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Bucks County, PA Slaveholders with Surnames E-J

Slaveholders Listed on this Page

  1. Edams, Hugh (Slaves listed: Hannah, Will Scott, Peter, Bram, Tone)
  2. Edams, James (Slaves listed: Abraham)
  3. Ellicott, Nathaniel (Slaves listed: Rachel McDaniel)
  4. Feaster, David (Slaves listed: Sal)
  5. Fenton, John (Slaves listed: Jude, Rachel)
  6. Fenton, Joseph (Slaves listed: Jim, Peter)
  7. Fenton, Mathias (Slaves listed: Harry, Tom)
  8. Follwell, Thomas (Slaves listed: Harry)
  9. Garrison, Charles (Slaves listed: Tom, Stace, Arem)
  10. Gillespie, George (Slaves listed: Rosetta, Till, Sam)
  11. Gilleylan, John (Slaves listed: Lilly, un-named boy and un-named girl)
  12. Green, Alice (Slaves listed: John)
  13. Green, John (Slaves listed: Isaac)
  14. Grier, Agnes (Slaves listed: Hector, Herod)
  15. Grier, James (Slaves listed: Eve)
  16. Grier, John (Slaves listed: Bess, Caesar)
  17. Grier, John (2) (Slaves listed: Alexander)
  18. Grier, Joseph (Slaves listed: Jem)
  19. Griffith, Abraham (Slaves listed: Un-named teenaged girl)
  20. Grigg, Robert (Slaves listed: Tim)
  21. Growdon, Lawrence (Slaves listed: Un-named woman, boy and man)
  22. Hanna, James Esq. (Slaves listed: Amos, Isabell)
  23. Harris, Hannah (Slaves listed: Phoebe, Ben, Patt, Ade, John, Bess, Nan, Dick, Patt (2), Henry, Kitty, Prime, Fanny)
  24. Harris, John (Slaves listed: Un-named man)
  25. Hart, ? (Slaves listed: un-named female)
  26. Hart, Joseph (Slaves listed: Susan, Moris)
  27. Hart, Joseph (2) (Slaves listed: Elizabeth)
  28. Hart, Josiah (Slaves listed: Davie)
  29. Hart, William (Slaves listed: Cuff, Isable)
  30. Harvey, Sarah (Slaves listed: Peggy, Charles)
  31. Hegeman, John (Slaves listed: Cuff, Bess)
  32. Hicks, Gilbert (Slaves listed:  unnamed man)
  33. Hilligas, George (Slaves listed: Cato)
  34. Hoekley, Thomas (Slaves listed: Nell, Poll)
  35. Hogeland, Daniel (Slaves listed: Joseph Limehous, Elizabeth Limehouse)
  36. Hogeland, Dirick (Slaves listed: Tom, Dinah, Harry)
  37. Hogeland, Henry (Slaves listed: Mary)
  38. Hollas, Abraham (Slaves listed: Rachel)
  39. Howell, Joseph (Slaves listed: Bob)
  40. Hunt, Joseph (Slaves listed: Joshua)
  41. Huston, John (Slaves listed:  Tom)
  42. Irvin, Arthur (Slaves listed: Luce, Peter, Myrtill, Call, Cap, Isaac)
  43. Irwin, Nathaniel (Slaves listed: Cato, Pegg, Phill)
  44. Jamison, ? (Slaves listed: Prince)
  45. Jenks, John (Slaves listed: un-named slave)
  46. Johnson, Gersham (Slaves listed: Prince)
  47. Johnson, Lawrence (Slaves listed: Frank)
  48. Jolly, James (Slaves listed: Boston)
  49. Jones, Samuel (Slaves listed: Dick)

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: Edams, Hugh
    City or Township: Northampton
    Occupation: Farmer
    Slaveholder Notes:

     

    1. Slave Name: Hannah
      Sex: Female
      Age: -
      Date of Birth: 1791-April 15
      Status: Slave to age 28
      Description:
      Source: 72
      Date of Record: September 15, 1791
      Notes:

       

    2. Slave Name: Scott, Will
      Sex: Male
      Age: -
      Date of Birth: 1798-January 18
      Status: Slave to age 28
      Description:
      Source: 72
      Date of Record: July 16, 1798
      Notes:

       

    3. Slave Name: Peter
      Sex: Male
      Age: -
      Date of Birth: 1794-May 10
      Status: Slave to age 28
      Description:
      Source: 72
      Date of Record: November 04, 1794
      Notes:

       

    4. Slave Name: Bram
      Sex: Male
      Age: 40a
      Date of Birth: 1755 (calculated)
      Status: Runaway
      Description: Negro Man
      Source: 85
      Date of Record: September 02, 1795
      Notes: Ran away August 24, 1795. Described in the runaway ad as "about 5 feet 5 or 6 inches high, leans forward in his walk, loves spirits, and is fond of a violin, one of which he took with him."

       

    5. Slave Name: Tone
      Sex: Male
      Age: 10
      Date of Birth: 1770 (calculated)
      Status: Slave for life
      Description:
      Source: 72
      Date of Record: 1780
      Notes:

     

  • Slaveholder Name: Edams, James
    City or Township: Northampton
    Occupation:
    Slaveholder Notes:

     

    1. Slave Name: Abraham
      Sex: Male
      Age: 32
      Date of Birth: 1748 (calculated)
      Status: Slave for life
      Description:
      Source: 72
      Date of Record: 1780
      Notes:

     

  • Slaveholder Name: Ellicott, Nathaniel
    City or Township: Buckingham
    Occupation:
    Slaveholder Notes:

     

    1. Slave Name: McDaniel, Rachel
      Sex: Female
      Age: 25a
      Date of Birth: 1762 (calculated)
      Status: Manumitted in 1787
      Description: Mulatto
      Source: 72
      Date of Record: May 23, 1787
      Notes:

     

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

     

    1. Slave Name: Sal
      Sex: Female
      Age: 19
      Date of Birth: 1761 (calculated)
      Status: Slave for life
      Description:
      Source: 72
      Date of Record: 1780
      Notes:

     

  • Slaveholder Name: Fenton, John
    City or Township: Southampton
    Occupation: Innholder
    Slaveholder Notes:

     

    1. Slave Name: Jude
      Sex: Female
      Age: 05
      Date of Birth: 1775 (calculated)
      Status: Slave for life
      Description:
      Source: 72
      Date of Record: 1780
      Notes:

       

    2. Slave Name: Rachel
      Sex: Female
      Age: 25
      Date of Birth: 1755 (calculated)
      Status: Slave for life
      Description:
      Source: 72
      Date of Record: 1780
      Notes:

     

  • Slaveholder Name: Fenton, Joseph
    City or Township: Northampton
    Occupation: Farmer
    Slaveholder Notes:

     

    1. Slave Name: Jim
      Sex: Male
      Age: 18
      Date of Birth: 1762 (calculated)
      Status: Slave for life
      Description:
      Source: 72
      Date of Record: 1780
      Notes:

       

    2. Slave Name: Peter
      Sex: Male
      Age: 10
      Date of Birth: 1770 (calculated)
      Status: Slave for life
      Description:
      Source: 72
      Date of Record: 1780
      Notes:

     

  • Slaveholder Name: Fenton, Mathias
    City or Township: Bensalem
    Occupation: Innkeeper
    Slaveholder Notes:

     

    1. Slave Name: Harry
      Sex: Male
      Age: 25
      Date of Birth: 1755 (calculated)
      Status: Slave for life
      Description:
      Source: 72
      Date of Record: 1780
      Notes:

       

    2. Slave Name: Tom
      Sex: Male
      Age: 30
      Date of Birth: 1750 (calculated)
      Status: Slave for life
      Description:
      Source: 72
      Date of Record: 1780
      Notes:

     

  • Slaveholder Name: Follwell, Thomas
    City or Township: Southampton
    Occupation: Farmer
    Slaveholder Notes:

     

    1. Slave Name: Harry
      Sex: Male
      Age: 22
      Date of Birth: 1758 (calculated)
      Status: Slave for life
      Description:
      Source: 72
      Date of Record: 1780
      Notes:

     

  • Slaveholder Name: Garrison, Charles
    City or Township: Northampton
    Occupation:
    Slaveholder Notes:

     

    1. Slave Name: Tom
      Sex: Male
      Age: 07
      Date of Birth: 1773 (calculated)
      Status: Slave for life
      Description:
      Source: 72
      Date of Record: 1780
      Notes:

       

    2. Slave Name: Stace
      Sex: Male
      Age: 20
      Date of Birth: 1760 (calculated)
      Status: Slave for life
      Description:
      Source: 72
      Date of Record: 1780
      Notes:

       

    3. Slave Name: Arem
      Sex: Male
      Age: 30
      Date of Birth: 1750 (calculated)
      Status: Slave for life
      Description:
      Source: 72
      Date of Record: 1780
      Notes:

     

  • Slaveholder Name: Gillespie, George
    City or Township: Bristol
    Occupation:
    Slaveholder Notes:

     

    1. Slave Name: Rosetta
      Sex: Female
      Age: 09
      Date of Birth: 1771 (calculated)
      Status: Slave for life
      Description:
      Source: 72
      Date of Record: 1780
      Notes:

       

    2. Slave Name: Till
      Sex: Female
      Age: 22
      Date of Birth: 1758 (calculated)
      Status: Slave for life
      Description:
      Source: 72
      Date of Record: 1780
      Notes:

       

    3. Slave Name: Sam
      Sex: Male
      Age: 25
      Date of Birth: 1755 (calculated)
      Status: Slave for life
      Description:
      Source: 72
      Date of Record: 1780
      Notes:

     

  • Slaveholder Name: Gilleylan, John, also spelled Gilleylen.
    City or Township: Southampton Township
    Occupation:
    Slaveholder Notes: Gilleylan's 1751 estate sale included two enslaved children, as excerpted below:
    TO be sold, by way of publick vendue, on Monday the thirteenth of May next, at the dwelling house of John Gilleylen, in the township of Southampton, in the county of Bucks, viz. . . .(description of a large country estate)
    There is likewise to be sold, at the time and place aforesaid, a Negroe-boy, and a Negroe-girl, . . .(description of assorted livestock and goods).
    JOHN GILLEYLEN.

    1. Slave Name: Not named
      Sex: Male
      Age: Age not stated, but described as a "boy"
      Date of Birth: Not known, prior to 1751
      Status: Slave for life
      Description: "Negroe-boy"
      Source: The Pennsylvania Gazette, 9 May 1751.
      Date of Record: 09 May 1751
      Notes: To be publicly auctioned on May 13, 1751 as part of an estate sale

    2. Slave Name: Not named
      Sex: Female
      Age: Age not stated, but described as a "girl"
      Date of Birth: Not known, prior to 1751
      Status: Slave for life
      Description: "Negroe-girl"
      Source: The Pennsylvania Gazette, 9 May 1751.
      Date of Record: 09 May 1751
      Notes: To be publicly auctioned on May 13, 1751 as part of an estate sale

    3. Slave Name: Lilly
      Sex: Female
      Age: "35 years of age"
      Date of Birth: circa 1715
      Status: Slave for life
      Description: "Negroe woman"
      Source: The Pennsylvania Gazette, 31 May 1750.
      Date of Record: 31 May 1750
      Notes: Born in Bermuda. Previously owned by a Mr. Bailey of Lewistown in Sussex County, Delaware. Escaped from Gilleylen on 26 May 1750. Text of ad placed by Gilleylen to recover her:
      RUN away, on the 26th of this inst. May, in the night, from John Gilleylen, of the township of Southampton, in Bucks county, a Negroe woman, named Lilly, 35 years of age, born in Bermudas, about 5 feet 6 inches high, a little pitted with the small pox:
      Had on when she went away, a good homespun striped peticoat, a new green serge ditto, a linnen ditto, 3 jackets of the same sort of cloth; she took with her several other good clothes, and some cash; she formerly belonged to Mr. Bailey of Lewistown, Pilot, and is supposed to be secreted some-where in Philadelphia. Whoever takes up said Negroe woman, and brings her to Mr. Francis Manny, Sale-maker in Chestnut-street, shall have Thirty Shillings reward, and reasonable charges, paid by
      JOHN GILLEYLEN. N.B. As it is supposed she intends to go to Bermudas or Lewistown, all masters of vessels and others are desired not to carry her off.

     

  • Slaveholder Name: Green, Alice
    City or Township: Bristol
    Occupation: Widow
    Slaveholder Notes:

     

    1. Slave Name: John
      Sex: Male
      Age: -
      Date of Birth: 1797-July 24
      Status: Slave to age 28
      Description:
      Source: 72
      Date of Record: November 01, 1797
      Notes:

     

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

     

    1. Slave Name: Isaac
      Sex: Male
      Age: -
      Date of Birth: 1796-April 03
      Status: Slave to age 28
      Description:
      Source: 72
      Date of Record: August 10, 1796
      Notes:

     

  • Slaveholder Name: Grier, Agnes
    City or Township: New Britain
    Occupation: Widow
    Slaveholder Notes: "Widow of John Grier"

     

    1. Slave Name: Hector
      Sex: Male
      Age: -
      Date of Birth: 1788-February (calculated)
      Status: Slave to age 28
      Description:
      Source: 72
      Date of Record: April 09, 1789
      Notes: 1789 Registration notes age as "10 Months Old."

       

    2. Slave Name: Herod
      Sex: Male
      Age: 05 Years and 10 Months
      Date of Birth: 1783-February (calculated)
      Status: Slave to age 28
      Description:
      Source: 72
      Date of Record: April 09, 1789
      Notes:

     

  • Slaveholder Name: Grier, James
    City or Township: New Britain
    Occupation: V.D.M.
    Slaveholder Notes:

     

    1. Slave Name: Eve
      Sex: Female
      Age: 20
      Date of Birth: 1760 (calculated)
      Status: Slave for life
      Description:
      Source: 72
      Date of Record: 1780
      Notes:

     

  • Slaveholder Name: Grier, John
    City or Township: New Britain
    Occupation: Farmer
    Slaveholder Notes:

     

    1. Slave Name: Bess
      Sex: Female
      Age: 22
      Date of Birth: 1758 (calculated)
      Status: Slave for life
      Description:
      Source: 72
      Date of Record: 1780
      Notes:

       

    2. Slave Name: Caesar
      Sex: Male
      Age: 02
      Date of Birth: 1778 (calculated)
      Status: Slave for life
      Description:
      Source: 72
      Date of Record: 1780
      Notes:

     

  • Slaveholder Name: Grier, John (2)
    City or Township: Warwick
    Occupation:
    Slaveholder Notes:

     

    1. Slave Name: Alexander
      Sex: Male
      Age: 12
      Date of Birth: 1768 (calculated)
      Status: Slave for life
      Description:
      Source: 72
      Date of Record: 1780
      Notes:

     

  • Slaveholder Name: Grier, Joseph
    City or Township: New Britain
    Occupation: Farmer
    Slaveholder Notes:

     

    1. Slave Name: Jem
      Sex: Male
      Age: 10
      Date of Birth: 1770 (calculated)
      Status: Slave for life
      Description:
      Source: 72
      Date of Record: 1780
      Notes:

     

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

     

    1. Slave Name: Not named in ad
      Sex: Female
      Age: "18 years of age"
      Date of Birth: 1733 (calculated)
      Status: Slave to age 31
      Description: "Mulattoe wench"
      Source: Pennsylvania Gazette, 9 May 1751.
      Date of Record: 09 May 1751
      Notes: Advertised for sale by Griffith in May 1751:
      TO be sold by ABRAHAM GRIFFITH, jun. in Northampton township, Bucks county, on the 24th of this inst. A likely team of horses, waggon and cart, and sundry other creatures; Also a Mulattoe wench, 18 years of age, has about 13 years to serve; is fit for town or country business.

     

  • Slaveholder Name: Grigg, Robert
    City or Township: Upper Makefield
    Occupation: Farmer
    Slaveholder Notes:

     

    1. Slave Name: Tim
      Sex: Male
      Age: 14
      Date of Birth: 1766 (calculated)
      Status: Slave for life
      Description:
      Source: 72
      Date of Record: 1780
      Notes:

     

  • Slaveholder Name: Growdon, Lawrence
    City or Township: Trevose (estate)
    Occupation: Merchant, politician, judge, Justice of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, 1750-1764.
    Slaveholder Notes: Lived 1694-1770. Will proved May 1, 1770. (Source: "Wills: Abstracts: Book 3 : Bucks Co, PA 1760-1778," http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/pa/pafiles.htm, Contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Thera.)

     

    1. Slave Name: No name recorded
      Sex: Female
      Age: "between Thirty and Forty Years old"
      Date of Birth: 1706-1716 (calculated)
      Status: Slave for life
      Description: "Negro Woman"
      Source: The Pennsylvania Gazette, August 14, 1746
      Date of Record: August 14, 1746
      Notes: Offered for sale in 1746, along with a 12-year old boy: "To be SOLD, A Likely Negro WOMAN, fit for Town or Country Business, with, or without, a likely Negro BOY. The Woman is between Thirty and Forty Years old, and the Boy about Twelve. Enquire of LAWRENCE GROWDON, at Trevose, in Bucks County."

       

    2. Slave Name: No name recorded
      Sex: Male
      Age: 12a
      Date of Birth: 1734 (calculated)
      Status: Slave for life
      Description: "Negro Boy"
      Source: The Pennsylvania Gazette, August 14, 1746
      Date of Record: August 14, 1746
      Notes: Offered for sale in 1746, along with a 12-year old boy: "To be SOLD, A Likely Negro WOMAN, fit for Town or Country Business, with, or without, a likely Negro BOY. The Woman is between Thirty and Forty Years old, and the Boy about Twelve. Enquire of LAWRENCE GROWDON, at Trevose, in Bucks County."

       

    3. Slave Name: No name recorded
      Sex: Male
      Age: "about 29 years of age"
      Date of Birth: 1721 (calculated)
      Status: Slave for life
      Description: "Negroe man"
      Source: Pennsylvania Gazette, 3 May 1750
      Date of Record: August 14, 1746
      Notes: Offered for sale in May 1750: "To be sold by LAWRENCE GROWDON, At Trevose, in Bucks county, A LIKELY Negroe man, about 29 years of age, a good hand at most sorts of husbandry work. He has a wife in West-Jersey, about two miles from Yeardley's ferry, and is very desirous of a master in that neighborhood."

     

  • Slaveholder Name: Hanna, James, Esquire
    City or Township: Newtown
    Occupation: Recorder
    Slaveholder Notes:

     

    1. Slave Name: Amos
      Sex: Male
      Age: -
      Date of Birth: 1797-February 09
      Status: Slave to age 28
      Description:
      Source: 72
      Date of Record: June 30, 1797
      Notes:

       

    2. Slave Name: Isabell
      Sex: Female
      Age: -
      Date of Birth: 1791-November 09
      Status: Slave to age 28
      Description:
      Source: 72
      Date of Record: March 13, 1792
      Notes:

     

  • Slaveholder Name: Harris, Hannah
    City or Township: Newtown
    Occupation: "Gentlewoman"
    Slaveholder Notes: Wife and widow of John Harris. The home of Hannah Harris in Newtown was used as a headquarters by General George Washington directly after the Battle of Trenton. He stayed there December 26-30, 1776.

     

    1. Slave Name: Phoebe
      Sex: Female
      Age: 00 Years and 09 Months
      Date of Birth: 1779 or 1780 (calculated)
      Status: Slave for life
      Description:
      Source: 72
      Date of Record: 1780
      Notes:

       

    2. Slave Name: Ben
      Sex: Male
      Age: 02
      Date of Birth: 1778 (calculated)
      Status: Slave for life
      Description:
      Source: 72
      Date of Record: 1780
      Notes:

       

    3. Slave Name: Patt
      Sex: Female
      Age: 02
      Date of Birth: 1778 (calculated)
      Status: Slave for life
      Description:
      Source: 72
      Date of Record: 1780
      Notes:

       

    4. Slave Name: Ade
      Sex: Male
      Age: 04
      Date of Birth: 1776 (calculated)
      Status: Slave for life
      Description:
      Source: 72
      Date of Record: 1780
      Notes:

       

    5. Slave Name: John
      Sex: Male
      Age: 06
      Date of Birth: 1774 (calculated)
      Status: Slave for life
      Description:
      Source: 72
      Date of Record: 1780
      Notes:

       

    6. Slave Name: Bess
      Sex: Female
      Age: 08
      Date of Birth: 1772 (calculated)
      Status: Slave for life
      Description:
      Source: 72
      Date of Record: 1780
      Notes:

       

    7. Slave Name: Nan
      Sex: Female
      Age: 10
      Date of Birth: 1770 (calculated)
      Status: Slave for life
      Description:
      Source: 72
      Date of Record: 1780
      Notes:

       

    8. Slave Name: Dick
      Sex: Male
      Age: 45
      Date of Birth: 1735 (calculated)
      Status: Slave for life
      Description:
      Source: 72
      Date of Record: 1780
      Notes:

       

    9. Slave Name: Patt
      Sex: Female
      Age: 45
      Date of Birth: 1735 (calculated)
      Status: Slave for life
      Description:
      Source: 72
      Date of Record: 1780
      Notes:

       

    10. Slave Name: Henry
      Sex: Male
      Age: -
      Date of Birth: 1790-February 06
      Status: Slave to age 28
      Description:
      Source: 72
      Date of Record: July 20, 1790
      Notes:

       

    11. Slave Name: Kitty
      Sex: Female
      Age: -
      Date of Birth: 1797-March 01
      Status: Slave to age 28
      Description:
      Source: 72
      Date of Record: June 30, 1797
      Notes:

       

    12. Slave Name: Prime
      Sex: Male
      Age: 24
      Date of Birth: 1756 (calculated)
      Status: Slave for life
      Description:
      Source: 72
      Date of Record: 1780
      Notes:

       

    13. Slave Name: Fanny
      Sex: Female
      Age: 38
      Date of Birth: 1742 (calculated)
      Status: Slave for life
      Description:
      Source: 72
      Date of Record: 1780
      Notes:

     

  • Slaveholder Name: Harris, John
    City or Township: Newtown
    Occupation:
    Slaveholder Notes: Lived 1713-1773. Husband of Hannah Harris. Tanner and merchant.

     

    1. Slave Name: Name not given in ad
      Sex: Male
      Age: "about 30 Years of Age"
      Date of Birth: circa 1733
      Status: Slave for life
      Description: "Negroe Man"
      Source: Pennsylvania Gazette, 24 February 1763
      Date of Record: 24 February 1763
      Notes: Offered for sale in February 1763 along with a white servant girl:
      To be SOLD,
      A Strong hearty Servant Girl's Time, who has almost six Years to serve, this Country born. Also a Negroe Man, about 30 Years of Age, capable of every Kind of Plantation Business, and very handy in butchering, cutting, salting, &c.
      Enquire of JOHN HARRIS, in Newtown, Bucks County.

     

  • Slaveholder Name: Hart, ?
    City or Township: Plumstead
    Occupation: Farmer
    Slaveholder Notes: Original copy is hard to read due to damage. Spelling of name is a guess.

     

    1. Slave Name: ?
      Sex: Female
      Age: 13
      Date of Birth: 1767 (calculated)
      Status: Slave for life
      Description:
      Source: 72
      Date of Record: 1780
      Notes: Original copy is damaged, making the name unreadable.

     

  • Slaveholder Name: Hart, Joseph
    City or Township: Warwick
    Occupation: Miller
    Slaveholder Notes:

     

    1. Slave Name: Susan
      Sex: Female
      Age: 02
      Date of Birth: 1787-March 01
      Status: Slave to age 28
      Description:
      Source: 72
      Date of Record: March 11, 1789
      Notes:

       

    2. Slave Name: Moris
      Sex: Male
      Age: -
      Date of Birth: 1789-January 10
      Status: Slave to age 28
      Description:
      Source: 72
      Date of Record: March 11, 1789
      Notes:

     

  • Slaveholder Name: Hart, Joseph (2)
    City or Township: Warminster
    Occupation: Farmer
    Slaveholder Notes:

     

    1. Slave Name: Elizabeth
      Sex: Female
      Age: 14
      Date of Birth: 1766 (calculated)
      Status: Slave for life
      Description:
      Source: 72
      Date of Record: 1780
      Notes:

     

  • Slaveholder Name: Hart, Josiah
    City or Township: Southampton
    Occupation:
    Slaveholder Notes:

     

    1. Slave Name: Davie
      Sex: Male
      Age: 20a
      Date of Birth: 1780 (calculated)
      Status: Runaway
      Description: Negro Lad
      Source: 83
      Date of Record: January 29, 1800
      Notes: Ran away "some time ago" when advertised in 1800 for his return. Described in the runaway ad as "near five feet ten inches high, of a yellow complexion, has lost one of his fore teeth with the stroke of a sledge hammer."

     

  • Slaveholder Name: Hart, William
    City or Township: Plumstead
    Occupation: Blacksmith
    Slaveholder Notes:

     

    1. Slave Name: Cuff
      Sex: Male
      Age: 23
      Date of Birth: 1760 (calculated)
      Status: Runaway
      Description: Negro
      Source: 73
      Date of Record: March 12, 1783
      Notes: Ran away December 25, 1782. Described in runaway ad as "5 feet, 8 inches high...Said Negroe is an active fellow with horses, has been used to driving a carriage and tending race horses; it is most likely he will incline to fall into that employ or tending a stable, as he has been seen in Philadelphia."

       

    2. Slave Name: Isable
      Sex: Female
      Age: 19
      Date of Birth: 1761 (calculated)
      Status: Slave for life
      Description:
      Source: 72
      Date of Record: 1780
      Notes:

     

  • Slaveholder Name: Harvey, Sarah
    City or Township: Falls Township
    Occupation:
    Slaveholder Notes:

     

    1. Slave Name: Peggy
      Sex: Female
      Age: 26
      Date of Birth: 1754 (calculated)
      Status: Slave for life
      Description:
      Source: 72
      Date of Record: 1780
      Notes:

       

    2. Slave Name: Charles
      Sex: Male
      Age: 10
      Date of Birth: 1770 (calculated)
      Status: Slave for life
      Description:
      Source: 72
      Date of Record: 1780
      Notes:

     

  • Slaveholder Name: Hegeman, John
    City or Township: Northampton
    Occupation: Farmer
    Slaveholder Notes:

     

    1. Slave Name: Cuff
      Sex: Male
      Age: 70
      Date of Birth: 1710 (calculated)
      Status: Slave for life
      Description:
      Source: 72
      Date of Record: 1780
      Notes:

       

    2. Slave Name: Bess
      Sex: Female
      Age: 05
      Date of Birth: 1775 (calculated)
      Status: Slave for life
      Description:
      Source: 72
      Date of Record: 1780
      Notes:

     

  • Slaveholder Name: Hicks, Gilbert
    City or Township: Middletown
    Occupation: Sheriff
    Slaveholder Notes:   From J. H. Battle, History of Bucks County, page 446:  "The celebrity of Gilbert Hicks is of a less enviable character, he was high sheriff of the county in 1776 and an ardent tory. Even after the declaration of independence had been promulgated he proclaimed the opening of court in the name of the king. This offended the patriotic citizens beyond measure. A large number of people assembled at Newtown, then the county-seat, on the first day of the session. Hicks was then living at Four Lanes’ Ends and had sufficient discretion to remain at his home. A number of his friends mingled with the crowd to discover the drift of their deliberations, while a negro slave was mounted on a fleet horse to apprise him of the result. When it was learned that the popular indignation was such as to endanger his life the negro started for home with this intelligence as fast as be could go. When his object became apparent several horsemen started in hot pursuit, but failed to overtake him. It is said that Hicks was secreted in the garret of a neighbor for several days, but finally made his escape to Nova Scotia, when the British government rewarded his loyalty with a gift of land and an annual pension."

     

    1. Slave Name: name not reported
      Sex: Male
      Age:  not known
      Date of Birth:  
      Status: Slave for life
      Description:
      Source:  Battle, J. H., Ed. The History of Bucks County, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1887.
      Date of Record: 1776
      Notes:   According to the story above, Hicks used this slave as a spy to report on the attitudes of the local population toward him after the declaration of independence from Great Britain.  It is not stated whether Hicks took his slaves with him to Nova Scotia.

     

  • Slaveholder Name: Hilligas, George
    City or Township: Lower Millford
    Occupation: Wheelwright
    Slaveholder Notes:

     

    1. Slave Name: Cato
      Sex: Male
      Age: 12
      Date of Birth: 1768 (calculated)
      Status: Slave for life
      Description:
      Source: 72
      Date of Record: 1780
      Notes:

     

  • Slaveholder Name: Hoekley, Thomas
    City or Township: New Britain
    Occupation:
    Slaveholder Notes:

     

    1. Slave Name: Nell
      Sex: Female
      Age: 25
      Date of Birth: 1755 (calculated)
      Status: Slave for life
      Description:
      Source: 72
      Date of Record: 1780
      Notes:

       

    2. Slave Name: Poll
      Sex: Female
      Age: 40
      Date of Birth: 1740 (calculated)
      Status: Slave for life
      Description:
      Source: 72
      Date of Record: 1780
      Notes:

     

  • Slaveholder Name: Hogeland, Daniel
    City or Township: Southampton
    Occupation: Farmer
    Slaveholder Notes:

     

    1. Slave Name: Limehous, Joseph
      Sex: Male
      Age: -
      Date of Birth: 1790-October 03
      Status: Slave to age 28
      Description:
      Source: 72
      Date of Record: March 16, 1791
      Notes:

       

    2. Slave Name: Limehouse, Elizabeth
      Sex: Female
      Age: -
      Date of Birth: 1792-October 04
      Status: Slave to age 28
      Description:
      Source: 72
      Date of Record: February 05, 1793
      Notes:

     

  • Slaveholder Name: Hogeland, Dirick
    City or Township: Southampton
    Occupation: Farmer
    Slaveholder Notes:

     

    1. Slave Name: Tom
      Sex: Male
      Age: 05
      Date of Birth: 1775 (calculated)
      Status: Slave for life
      Description:
      Source: 72
      Date of Record: 1780
      Notes:

       

    2. Slave Name: Dinah
      Sex: Female
      Age: 35
      Date of Birth: 1745 (calculated)
      Status: Slave for life
      Description:
      Source: 72
      Date of Record: 1780
      Notes:

       

    3. Slave Name: Harry
      Sex: Male
      Age: 43
      Date of Birth: 1737 (calculated)
      Status: Slave for life
      Description:
      Source: 72
      Date of Record: 1780
      Notes:

     

  • Slaveholder Name: Hogeland, Henry
    City or Township: Southampton
    Occupation: Farmer
    Slaveholder Notes:

     

    1. Slave Name: Mary
      Sex: Female
      Age: 04
      Date of Birth: 1784-April 15
      Status: Slave to age 28
      Description:
      Source: 72
      Date of Record: March 25, 1789
      Notes:

     

  • Slaveholder Name: Hollas, Abraham
    City or Township: Warrington
    Occupation: Farmer
    Slaveholder Notes:

     

    1. Slave Name: Rachel
      Sex: Female
      Age: 15
      Date of Birth: 1765 (calculated)
      Status: Slave for life
      Description: Mulatto
      Source: 72
      Date of Record: 1780
      Notes:

     

  • Slaveholder Name: Howell, Joseph
    City or Township: Upper Makefield
    Occupation:
    Slaveholder Notes:

     

    1. Slave Name: Bob
      Sex: Male
      Age: 16a
      Date of Birth: 1772 (calculated)
      Status: Manumitted
      Description: Negro
      Source: 72
      Date of Record: March 25, 1788
      Notes:

     

  • Slaveholder Name: Hunt, Joseph
    City or Township: Southampton
    Occupation: Farmer
    Slaveholder Notes:

     

    1. Slave Name: Joshua
      Sex: Male
      Age: -
      Date of Birth: 1794-November 03
      Status: Slave to age 28
      Description:
      Source: 72
      Date of Record: December 09, 1794
      Notes:

     

  • Slaveholder Name: Huston, John
    City or Township:  Northampton
    Occupation:
    Slaveholder Notes:

     

    1. Slave Name:  Tom
      Sex: Male
      Age:   "about 24 years of age"
      Date of Birth:   1760 (calculated)
      Status:   Slave for life--runaway
      Description: "Negroe Man"
      Source:  The Pennsylvania Gazette, 14 April 1784
      Date of Record:  14 April 1784
      Notes:  Huston ran the following advertisement when Tom ran away in March 1784:
      "RUN AWAY, on the 31st ult. from the subscriber, living in Northampton township, Bucks county, A Negroe Man, named TOM, about 24 years of age, 5 feet 9 inches high; had on, when he went away, two pale blue linsey jackets with some patches, a bound felt hat, a pair of shoes covered and soaled, pale blue ribbed stockings and buckskin breeches, with a brown linen shirt. Whoever takes up the said Negroe shall receive FOUR DOLLARS, if taken in this county, and lodged in goal, or TWELVE DOLLARS, if committed to Philadelphia workhouse, and all reasonable charges paid, by JOHN HUSTON.  April 12, 1784.
  • Slaveholder Name: Irvin, Arthur
    City or Township: Tinicum
    Occupation: Farmer
    Slaveholder Notes:

     

    1. Slave Name: Luce
      Sex: Female
      Age: 01 Year and 06 Months
      Date of Birth: 1779 (calculated)
      Status: Slave for life
      Description:
      Source: 72
      Date of Record: 1780
      Notes:

       

    2. Slave Name: Peter
      Sex: Male
      Age: 30
      Date of Birth: 1750 (calculated)
      Status: Slave for life
      Description:
      Source: 72
      Date of Record: 1780
      Notes:

       

    3. Slave Name: Myrtill
      Sex: Female
      Age: 28
      Date of Birth: 1752 (calculated)
      Status: Slave for life
      Description:
      Source: 72
      Date of Record: 1780
      Notes:

       

    4. Slave Name: Call
      Sex: Male
      Age: 07
      Date of Birth: 1773 (calculated)
      Status: "bound till 21" (see note)
      Description:
      Source: 72
      Date of Record: 1780
      Notes: 1780 Registration notes: "bound till 21 after that time the Property of Mr. Rutherford in New Jersey."

       

    5. Slave Name: Cap
      Sex: Male
      Age: 06
      Date of Birth: 1774 (calculated)
      Status: Slave for life
      Description:
      Source: 72
      Date of Record: 1780
      Notes:

       

    6. Slave Name: Isaac
      Sex: Male
      Age: 04
      Date of Birth: 1776 (calculated)
      Status: Slave for life
      Description:
      Source: 72
      Date of Record: 1780
      Notes:

     

  • Slaveholder Name: Irwin, Nathaniel
    City or Township: Warrington
    Occupation:
    Slaveholder Notes:

     

    1. Slave Name: Cato
      Sex: Male
      Age: 35
      Date of Birth: 1745 (calculated)
      Status: Slave for life
      Description:
      Source: 72
      Date of Record: 1780
      Notes:

       

    2. Slave Name: Pegg
      Sex: Female
      Age: 17
      Date of Birth: 1763 (calculated)
      Status: Slave for life
      Description:
      Source: 72
      Date of Record: 1780
      Notes:

       

    3. Slave Name: Phill
      Sex: Male
      Age: ?
      Date of Birth: ?
      Status: Slave for life
      Description: Mulatto
      Source: 72
      Date of Record: 1780
      Notes: 1780 Registration notes: "Son of a Mollattoe Woman a Slave."

     

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

     

    1. Slave Name: Prince
      Sex: Male
      Age: 14
      Date of Birth: 1766 (calculated)
      Status: Slave for life
      Description:
      Source: 72
      Date of Record: 1780
      Notes:

     

  • Slaveholder Name: Jenks, John
    City or Township:
    Occupation:
    Slaveholder Notes: Slave ownership mentioned in Quaker Middletown Monthly Meeting Minutes, July 08, 1777: "The following Friends still persist in hold slaves: Jonathan Willett, Joseph Thornton, John Jenks, and William Rodman [the latter having it under consideration]"
    And, in September 10, 1777 minutes: "John Jenks has set his Negro free." (Source: 90)

     

    1. Slave Name: ?
      Sex:
      Age:
      Date of Birth:
      Status:
      Description:
      Source: 90
      Date of Record: July 08, 1777 and September 10, 1777
      Notes: Unknown slave or slaves held by John Jenks, as mentioned in Quaker Monthly Meeting Minutes, Middletown Meeting. At least one slave was subsequently manumitted.

     

  • Slaveholder Name: Johnson, Gersham
    City or Township: Middleton
    Occupation: Innholder
    Slaveholder Notes:

     

    1. Slave Name: Prince
      Sex: Male
      Age: 19
      Date of Birth: 1761 (calculated)
      Status: Slave for life
      Description:
      Source: 72
      Date of Record: 1780
      Notes:

     

  • Slaveholder Name: Johnson, Lawrence
    City or Township: Bensalem
    Occupation:
    Slaveholder Notes:

     

    1. Slave Name: Frank
      Sex: Male
      Age: 07 Years and 10 Months
      Date of Birth: 1773 (calculated)
      Status: Slave for life
      Description:
      Source: 72
      Date of Record: 1780
      Notes:

     

  • Slaveholder Name: Jolly, James
    City or Township: Lower Makefield
    Occupation: Farmer
    Slaveholder Notes:

     

    1. Slave Name: Boston
      Sex: Male
      Age: 31
      Date of Birth: 1749 (calculated)
      Status: Slave for life
      Description:
      Source: 72
      Date of Record: 1780
      Notes:

     

  • Slaveholder Name: Jones, Samuel
    City or Township: Plumstead
    Occupation:
    Slaveholder Notes:

    1. Slave Name: Dick
      Sex: Male
      Age: ?
      Date of Birth: ?
      Status: Slave for life
      Description: Negro
      Source: 74
      Date of Record: June 09, 1757
      Notes: Ran away in 1757 and captured in Chester County.

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