerly belonging to Robert Irwin, of Philadelphia) about six feet high, twenty four years of age, a stout well built fellow, had on when he went away, a good pair of buckskin breeches, spotted flannel jacket with black spots and without sleeves, and an old felt hat. Whoever takes up said negro, and secures him in any of his Majesty's gaols, or in the workhouse in Philadelphia, so that his master may have him again, shall have the above reward, and reasonable charges paid by PATRICK COLVIN, at Trenton Ferry, or ROBERT IRWIN, in Philadelphia.
      Stanhope was apparently returned to Colvin, as he escaped one more time, in October 1774. The following ad is from November 1774:
      TWENTY SHILLINGS REWARD. RAN AWAY from the subscriber, on the 12th of this instant, (October) a negro man named STANHOPE; he was seen passing through Frankford, and is thought to be in Philadelphia; had on and with him when he went away, an old blue surtout coat, a new red duffil double-breasted jacket pinned, without buttons or strings, tow shirt and trowsers, one felt and one half worn castor hat, and a pair of good shoes with metal buckles. Whoever takes up said negro and secures him, so that his master may have him again, shall receive the above reward, and all reasonable charges, paid by ROBERT IRWIN in Philadelphia, or the subscriber at Trenton, New Jersey. PATRICK COLVIN.

     

  • Slaveholder Name: Cornell, Gilliam
    City or Township: Northampton
    Occupation: Farmer
    Slaveholder Notes:

    1. Slave Name: Fleet
      Sex: Male
      Age: 14
      Date of Birth: 1766 (calculated)
      Status: Slave for life
      Description:
      Source: Bucks County Prothonotary Records; Register of Slaves
      Date of Record: 1780
      Notes:

    2. Slave Name: Sook
      Sex: Female
      Age: 2 Years and 6 Months
      Date of Birth: 1778 (calculated)
      Status: Slave for life
      Description:
      Source: Bucks County Prothonotary Records; Register of Slaves
      Date of Record: 1780
      Notes:

    3. Slave Name: Richard
      Sex: Male
      Age: -
      Date of Birth: 1789-September 26
      Status: Slave to age 28
      Description:
      Source: Bucks County Prothonotary Records; Register of Slaves
      Date of Record: January 22, 1790
      Notes:

    4. Slave Name: Nance
      Sex: Female
      Age: 16
      Date of Birth: 1764 (calculated)
      Status: Slave for life
      Description:
      Source: Bucks County Prothonotary Records; Register of Slaves
      Date of Record: 1780
      Notes:

    5. Slave Name: Putt
      Sex: Male
      Age: 22
      Date of Birth: 1758 (calculated)
      Status: Slave for life
      Description:
      Source: Bucks County Prothonotary Records; Register of Slaves
      Date of Record: 1780
      Notes:

    6. Slave Name: Caesar
      Sex: Male
      Age: 31
      Date of Birth: 1749 (calculated)
      Status: Slave for life
      Description:
      Source: Bucks County Prothonotary Records; Register of Slaves
      Date of Record: 1780
      Notes:

    7. Slave Name: Jack
      Sex: Male
      Age: 55
      Date of Birth: 1725 (calculated)
      Status: Slave for life
      Description:
      Source: Bucks County Prothonotary Records; Register of Slaves
      Date of Record: 1780
      Notes:

    8. Slave Name: Bett
      Sex: Female
      Age: 6 Months old
      Date of Birth: 1780 (calculated)
      Status: Slave for life
      Description:
      Source: Bucks County Prothonotary Records; Register of Slaves
      Date of Record: 1780
      Notes:

    9. Slave Name: Lill
      Sex: Female
      Age: 39
      Date of Birth: 1741 (calculated)
      Status: Slave for life
      Description:
      Source: Bucks County Prothonotary Records; Register of Slaves
      Date of Record: 1780
      Notes:

    10. Slave Name: Will
      Sex: Male
      Age: 19
      Date of Birth: 1761 (calculated)
      Status: Slave for life
      Description:
      Source: Bucks County Prothonotary Records; Register of Slaves
      Date of Record: 1780
      Notes:

    11. Slave Name: Sarah
      Sex: Female
      Age: 16
      Date of Birth: 1764 (calculated)
      Status: Slave for life
      Description:
      Source: Bucks County Prothonotary Records; Register of Slaves
      Date of Record: 1780
      Notes:

    12. Slave Name: Beard, Garret
      Sex: Male
      Age: 50a
      Date of Birth: 1760 (calculated)
      Status: Manumitted
      Description: Negro
      Source: Bucks County Prothonotary Records; Register of Slaves
      Date of Record: August 20, 1810
      Notes: Text of manumission papers:
      Know all Men by these presents that we James Cornell John Cornell and Gilliam Cornell executors of the estate of Gilliam Cornell, late of Northampton township deceased (by and with the consent of all the heirs of the said deceased) from motives of benevolence and humanity have manumitted and do hereby manumit and set free from slavery our negro man named Garret Beard aged about fifty years and we do hereby give grant and release unto the said Garret Beard all our right title and claim of in and to his person labour and service and of in and to the estate and property which he may hereafter acquire or obtain. In Witness whereof We have hereunto set our hand and seals this twentieth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ten.
      --James Cornell (seal)
      --John S. Cornell (seal)
      --Gilliam Cornell (seal)
      Sealed and delivered in the presence of Adrian Cornell, Christopher Vanailsdalen"
      This person was registered in 1780 as "Garrett, male, 18 years old." If we may assume that the earlier record is more accurate as to his correct age, then his year of birth would be 1762, not 1760 as noted above, and his age upon manumission would be 48. (Bucks County Prothonotary Records; Register of Slaves)

    13. Slave Name: Hannah
      Sex: Female
      Age: 32
      Date of Birth: 1748 (calculated)
      Status: Slave for life
      Description:
      Source: Bucks County Prothonotary Records; Register of Slaves
      Date of Record: 1780
      Notes:

    14. Slave Name: Tomb
      Sex: Male
      Age: 07
      Date of Birth: 1773 (calculated)
      Status: Slave for life
      Description:
      Source: Bucks County Prothonotary Records; Register of Slaves
      Date of Record: 1780
      Notes:

    15. Slave Name: Joseph
      Sex: Male
      Age: -
      Date of Birth: 1792-February 20
      Status: Slave to age 28
      Description:
      Source: Bucks County Prothonotary Records; Register of Slaves
      Date of Record: May 08, 1792
      Notes:

     

  • Slaveholder Name: Cornell, Gilliam (2)
    City or Township: Southampton
    Occupation: Farmer
    Slaveholder Notes:

    1. Slave Name: Charles
      Sex: Male
      Age: -
      Date of Birth: 1794-December 07
      Status: Slave to age 28
      Description:
      Source: Bucks County Prothonotary Records; Register of Slaves
      Date of Record: May 06, 1795
      Notes:

       

    2. Slave Name: John
      Sex: Male
      Age: -
      Date of Birth: 1790-September 22
      Status: Slave to age 28
      Description:
      Source: Bucks County Prothonotary Records; Register of Slaves
      Date of Record: March 15, 1791
      Notes:

       

    3. Slave Name: Nance
      Sex: Female
      Age: -
      Date of Birth: 1792-September 05
      Status: Slave to age 28
      Description:
      Source: Bucks County Prothonotary Records; Register of Slaves
      Date of Record: October 09, 1792
      Notes:

     

  • Slaveholder Name: Cornell, Rem
    City or Township: Northampton
    Occupation: Farmer
    Slaveholder Notes:

       

    1. Slave Name: Will
      Sex: Male
      Age: 17
      Date of Birth: 1763 (calculated)
      Status: Slave for life
      Description:
      Source: Bucks County Prothonotary Records; Register of Slaves
      Date of Record: 1780
      Notes:

       

    2. Slave Name: Mary
      Sex: Female
      Age: 05
      Date of Birth: 1783-February 17
      Status: Slave to age 28
      Description:
      Source: Bucks County Prothonotary Records; Register of Slaves
      Date of Record: December 09, 1788
      Notes:

       

    3. Slave Name: Jacob
      Sex: Male
      Age: 03
      Date of Birth: 1785-March 19
      Status: Slave to age 28
      Description:
      Source: Bucks County Prothonotary Records; Register of Slaves
      Date of Record: December 09, 1788
      Notes:

       

    4. Slave Name: ?
      Sex: Male
      Age: 01
      Date of Birth: 1787-August 12
      Status: Slave to age 28
      Description:
      Source: Bucks County Prothonotary Records; Register of Slaves
      Date of Record: December 09, 1788
      Notes: Name unreadable

       

    5. Slave Name: Dinah
      Sex: Female
      Age: -
      Date of Birth: 1792-December 24
      Status: Slave to age 28
      Description:
      Source: Bucks County Prothonotary Records; Register of Slaves
      Date of Record: February 04, 1793
      Notes:

       

    6. Slave Name: Dinah
      Sex: Female
      Age: 07
      Date of Birth: 1773 (calculated)
      Status: Slave for life
      Description:
      Source: Bucks County Prothonotary Records; Register of Slaves
      Date of Record: 1780
      Notes:

       

    7. Slave Name: Dick
      Sex: Male
      Age: 35
      Date of Birth: 1745 (calculated)
      Status: Slave for life
      Description:
      Source: Bucks County Prothonotary Records; Register of Slaves
      Date of Record: 1780
      Notes:

       

    8. Slave Name: Yast
      Sex: Male
      Age: -
      Date of Birth: 1794-December 20
      Status: Slave to age 28
      Description:
      Source: Bucks County Prothonotary Records; Register of Slaves
      Date of Record: May 19, 1795
      Notes:

       

    9. Slave Name: Isabel
      Sex: Female
      Age: -
      Date of Birth: 1790-November 20
      Status: Slave to age 28
      Description:
      Source: Bucks County Prothonotary Records; Register of Slaves
      Date of Record: February 02, 1791
      Notes:

       

    10. Slave Name: Caesar
      Sex: Male
      Age: 05
      Date of Birth: 1775 (calculated)
      Status: Slave for life
      Description:
      Source: Bucks County Prothonotary Records; Register of Slaves
      Date of Record: 1780
      Notes:

       

    11. Slave Name: Thomas
      Sex: Male (see Notes)
      Age: -
      Date of Birth: 1789-February 12
      Status: Slave to age 28
      Description:
      Source: Bucks County Prothonotary Records; Register of Slaves
      Date of Record: March 11, 1789
      Notes: This slave was entered into the slavery register as a female. Probably a mistake by an inattentive clerk.

     

  • Slaveholder Name: Cornell, Willelmus
    City or Township: Southampton
    Occupation:
    Slaveholder Notes:

    1. Slave Name: Cuff
      Sex: Male
      Age: 34
      Date of Birth: 1746 (calculated)
      Status: Slave for life
      Description:
      Source: Bucks County Prothonotary Records; Register of Slaves
      Date of Record: 1780
      Notes:

       

    2. Slave Name: Jane
      Sex: Female
      Age: 25
      Date of Birth: 1755 (calculated)
      Status: Slave for life
      Description:
      Source: Bucks County Prothonotary Records; Register of Slaves
      Date of Record: 1780
      Notes:

       

    3. Slave Name: Tone
      Sex: Male
      Age: 03
      Date of Birth: 1777 (calculated)
      Status: Slave for life
      Description:
      Source: Bucks County Prothonotary Records; Register of Slaves
      Date of Record: 1780
      Notes:

       

    4. Slave Name: Sam
      Sex: Male
      Age: 00 Years and 08 Months
      Date of Birth: 1780 (calculated)
      Status: Slave for life
      Description:
      Source: Bucks County Prothonotary Records; Register of Slaves
      Date of Record: 1780
      Notes:

     

  • Slaveholder Name: Cornell, William
    City or Township: Southampton
    Occupation: Farmer
    Slaveholder Notes:

    1. Slave Name: William
      Sex: Male
      Age: -
      Date of Birth: 1788-October 22
      Status: Slave to age 28
      Description:
      Source: Bucks County Prothonotary Records; Register of Slaves
      Date of Record: January 10, 1789
      Notes:

     

  • Slaveholder Name: Cornick, David
    City or Township: Radnor Township
    Occupation:
    Slaveholder Notes:

    1. Slave Name: Ben (a.k.a. Tim)
      Sex: Male
      Age: 36
      Date of Birth: 1742 (calculated)
      Status: Manumitted
      Description: Negro Man
      Source: The Pennsylvania Packet
      Date of Record: August 15, 1778
      Notes: Jailed in Newcastle County on suspicion of being a runaway. Described in the jailor's ad as: "a stout, chunky, well made negro, about five feet eight inches high, thirty six years of age."

      Ben contends that he was freed by the will of David Cornick.

     

  • Slaveholder Name: Corson, Mary
    City or Township: Northampton
    Occupation:
    Slaveholder Notes:

    1. Slave Name: Sarah
      Sex: Female
      Age: 07
      Date of Birth: 1773 (calculated)
      Status: Slave for life
      Description:
      Source: Bucks County Prothonotary Records; Register of Slaves
      Date of Record: 1780
      Notes:

    2. Slave Name: Dinah
      Sex: Female
      Age: 13
      Date of Birth: 1767 (calculated)
      Status: Slave for life
      Description:
      Source: Bucks County Prothonotary Records; Register of Slaves
      Date of Record: 1780
      Notes:

     

  • Slaveholder Name: Coryell, John, Captain
    City or Township:  Coryell's Ferry (present day location New Hope)
    Occupation: Ferry Owner, innkeeper
    Slaveholder Notes: John Coryell owned a ferry across the Delaware River that was used by American troops during the Revolutionary War.  He was a supporter of the revolution, and by removing boats from the New Jersey side in 1776, was able to help protect the forces of George Washington that had retreated into Pennsylvania.  Coryell advertised in 1775 to find the possible owner of an African American man from Virginia who was claiming that he was free.  It is possible that Coryell employed, or was planning to employ this man.

    1. Slave Name: Bront
      Sex: Male
      Age: "about 50 years of age"
      Date of Birth: 1725 (calculated)
      Status:   Possibly manumitted in Virginia
      Description: "Negroe man...of a small size"
      Source: The Pennsylvania Gazette, 15 November 1775.
      Date of Record: 1775
      Notes: Text of advertisement:  "CAME to Bucks county, last August, a NEGROE man, named Bront, of a small size, about 50 years of age, with a slit in one of his ears, says he was a slave to Mr. John McGobien, of Virginia, deceased, and at his death was freed, and was since employed to work for Captain Thomas Nolans; if said Negroe has a master, for information, he may apply to Captain JOHN CORYEL, in Bucks county, Pennsylvania."

     

  • Slaveholder Name: Coxe, William
    City or Township: Bristol
    Occupation: Merchant
    Slaveholder Notes:

    1. Slave Name: Passika
      Sex: Female
      Age: 58
      Date of Birth: 1722 (calculated)
      Status: Slave for life
      Description:
      Source: Bucks County Prothonotary Records; Register of Slaves
      Date of Record: 1780
      Notes:

       

    2. Slave Name: Jude
      Sex: Female
      Age: 33
      Date of Birth: 1747 (calculated)
      Status: Slave for life
      Description:
      Source: Bucks County Prothonotary Records; Register of Slaves
      Date of Record: 1780
      Notes:

       

    3. Slave Name: Caesar
      Sex: Male
      Age: 32
      Date of Birth: 1748 (calculated)
      Status: Slave for life
      Description:
      Source: Bucks County Prothonotary Records; Register of Slaves
      Date of Record: 1780
      Notes:

       

    4. Slave Name: Harry
      Sex: Male
      Age: 30
      Date of Birth: 1750 (calculated)
      Status: Slave for life
      Description:
      Source: Bucks County Prothonotary Records; Register of Slaves
      Date of Record: 1780
      Notes:

     

  • Slaveholder Name: Craven, Giles
    City or Township: Northampton
    Occupation: "Taylor" (Tailor)
    Slaveholder Notes:

       

    1. Slave Name: Jacob
      Sex: Male
      Age: -
      Date of Birth: 1794-January 03
      Status: Slave to age 28
      Description:
      Source: Bucks County Prothonotary Records; Register of Slaves
      Date of Record: May 27, 1794
      Notes:

     

  • Slaveholder Name: Craven, Isaac
    City or Township: Warminster
    Occupation: Farmer
    Slaveholder Notes:

       

    1. Slave Name: Dinah
      Sex: Female
      Age: -
      Date of Birth: 1791-September 05
      Status: Slave to age 28
      Description:
      Source: Bucks County Prothonotary Records; Register of Slaves
      Date of Record: March 05, 1792
      Notes:

     

  • Slaveholder Name: Craven, Thomas
    City or Township: Warminster
    Occupation:
    Slaveholder Notes:

       

    1. Slave Name: Jeffery
      Sex: Male
      Age: 10
      Date of Birth: 1770 (calculated)
      Status: Slave for life
      Description:
      Source: Bucks County Prothonotary Records; Register of Slaves
      Date of Record: 1780
      Notes:

       

    2. Slave Name: Bet
      Sex: Female
      Age: 41
      Date of Birth: 1739 (calculated)
      Status: Slave for life
      Description:
      Source: Bucks County Prothonotary Records; Register of Slaves
      Date of Record: 1780
      Notes:

       

    3. Slave Name: Dick
      Sex: Male
      Age: 08
      Date of Birth: 1772 (calculated)
      Status: Slave for life
      Description:
      Source: Bucks County Prothonotary Records; Register of Slaves
      Date of Record: 1780
      Notes:

       

    4. Slave Name: Jo
      Sex: Male
      Age: 01
      Date of Birth: 1779 (calculated)
      Status: Slave for life
      Description:
      Source: Bucks County Prothonotary Records; Register of Slaves
      Date of Record: 1780
      Notes:

       

    5. Slave Name: Harry
      Sex: Male
      Age: 12
      Date of Birth: 1768 (calculated)
      Status: Slave for life
      Description:
      Source: Bucks County Prothonotary Records; Register of Slaves
      Date of Record: 1780
      Notes:

       

    6. Slave Name: Tony
      Sex: Male
      Age: 03
      Date of Birth: 1777 (calculated)
      Status: Slave for life
      Description:
      Source: Bucks County Prothonotary Records; Register of Slaves
      Date of Record: 1780
      Notes:

       

    7. Slave Name: Dine
      Sex: Female
      Age: 06
      Date of Birth: 1774 (calculated)
      Status: Slave for life
      Description:
      Source: Bucks County Prothonotary Records; Register of Slaves
      Date of Record: 1780
      Notes:

       

    8. Slave Name: Pol
      Sex: Female
      Age: 15
      Date of Birth: 1765 (calculated)
      Status: Slave for life
      Description:
      Source: Bucks County Prothonotary Records; Register of Slaves
      Date of Record: 1780
      Notes:

       

    9. Slave Name: Ezabel
      Sex: Female
      Age: 06
      Date of Birth: 1774 (calculated)
      Status: Slave for life
      Description:
      Source: Bucks County Prothonotary Records; Register of Slaves
      Date of Record: 1780
      Notes:

     

  • Slaveholder Name: Davis, William
    City or Township: Tinicum
    Occupation: Farmer
    Slaveholder Notes:

       

    1. Slave Name: Vine
      Sex: Female
      Age: 14
      Date of Birth: 1766 (calculated)
      Status: Slave for life
      Description:
      Source: Bucks County Prothonotary Records; Register of Slaves
      Date of Record: 1780
      Notes:

     

  • Slaveholder Name: Denormandie, John Abraham
    City or Township: Bristol
    Occupation: Baker
    Slaveholder Notes:

    1. Slave Names: Names not provided
      Sex: Male
      Age: Age not provided, but described as young men.
      Date of Birth: Not known
      Status: Slaves for life
      Description: "two young Negroe men"
      Source: The Pennsylvania Gazette, 30 November 1749
      Date of Record: 30 November 1749
      Notes: Two men advertised for sale by Denormandie as part of his Bristol home and bakery.
      To be sold or lett, by
      John Abraham Denormandie,
      Of the borough of Bristol,
      A large, commodious house, opposite to where the widow Jackson keeps tavern, a small house adjoining to it, two kitchens, two large stables, one of brick; the situation very convenient for shopkeeping, or tavern. Also a large brick bake-house, in right good order to go to work at, and a boulting-house adjoining it; all convenient to the water, and close to Bristol mills. Likewise two young Negroe men, that has been brought up to the baking business. Any person inclining to purchase or hire, may apply to the subscriber in Bristol.
      John Abraham Denormandie.

     

  • Slaveholder Name: Dougherty, Jennet
    City or Township: Buckingham
    Occupation: Widow
    Slaveholder Notes:

    1. Slave Name: James
      Sex: Male
      Age: 5 years old
      Date of Birth: May 6, 1783
      Status: Slave to age 28
      Description:
      Source: Bucks County Prothonotary Records; Register of Slaves
      Date of Record: March 10, 1789
      Notes:

     

  • Slaveholder Name: Dowdney, John
    City or Township: Bristol Borough
    Occupation:
    Slaveholder Notes: 1780 Registrations include note: "Admr. To the Estate of Jno Priestley."

    1. Slave Name: Strephon
      Sex: Male
      Age: 6 years old
      Date of Birth: 1774 (calculated)
      Status: Slave for life
      Description:
      Source: Bucks County Prothonotary Records; Register of Slaves
      Date of Record: 1780
      Notes:

    2. Slave Name: Mary
      Sex: Female
      Age: 26
      Date of Birth: 1754 (calculated)
      Status: Slave for life
      Description:
      Source: Bucks County Prothonotary Records; Register of Slaves
      Date of Record: 1780
      Notes:

    3. Slave Name: Jude
      Sex: Female
      Age: 8 years old
      Date of Birth: 1772 (calculated)
      Status: Slave for life
      Description:
      Source: Bucks County Prothonotary Records; Register of Slaves
      Date of Record: 1780
      Notes:

     

  • Slaveholder Name: Dubois, Abraham
    City or Township: Northampton
    Occupation: Farmer
    Slaveholder Notes:

       

    1. Slave Name: Will
      Sex: Male
      Age: -
      Date of Birth: 1791-October 29
      Status: Slave to age 28
      Description:
      Source: Bucks County Prothonotary Records; Register of Slaves
      Date of Record: April 06, 1792
      Notes:

     

  • Slaveholder Name: Dubois, Helina
    City or Township: Northampton
    Occupation:
    Slaveholder Notes:   As administrator of the estate of Rev. Jonathan DuBois, Hellena advertised in the Pennsylvania Gazette to sell several slaves: "TO BE SOLD, By the Subscriber, in Northampton, Bucks County, SUNDRY NEGROES, late the Property of the Reverend Jonathan Du Bois, deceased, viz. One Negroe Man, 31 Years old, acquainted with Farming, and hath some Knowledge of the Smith Trade, is healthy, active and industrious; a Negroe Woman about 35, with one Child about a Year, and another about 3 Years old; also a Lad, between 6 and 7 Years old. For further Particulars, enquire of HELLENA DU BOIS, Administratrix."  (ad dated 24 March 1773)
     
    1. Slave Name: Harry
      Sex: Male
      Age: 16
      Date of Birth: 1764 (calculated)
      Status: Slave for life
      Description:
      Source: Bucks County Prothonotary Records; Register of Slaves
      Date of Record: 1780
      Notes:

     

  • Slaveholder Name: Duer, John
    City or Township: Lower Makefield
    Occupation: Farmer
    Slaveholder Notes:

       

    1. Slave Name: Peg
      Sex: Female
      Age: 29
      Date of Birth: 1751 (calculated)
      Status: Slave for life
      Description:
      Source: Bucks County Prothonotary Records; Register of Slaves
      Date of Record: 1780
      Notes:

       

    2. Slave Name: Fan
      Sex: Female
      Age: 09
      Date of Birth: 1771 (calculated)
      Status: Slave for life
      Description:
      Source: Bucks County Prothonotary Records; Register of Slaves
      Date of Record: 1780
      Notes:

       

    3. Slave Name: Sal
      Sex: Female
      Age: -
      Date of Birth: 1780-March 31
      Status: Slave to age 28
      Description:
      Source: Bucks County Prothonotary Records; Register of Slaves
      Date of Record: 1780
      Notes: 1780 Registration notes: "born the Last day of March 1780."

       

    4. Slave Name: Harry
      Sex: Male
      Age: 50
      Date of Birth: 1730 (calculated)
      Status: Slave for life
      Description:
      Source: Bucks County Prothonotary Records; Register of Slaves
      Date of Record: 1780
      Notes:

     

  • Slaveholder Name: Dungan, Clement
    City or Township: Northampton
    Occupation:
    Slaveholder Notes:

       

    1. Slave Name: Damphin
      Sex: Female
      Age: 62
      Date of Birth: 1718 (calculated)
      Status: Slave for life
      Description:
      Source: Bucks County Prothonotary Records; Register of Slaves
      Date of Record: 1780
      Notes:

       

    2. Slave Name: Joseph
      Sex: Male
      Age: 22
      Date of Birth: 1758 (calculated)
      Status: Slave for life
      Description:
      Source: Bucks County Prothonotary Records; Register of Slaves
      Date of Record: 1780
      Notes:

     

  • Slaveholder Name: Dungan, David
    City or Township: Northampton
    Occupation:
    Slaveholder Notes:

       

    1. Slave Name: Mahlon
      Sex: Male
      Age: 14
      Date of Birth: 1766 (calculated)
      Status: Slave for life
      Description:
      Source: Bucks County Prothonotary Records; Register of Slaves
      Date of Record: 1780
      Notes:

       

    2. Slave Name: Richard
      Sex: Male
      Age: 16
      Date of Birth: 1764 (calculated)
      Status: Slave for life
      Description:
      Source: Bucks County Prothonotary Records; Register of Slaves
      Date of Record: 1780
      Notes:

     

  • Slaveholder Name: Dungan, David Jr.
    City or Township: Bensalem
    Occupation:
    Slaveholder Notes:

       

    1. Slave Name: Elizabeth
      Sex: Female
      Age: 35
      Date of Birth: 1745 (calculated)
      Status: Slave for life
      Description:
      Source: Bucks County Prothonotary Records; Register of Slaves
      Date of Record: 1780
      Notes:

       

    2. Slave Name: Aaron
      Sex: Male
      Age: 06
      Date of Birth: 1774 (calculated)
      Status: Slave for life
      Description:
      Source: Bucks County Prothonotary Records; Register of Slaves
      Date of Record: 1780
      Notes:

     

  • Slaveholder Name: Dungan, Elias
    City or Township: Northampton
    Occupation: Farmer
    Slaveholder Notes:

       

    1. Slave Name: Bets
      Sex: Female
      Age: 37
      Date of Birth: 1743 (calculated)
      Status: Slave for life
      Description:
      Source: Bucks County Prothonotary Records; Register of Slaves
      Date of Record: 1780
      Notes:

       

    2. Slave Name: David
      Sex: Male
      Age: -
      Date of Birth: 1796-September 10
      Status: Slave to age 28
      Description:
      Source: Bucks County Prothonotary Records; Register of Slaves
      Date of Record: February 07, 1797
      Notes:

       

    3. Slave Name: Patt
      Sex: Female
      Age: 07 Years and 10 Days
      Date of Birth: 1773 (calculated)
      Status: Slave for life
      Description:
      Source: Bucks County Prothonotary Records; Register of Slaves
      Date of Record: 1780
      Notes:

       

    4. Slave Name: Hannah
      Sex: Female
      Age: 04 Years and 08 Months
      Date of Birth: 1776 (calculated)
      Status: Slave for life
      Description:
      Source: Bucks County Prothonotary Records; Register of Slaves
      Date of Record: 1780
      Notes:

       

    5. Slave Name: Jake
      Sex: Male
      Age: 01 Year and 09 Months
      Date of Birth: 1780 (calculated)
      Status: Slave for life
      Description:
      Source: Bucks County Prothonotary Records; Register of Slaves
      Date of Record: 1780
      Notes:

       

    6. Slave Name: Joe
      Sex: Male
      Age: 38
      Date of Birth: 1742 (calculated)
      Status: Slave for life
      Description:
      Source: Bucks County Prothonotary Records; Register of Slaves
      Date of Record: 1780
      Notes:

       

    7. Slave Name: Abe
      Sex: Male
      Age: 08 Years and 08 Months
      Date of Birth: 1772 (calculated)
      Status: Slave for life
      Description:
      Source: Bucks County Prothonotary Records; Register of Slaves
      Date of Record: 1780
      Notes:

       

    8. Slave Name: Isaac
      Sex: Male
      Age: -
      Date of Birth: 1794-February 25
      Status: Slave to age 28
      Description:
      Source: Bucks County Prothonotary Records; Register of Slaves
      Date of Record: May 27, 1794
      Notes:

     

  • Slaveholder Name: Dungan, Jeremiah Sr.
    City or Township: Northampton
    Occupation:
    Slaveholder Notes:

       

    1. Slave Name: Cuff
      Sex: Male
      Age: 59
      Date of Birth: 1721 (calculated)
      Status: Slave for life
      Description:
      Source: Bucks County Prothonotary Records; Register of Slaves
      Date of Record: 1780
      Notes:

       

    2. Slave Name: Mary
      Sex: Female
      Age: 33
      Date of Birth: 1747 (calculated)
      Status: Slave for life
      Description:
      Source: Bucks County Prothonotary Records; Register of Slaves
      Date of Record: 1780
      Notes:

     

  • Slaveholder Name: Dungan, John
    City or Township: Northampton
    Occupation:
    Slaveholder Notes: Offered a slave woman and her child for sale:  "TO BE SOLD, A LIKELY young Negroe wench, and a child of two years old, fit for town or country business. She can knit, spin and sew well, wash and iron as well as most. She will not steal, nor get drunk, is good natured in a family; her age 23 years; they have both had the smallpox. Enquire of John Dungan, in Bucks county, Northampton township."

       

    1. Slave Name:  Not named
      Sex: Female
      Age:  "her age 23 years"
      Date of Birth: 1745 (calculated)
      Status: Slave for life
      Description: "Young Negroe wench"
      Source: The Pennsylvania Gazette, 31 March, 7 April 1768
      Date of Record:  31 March 1768
      Notes:  Mother of a two year-old child, also offered for sale.

  • Slaveholder Name: Dungan, Jonathan
    City or Township: Warwick
    Occupation: Farmer
    Slaveholder Notes:

       

    1. Slave Name: Glasgow
      Sex: Male
      Age: 13
      Date of Birth: 1767 (calculated)
      Status: Slave for life
      Description:
      Source: Bucks County Prothonotary Records; Register of Slaves
      Date of Record: 1780
      Notes:

       

    2. Slave Name: Dolly
      Sex: Female
      Age: 4 Years and 5 Months
      Date of Birth: 1776 (calculated)
      Status: Slave to age 31
      Description:
      Source: Bucks County Prothonotary Records; Register of Slaves
      Date of Record: 1780
      Notes: 1780 Registration notes: "to be free at 31 Years of Age."

       

    3. Slave Name: Sam
      Sex: Male
      Age: 26
      Date of Birth: 1754 (calculated)
      Status: Slave for life
      Description:
      Source: Bucks County Prothonotary Records; Register of Slaves
      Date of Record: 1780
      Notes:

     

  • Slaveholder Name: Dungan, Joshua
    City or Township: Warwick
    Occupation: Farmer
    Slaveholder Notes:

    1. Slave Name: Hannah
      Sex: Female
      Age: 25
      Date of Birth: 1755 (calculated)
      Status: Slave for life
      Description:
      Source: Bucks County Prothonotary Records; Register of Slaves
      Date of Record: 1780
      Notes:

    2. Slave Name: Enoch
      Sex: Male
      Age: 2 years old at registration
      Date of Birth: 1778 (calculated)
      Status: Slave for life
      Description:
      Source: Bucks County Prothonotary Records; Register of Slaves
      Date of Record: 1780
      Notes:

    3. Slave Name: Jesse
      Sex: Male
      Age: 9 years old at time of registration
      Date of Birth: 1771 (calculated)
      Status: Slave for life
      Description:
      Source: Bucks County Prothonotary Records; Register of Slaves
      Date of Record: 1780
      Notes: Jesse ran away on July 24, 1791. He was described in the runaway ad as: "five feet six inches high, took with him a nankeen jacket and pair of breeches, a pair of blue and white woollen stockings, a long green coat, and a new hat, broad in the brim; he has a black speck in the white of his eye." (The Pennsylvania Gazette)

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