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Bucks County, PA Slaveholders, Surnames K-M

Slaveholders Listed on this Page

Kelly, Benjamin (Slaves listed: Hager, James)
Kidd, John (Slaves listed: Elisha, Rachel, Hannah, Matt, Ben, Sam, David, Jem, Derry, Alice)
Kinsey, David (Slaves listed: Nance)
Kroesen, Derick (Southampton) (Slaves listed: Liddy, Jude, Streffon, Tom)
Kroesen, Dirick (Northampton) (Slaves listed: Aram, Timothy, Hannah, John, Levi, Tom, Jude)
Kroesen, John (Slaves listed: Jean, Harry, Isaac, Dyna, Elijah, Amos, Hetty, Frank)
Larrew, Abraham (Slaves listed: Hannah, Rose, Toby)
Larrew, Daniel (Slaves listed: William, Fortain, Frank, Matthew, Sarah)
Larrew, Daniel Jr. (Slaves listed: Jude, Dinah, James)
Larrew, Isaac (Slaves listed: Hagar)
Leedom, Richard (Slaves listed: Hannah)
Lefferts, Ann (Slaves listed: Tom, Lid, Hett, Bett, Eve, Jack [born 1778], Tone, Jack [born 1725], Henry)
Lefferts, Arthur (Slaves listed: Sarah, Jane, Sophia)
Lefferts, Leffert (Slaves listed: Sarah, Jane)
Lefferts, Peter (Slaves listed: Jean, Sarah)
Limebacker, Henry (Slaves listed: Jem, Sal)
Lindsay, David (Slaves listed: Dove, Kate)
Long, Andrew (Slaves listed: Isaac)
Long, William (Slaves listed: Ann, Charles)
Lovett, ? (Slaves listed: Dick)
Lovett, Joseph (Slaves listed: Dina, Silvy, Barbara)
Lucas, Robert (Slaves listed: un-named Negro slave)
Malcolm, Robert M. (Slaves listed: Primus)
Marpel, Enoch (Slaves listed: Tone)
Martin, Daniel (Slaves listed: John)
McCalla, John (Slaves listed: Martha)
McElroy, Archibald (Slaves listed: John, Amy)
McIlvaine, Joseph (Slaves listed: Suk, Dick, Frank, Celia, Pero, Andrew, Bill)
McIlvaine, William (Slaves listed: James, Jean, Flora, Sarah, David, Arabella, Caesar, Rosetta, Robert)
McIntyre, William (Slaves listed: Silas)
McMinn, Andrew (Slaves listed: Patty, Hannah)
Mearns, Hugh (Slaves listed: Josiah, Ailce)
Miles, Griffith (Slaves listed: Isabel)
Miller, Robert (Slaves listed: Isaak)
Minnich, Timothy (Slaves listed: Jamaica)
Minnick, Christian (Slaves listed: Phoebe, Will, Kate, Jude, Dick)
Mitchel, Alexander (Slaves listed: Phillis, James, Luce)
Morgan, James (Slaves listed: Jack, Tim, Sam, Nat, Bet, Sue, Deb)
Murray, Martha (Slaves listed: Luce)

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: Kelly, Benjamin
City or Township: Milltown
Occupation: Farmer
Slaveholder Notes: The township is a guess, as the handwriting on the original is difficult to decipher.
1. Slave Name: Hager
  Sex: Female
  Age: 01
  Date of Birth: 1787-October 04
  Status: Slave to age 28
  Description:
  Source: 72
  Date of Record: March 12, 1789
  Notes:
2. Slave Name: James
  Sex: Male
  Age: 03
  Date of Birth: 1785-May 17
  Status: Slave to age 28
  Description:
  Source: 72
  Date of Record: March 12, 1789
  Notes:
Slaveholder Name: Kidd, John
City or Township: Bensalem
Occupation:
Slaveholder Notes:
1. Slave Name: Elisha
  Sex: Male
  Age: 08
  Date of Birth: 1772 (calculated)
  Status: Slave for life
  Description:
  Source: 72
  Date of Record: 1780
  Notes:
2. Slave Name: Rachel
  Sex: Female
  Age: 02 Years and 03 Months
  Date of Birth: 1778 (calculated)
  Status: Slave for life
  Description:
  Source: 72
  Date of Record: 1780
  Notes:
3. Slave Name: Hannah
  Sex: Female
  Age: 40
  Date of Birth: 1740 (calculated)
  Status: Slave for life
  Description:
  Source: 72
  Date of Record: 1780
  Notes:
4. Slave Name: Matt
  Sex: Male
  Age: 55
  Date of Birth: 1725 (calculated)
  Status: Slave for life
  Description:
  Source: 72
  Date of Record: 1780
  Notes:
5. Slave Name: Ben
  Sex: Male
  Age: 35
  Date of Birth: 1745 (calculated)
  Status: Slave for life
  Description:
  Source: 72
  Date of Record: 1780
  Notes:
6. Slave Name: Sam
  Sex: Male
  Age: 40
  Date of Birth: 1740 (calculated)
  Status: Slave for life
  Description:
  Source: 72
  Date of Record: 1780
  Notes:
7. Slave Name: David
  Sex: Male
  Age: 02 Years and 03 Months
  Date of Birth: 1778 (calculated)
  Status: Slave for life
  Description:
  Source: 72
  Date of Record: 1780
  Notes:
8. Slave Name: Jem
  Sex: Male
  Age: 12
  Date of Birth: 1768 (calculated)
  Status: Slave for life
  Description:
  Source: 72
  Date of Record: 1780
  Notes:
9. Slave Name: Derry
  Sex: Male
  Age: 16
  Date of Birth: 1764 (calculated)
  Status: Slave for life
  Description:
  Source: 72
  Date of Record: 1780
  Notes:
10. Slave Name: Alice
  Sex: Female
  Age: 80
  Date of Birth: 1700 (calculated)
  Status: Slave for life
  Description:
  Source: 72
  Date of Record: 1780
  Notes:
Slaveholder Name: Kinsey, David, deceased
City or Township: Solebury
Occupation:
Slaveholder Notes: Sale of slave Nance by estate executor, David Kinsey.
1. Slave Name: Nance
  Sex: Female
  Age: "aged 20 years or thereabouts"
  Date of Birth: 1741 (calculated)
  Status: Slave for life. Sold upon death of slaveholder in 1761.
  Description: "Mulatto woman"
  Source: THE HISTORY OF BUCKS COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, CHAPTERS L & LI, MANORS AND LARGE LAND GRANTS; NEGRO SLAVERY IN BUCKS COUNTY. From the discovery of the Delaware to the present time by W. W. H. Davis, A.M., 1876 and 1905 editions. Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Donna Bluemink. [email protected]
  Date of Record: 25 February 1761
  Notes: "There has fallen under our notice a deed of sale for a "certain mulatto woman slave, called Nance, aged 20 years or thereabouts," by David Kinsey, administrator of David Kinsey, of Solebury, deceased, executed February 25, 1761.
Slaveholder Name: Kroesen, Derick
City or Township: Southampton
Occupation: Farmer
Slaveholder Notes:
1. Slave Name: Liddy
  Sex: Female
  Age: 21
  Date of Birth: 1759 (calculated)
  Status: Slave for life
  Description:
  Source: 72
  Date of Record: 1780
  Notes:
2. Slave Name: Jude
  Sex: Female
  Age: 55
  Date of Birth: 1725 (calculated)
  Status: Slave for life
  Description:
  Source: 72
  Date of Record: 1780
  Notes:
3. Slave Name: Streffon
  Sex: Male
  Age: 25
  Date of Birth: 1755 (calculated)
  Status: Slave for life
  Description:
  Source: 72
  Date of Record: 1780
  Notes:
4. Slave Name: Tom
  Sex: Male
  Age: 64
  Date of Birth: 1716 (calculated)
  Status: Slave for life
  Description:
  Source: 72
  Date of Record: 1780
  Notes:
Slaveholder Name: Kroesen, Dirick
City or Township: Northampton
Occupation: Farmer
Slaveholder Notes: Location for the 1780 Registrations was Southampton.
1. Slave Name: Aram
  Sex: Male
  Age: 04
  Date of Birth: 1776 (calculated)
  Status: Slave for life
  Description:
  Source: 72
  Date of Record: 1780
  Notes:
2. Slave Name: Timothy
  Sex: Male
  Age: 02
  Date of Birth: 1778 (calculated)
  Status: Slave for life
  Description:
  Source: 72
  Date of Record: 1780
  Notes:
3. Slave Name: Hannah
  Sex: Female
  Age: 06
  Date of Birth: 1774 (calculated)
  Status: Slave for life
  Description:
  Source: 72
  Date of Record: 1780
  Notes:
4. Slave Name: John
  Sex: Male
  Age: 08
  Date of Birth: 1772 (calculated)
  Status: Slave for life
  Description:
  Source: 72
  Date of Record: 1780
  Notes:
5. Slave Name: Levi
  Sex: Male
  Age: -
  Date of Birth: 1796-July 15a
  Status: Slave to age 28
  Description:
  Source: 72
  Date of Record: November 17, 1796
  Notes:
6. Slave Name: Tom
  Sex: Male
  Age: 10
  Date of Birth: 1770 (calculated)
  Status: Slave for life
  Description:
  Source: 72
  Date of Record: 1780
  Notes:
7. Slave Name: Jude
  Sex: Female
  Age: 28
  Date of Birth: 1752 (calculated)
  Status: Slave for life
  Description:
  Source: 72
  Date of Record: 1780
  Notes:
Slaveholder Name: Kroesen, John
City or Township: Northampton
Occupation: Farmer
Slaveholder Notes:
1. Slave Name: Jean
  Sex: Female
  Age: 08
  Date of Birth: 1772 (calculated)
  Status: Slave for life
  Description:
  Source: 72
  Date of Record: 1780
  Notes:
2. Slave Name: Harry
  Sex: Male
  Age: 09 Years and 06 Months
  Date of Birth: 1771 (calculated)
  Status: Slave for life
  Description:
  Source: 72
  Date of Record: 1780
  Notes:
3. Slave Name: Isaac
  Sex: Male
  Age: -
  Date of Birth: 1794-July 03
  Status: Slave to age 28
  Description: "Twin"
  Source: 72
  Date of Record: November 14, 1794
  Notes: Twin brother to Elijah.
4. Slave Name: Dyna
  Sex: Female
  Age: 33
  Date of Birth: 1747 (calculated)
  Status: Slave for life
  Description:
  Source: 72
  Date of Record: 1780
  Notes:
5. Slave Name: Elijah
  Sex: Male
  Age: -
  Date of Birth: 1794-July 03
  Status: Slave to age 28
  Description: "Twin"
  Source: 72
  Date of Record: November 14, 1794
  Notes: Twin brother to Isaac
6. Slave Name: Amos
  Sex: Male
  Age: -
  Date of Birth: 1792-October 20
  Status: Slave to age 28
  Description:
  Source:
  Date of Record: March 25, 1793
  Notes:
7. Slave Name: Hetty
  Sex: Female
  Age: 04
  Date of Birth: 1784-May 12
  Status: Slave to age 28
  Description:
  Source: 72
  Date of Record: March 10, 1789
  Notes:
8. Slave Name: Frank
  Sex: Male
  Age: 34
  Date of Birth: 1746 (calculated)
  Status: Slave for life
  Description:
  Source: 72
  Date of Record: 1780
  Notes:
Slaveholder Name: Larrew, Abraham
City or Township: Bensalem Township
Occupation: Farmer
Slaveholder Notes:
1. Slave Name: Hannah
  Sex: Female
  Age: 11
  Date of Birth: 1769 (calculated)
  Status: Slave for life
  Description:
  Source: 72
  Date of Record: 1780
  Notes:
2. Slave Name: Rose
  Sex: Female
  Age: -
  Date of Birth: 1789-April 30
  Status: Slave to age 28
  Description:
  Source: 72
  Date of Record: June 22, 1789
  Notes:
3. Slave Name: Toby or Tobias
  Sex: Male
  Age: 10
  Date of Birth: 1770 (calculated)
  Status: Slave for life
  Description: Negro (Source: 87)
  Source: 72
  Date of Record: Registration: 1780
  Notes: Ran away on May 20, 1793. Described in the runaway ad as "a strong hearty able Negroe man, named Tobe, twenty-three years of age, about five feet nine inches high, pretty black, shows his teeth and gums very much when he laughs, which he does very frequently, his knees turn considerably inwards; he is apt to get in liquor, swears and is impertinent and saucy when intoxicated; he is well acquainted with all kind of plantation work, being brought up to the farming business." (Source: 87)
  Tobias was caught or returned to the Larue farm, but escaped again in March, 1794. The runaway ad placed by Abraham Larue is below:
  Three Pounds Reward.
  RAN away, on the 27th of March last, from the subscriber, living in Bensalem township, Bucks county, a stout able Negroe man, named TOBIAS, 23 years of age, about 5 feet 9 inches high, pretty black, shews his teeth and gums very much when he laughs, his knees turn considerably inwards; he is apt to get in liquor, swears, and is impertinent and saucy when intoxicated; he is well acquainted with all kinds of plantation work, being brought up to the plantation business. Had on, when he went away, an old hat, a light coloured coatee, of fulled lincey, lapelled, and metal buttons, a striped lincey under jacket, old buckskin breeches, woollen stockings, old shoes, and buckles, but will be likely to change or supply himself with other clothes, as he took no others with him. Whoever secures the said runaway servant in any prison, so that his master may get him again, shall have the above reward, and if brought home, reasonable charges, paid by
  ABRAHAM LARUE, jun.
  Source: The Pennsylvania Gazette, April 9, 1794
Slaveholder Name: Larrew, Daniel
City or Township: Falls Township
Occupation:
Slaveholder Notes:
1. Slave Name: William
  Sex: Male
  Age: 20
  Date of Birth: 1760 (calculated)
  Status: Slave for life
  Description:
  Source: 72
  Date of Record: 1780
  Notes:
2. Slave Name: Fortain
  Sex: Male
  Age: 25
  Date of Birth: 1755 (calculated)
  Status: Slave for life
  Description:
  Source: 72
  Date of Record: 1780
  Notes:
3. Slave Name: Frank
  Sex: Male
  Age: 55
  Date of Birth: 1725 (calculated)
  Status: Slave for life
  Description:
  Source: 72
  Date of Record: 1780
  Notes:
4. Slave Name: Matthew
  Sex: Male
  Age: 09
  Date of Birth: 1771 (calculated)
  Status: Slave for life
  Description:
  Source: 72
  Date of Record: 1780
  Notes:
5. Slave Name: Sarah
  Sex: Female
  Age: 17
  Date of Birth: 1763 (calculated)
  Status: Slave for life
  Description:
  Source: 72
  Date of Record: 1780
  Notes:
Slaveholder Name: Larrew, Daniel Jr.
City or Township: Middleton
Occupation:
Slaveholder Notes:
1. Slave Name: Jude
  Sex: Female
  Age: 26
  Date of Birth: 1754 (calculated)
  Status: Slave for life
  Description: Negro Wench (Source: 78)
  Source: 72
  Date of Record: Registration: 1780
  Notes: Ran away January, 1778. Jude was described in the runaway ad as "lusty and stout, a little marked with the smallpox: She was frequently seen in Philadelphia while the British troops lay there, and it is supposed she is lurking in this State, or in the Jersey, yet." (Source: 78)
  She was apparently recaptured and subsequently registered according to law.
2. Slave Name: Dinah
  Sex: Female
  Age: 11
  Date of Birth: 1769 (calculated)
  Status: Slave for life
  Description:
  Source: 72
  Date of Record: 1780
  Notes:
3. Slave Name: James
  Sex: Male
  Age: 29
  Date of Birth: 1751 (calculated)
  Status: Slave for life
  Description:
  Source: 72
  Date of Record: 1780
  Notes:
Slaveholder Name: Larrew, Isaac
City or Township: Bensalem
Occupation:
Slaveholder Notes:
1. Slave Name: Hagar
  Sex: Female
  Age: 55
  Date of Birth: 1725 (calculated)
  Status: Slave for life
  Description:
  Source: 72
  Date of Record: 1780
  Notes:
Slaveholder Name: Leedom, Richard
City or Township: Northampton
Occupation: Innkeeper
Slaveholder Notes:
1. Slave Name: Hannah
  Sex: Female
  Age: 08
  Date of Birth: 1772 (calculated)
  Status: Slave for life
  Description:
  Source: 72
  Date of Record: 1780
  Notes:
Slaveholder Name: Lefferts, Ann
City or Township: Northampton
Occupation:
Slaveholder Notes:
1. Slave Name: Tom
  Sex: Male
  Age: 16
  Date of Birth: 1764 (calculated)
  Status: Slave for life
  Description:
  Source: 72
  Date of Record: 1780
  Notes:
2. Slave Name: Lid
  Sex: Female
  Age: 13
  Date of Birth: 1767 (calculated)
  Status: Slave for life
  Description:
  Source: 72
  Date of Record: 1780
  Notes:
3. Slave Name: Hett
  Sex: Female
  Age: 15
  Date of Birth: 1765 (calculated)
  Status: Slave for life
  Description:
  Source: 72
  Date of Record: 1780
  Notes:
4. Slave Name: Bett
  Sex: Female
  Age: 26
  Date of Birth: 1754 (calculated)
  Status: Slave for life
  Description:
  Source: 72
  Date of Record: 1780
  Notes:
5. Slave Name: Eve
  Sex: Female
  Age: 33
  Date of Birth: 1747 (calculated)
  Status: Slave for life
  Description:
  Source: 72
  Date of Record: 1780
  Notes:
6. Slave Name: Jack
  Sex: Male
  Age: 02
  Date of Birth: 1778 (calculated)
  Status: Slave for life
  Description:
  Source: 72
  Date of Record: 1780
  Notes:
7. Slave Name: Tone
  Sex: Male
  Age: 16
  Date of Birth: 1764 (calculated)
  Status: Slave for life
  Description:
  Source: 72
  Date of Record: 1780
  Notes:
8. Slave Name: Jack
  Sex: Male
  Age: 55
  Date of Birth: 1725 (calculated)
  Status: Slave for life
  Description:
  Source: 72
  Date of Record: 1780
  Notes:
9. Slave Name: Henry
  Sex: Male
  Age: 04
  Date of Birth: 1776 (calculated)
  Status: Slave for life
  Description:
  Source: 72
  Date of Record: 1780
  Notes:
Slaveholder Name: Lefferts, Arthur
City or Township: Northampton
Occupation: Farmer
Slaveholder Notes:
1. Slave Name: Sarah
  Sex: Female
  Age: 22
  Date of Birth: 1758 (calculated)
  Status: Slave for life
  Description:
  Source: 72
  Date of Record: 1780
  Notes:
2. Slave Name: Jane
  Sex: Female
  Age: 04
  Date of Birth: 1776 (calculated)
  Status: Slave for life
  Description:
  Source: 72
  Date of Record: 1780
  Notes:
3. Slave Name: Sophia
  Sex: Female
  Age: 01
  Date of Birth: 1779 (calculated)
  Status: Slave for life
  Description:
  Source: 72
  Date of Record: 1780
  Notes:
Slaveholder Name: Lefferts, Leffert
City or Township: Northampton
Occupation: Farmer
Slaveholder Notes:
1. Slave Name: Sarah
  Sex: Female
  Age: 04
  Date of Birth: 1784-October 06
  Status: Slave to age 28
  Description: "twins"
  Source: 72
  Date of Record: March 12, 1789
  Notes: Twin sister to Jane.
2. Slave Name: Jane
  Sex: Female
  Age: 04
  Date of Birth: 1784-October 06
  Status: Slave to age 28
  Description: "twins"
  Source: 72
  Date of Record: March 12, 1789
  Notes: Twin sister to Sarah.
Slaveholder Name: Lefferts, Peter
City or Township: Newtown
Occupation: Farmer
Slaveholder Notes:
1. Slave Name: Jean
  Sex: Female
  Age: 18
  Date of Birth: 1762 (calculated)
  Status: Slave for life
  Description:
  Source: 72
  Date of Record: 1780
  Notes:
2. Slave Name: Sarah
  Sex: Female
  Age: 02
  Date of Birth: 1778 (calculated)
  Status: Slave for life
  Description:
  Source: 72
  Date of Record: 1780
  Notes:
Slaveholder Name: Limebacker, Henry
City or Township: Northampton
Occupation: Farmer
Slaveholder Notes:
1. Slave Name: Jem
  Sex: Male
  Age: -
  Date of Birth: 1792-April 15
  Status: Slave to age 28
  Description:
  Source: 72
  Date of Record: May 09, 1792
  Notes:
2. Slave Name: Sal
  Sex: Female
  Age: 12
  Date of Birth: 1768 (calculated)
  Status: Slave for life
  Description:
  Source: 72
  Date of Record: 1780
  Notes:
Slaveholder Name: Lindsay, David
City or Township: Northampton
Occupation: Farmer
Slaveholder Notes:
1. Slave Name: Dove
  Sex: Male
  Age: 30a
  Date of Birth: 1718 (calculated)
  Status: Slave for life
  Description: "Negroe man"
  Source: The Pennsylvania Gazette, July 21, 04 August 1748
  Date of Record: July 21, 1748
  Notes: Ran away in July, 1748, along with Kate. Text of runaway ad placed by David Lindsay:
  Philadelphia, July 21. 1748.
  RUN away, on Sunday Night last, from David Lindsay, of Northampton, Bucks county, a Negroe man, named Dove, about 30 years of age, of middle stature, pretty much pitted with the Small pox, and talks pretty good English: Had on a whitish coloured kersey jacket, buckskin breeches, grey stockings, without the feet, old shoes, and steel buckles in them. Also run away at the same time, from said Lindsey, a Mulattoe wench, named Kate, about 16 years of age, of low stature, and can talk very good English: Had on, a linsey gown, and linsey petticoat. Whoever takes up and secures said Negro and wench, so as they may be had again, shall have Twenty shillings reward for each, and reasonable charges, paid by DAVID LINDSAY.
  N.B. The Negro took with him a Fiddle and a pair of Skates.
2. Slave Name: Kate
  Sex: Female
  Age: 16a
  Date of Birth: 1732 (calculated)
  Status: Slave for life
  Description: "Mulattoe wench"
  Source: The Pennsylvania Gazette, July 21, 04 August 1748
  Date of Record: July 21, 1748
  Notes: Escaped from Lindsay in July, 1748, along with Dove (see runaway ad, above).
Slaveholder Name: Long, Andrew
City or Township: Warrington
Occupation: Farmer
Slaveholder Notes:
1. Slave Name: Isaac
  Sex: Male
  Age: 25
  Date of Birth: 1755 (calculated)
  Status: Slave for life
  Description: Mulatto
  Source: 72
  Date of Record: 1780
  Notes: 1780 Registration notes: "Mollattoe Slave for Life."
Slaveholder Name: Long, William
City or Township: Warrington
Occupation:
Slaveholder Notes:
1. Slave Name: Ann
  Sex: Female
  Age: 50
  Date of Birth: 1730 (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: Lovett, ?
City or Township:
Occupation:
Slaveholder Notes: Mentioned in the 1778 runaway ad placed by Robert Turner of Philadelphia, for enslaved man Dick.
1. Slave Name: Dick
  Sex: Male
  Age: 50a
  Date of Birth: 1728 (calculated)
  Status: Runaway from Robert Turner in Philadelphia (1778)
  Description: Negro
  Source: 79
  Date of Record: July 25, 1778
  Notes: Ran away in June, 1778 from his new owner, Robert Turner, in Philadelphia. Described in runaway ad as "four and a half feet high, 50 years old, has a lameness in his body; it is supposed he is gone to Bucks County, as he has a wife there."
Slaveholder Name: Lovett, Joseph
City or Township: Bristol
Occupation: Farmer
Slaveholder Notes: Slave ownership mentioned in Quaker Monthly Men's Minutes, Falls Meeting, March 05, 1773: "It appears that Joseph Lovett hath sold a Negro." (Source: 91)
1. Slave Name: Dina
  Sex: Female
  Age: 05
  Date of Birth: 1775 (calculated)
  Status: Slave for life
  Description:
  Source: 72
  Date of Record: 1780
  Notes:
2. Slave Name: Silvy
  Sex: Female
  Age: 07
  Date of Birth: 1773 (calculated)
  Status: Slave for life
  Description:
  Source: 72
  Date of Record: 1780
  Notes:
3. Slave Name: Barbara
  Sex: Female
  Age: 26
  Date of Birth: 1754 (calculated)
  Status: Slave for life
  Description:
  Source: 72
  Date of Record: 1780
  Notes:
Slaveholder Name: Lucas, Robert
City or Township: Falls
Occupation:
Slaveholder Notes: Slave ownership mentioned in Quaker Monthly Meeting Minutes, Falls Meeting, January 05, 1765.
1. Slave Name: ?
  Sex: ?
  Age: ?
  Date of Birth: ?
  Status: ?
  Description: Negro
  Source: 91
  Date of Record: January 05, 1765
  Notes: Mentioned in Quaker Monthly Meeting Minutes, Falls Meeting: "1/5/1765 - Falls Meeting reports that Robert Lucas sometime past sold a Negro."
Slaveholder Name: Malcolm, Robert M.
City or Township: Bristol
Occupation: Farmer
Slaveholder Notes:
1. Slave Name: Primus
  Sex: Male
  Age: "About 18 years old"
  Date of Birth: circa 1764
  Status: Slave for life -- Runaway
  Description: "Negro Lad"
  Source: The Independent Gazeteer (Philadelphia), 8 October 1782
  Date of Record: 30 September 1782
  Notes: Robert Malcolm is the sixth slaveholder to try to own Primus. Primus escaped from Malcolm's farm on the morning of Monday, September 30, 1782. He was briefly captured, but escaped by fleeing through a briar-choked swamp, prompting Malcolm to speculate that his skin would be heavily marked with fresh wounds. He was believed to be trying to get to Yellow Springs in Chester County, to see his mother. Text of the runaway ad placed by Malcolm:
  Bucks County, September 30, 1782.
  Sixteen Dollars Reward.
  Ran away, this Morning, from a Plantation two Miles below Bristol, on the River,
  A NEGRO LAD named PRIMUS,
  ABOUT 18 years old, a sullen, down-looking, infamous rogue, has had six masters, and has a small hole on the lower part of his left cheek, resembling a shot hole; He is short, and high shouldered; Had on an old linsey jacket, flax shirt, and tow trowsers; His skin, it is supposed, must be very much torn, by making his escape from a person who had him in custody, through a green briar swamp. He has a mother living with the widow Kennedy, at the Yellow Springs, on Lancaster road, and will attempt to get to her. Whoever takes up the said Negro, and delivers, or causes to be delivered, to his maste, the subscriber, on said farm, or to Mr. James Thompson, at the Connestoga waggon, in Market-street, will receive the above reward.
  ROBERT M. MALCOLM.
Slaveholder Name: Marpel, Enoch
City or Township: Northampton
Occupation:
Slaveholder Notes:
1. Slave Name: Tone
  Sex: Male
  Age: 40
  Date of Birth: 1740 (calculated)
  Status: Slave for life
  Description:
  Source: 72
  Date of Record: 1780
  Notes:
Slaveholder Name: Martin, Daniel
City or Township: Middletown
Occupation: Yeoman
Slaveholder Notes:
1. Slave Name: John
  Sex: Male
  Age: 03
  Date of Birth: 1785-December 23
  Status: Slave to age 28
  Description:
  Source: 72
  Date of Record: March 10, 1789
  Notes:
Slaveholder Name: McCalla, John
City or Township: Milltown
Occupation: Tavernkeeper
Slaveholder Notes:
1. Slave Name: Martha
  Sex: Female
  Age: -
  Date of Birth: 1788-April 15
  Status: Slave to age 28
  Description:
  Source: 72
  Date of Record: March 26, 1789
  Notes:
Slaveholder Name: McElroy, Archibald
City or Township: Bristol Borough
Occupation:
Slaveholder Notes:
1. Slave Name: John
  Sex: Male
  Age: ?
  Date of Birth: ?
  Status: "Slave for six Years"
  Description: Mulatto
  Source: 72
  Date of Record: 1780
  Notes: 1780 Registration does not give this person's age, but does note: "A Mollattoe--a Slave for 6 Years."
2. Slave Name: Amy
  Sex: Female
  Age: 60
  Date of Birth: 1720 (calculated)
  Status: Slave for life
  Description:
  Source: 72
  Date of Record: 1780
  Notes:
Slaveholder Name: McIlvaine, Joseph
City or Township: Bristol
Occupation: Farmer
Slaveholder Notes: Son of William McIlvaine, the Philadelphia merchant, and brother of Dr. William McIlvaine.
1. Slave Name: Suk
  Sex: Female
  Age: 06
  Date of Birth: 1774 (calculated)
  Status: Slave for life
  Description:
  Source: 72
  Date of Record: 1780
  Notes:
2. Slave Name: Dick
  Sex: Male
  Age: 20
  Date of Birth: 1760 (calculated)
  Status: Slave for life
  Description:
  Source: 72
  Date of Record: 1780
  Notes:
3. Slave Name: Frank
  Sex: Male
  Age: 12
  Date of Birth: 1768 (calculated)
  Status: Slave for life
  Description:
  Source: 72
  Date of Record: 1780
  Notes:
4. Slave Name: Celia
  Sex: Female
  Age: 35
  Date of Birth: 1745 (calculated)
  Status: Slave for life
  Description:
  Source: 72
  Date of Record: 1780
  Notes:
5. Slave Name: Pero
  Sex: Male
  Age: 65
  Date of Birth: 1715 (calculated)
  Status: Slave for life
  Description:
  Source: 72
  Date of Record: 1780
  Notes:
6. Slave Name: Andrew
  Sex: Male
  Age: 03
  Date of Birth: 1777 (calculated)
  Status: Slave for life
  Description:
  Source: 72
  Date of Record: 1780
  Notes:
7. Slave Name: Bill
  Sex: Male
  Age: 08
  Date of Birth: 1772 (calculated)
  Status: Slave for life
  Description:
  Source: 72
  Date of Record: 1780
  Notes:
Slaveholder Name: McIlvaine, William
City or Township: Bristol Borough
Occupation: Physician
Slaveholder Notes: Son of William McIlvaine, the Philadelphia merchant.
1. Slave Name: James
  Sex: Male
  Age: -
  Date of Birth: 1789-May (Calculated)
  Status: Slave to age 28
  Description:
  Source: 72
  Date of Record: October 13, 1789
  Notes:
2. Slave Name: Jean
  Sex: Female
  Age: 04 Years and 08 Months
  Date of Birth: 1776 (calculated)
  Status: Slave for life
  Description:
  Source: 72
  Date of Record: 1780
  Notes:
3. Slave Name: Flora
  Sex: Female
  Age: 08
  Date of Birth: 1772 (calculated)
  Status: Slave for life
  Description:
  Source: 72
  Date of Record: 1780
  Notes:
4. Slave Name: Sarah
  Sex: Female
  Age: 02
  Date of Birth: 1786-November
  Status: Slave to age 28
  Description:
  Source: 72
  Date of Record: March 21, 1789
  Notes:
5. Slave Name: David
  Sex: Male
  Age: 04
  Date of Birth: 1784-August
  Status: Slave to age 28
  Description:
  Source: 72
  Date of Record: March 21, 1789
  Notes:
6. Slave Name: Arabella
  Sex: Female
  Age: 24
  Date of Birth: 1756 (calculated)
  Status: Slave for life
  Description:
  Source: 72
  Date of Record: 1780
  Notes:
7. Slave Name: Caesar
  Sex: Male
  Age: 02 Years and 01 Month
  Date of Birth: 1778 (calculated)
  Status: Slave for life
  Description:
  Source: 72
  Date of Record: 1780
  Notes:
8. Slave Name: Rosetta
  Sex: Female
  Age: 04 Months
  Date of Birth: 1780 (calculated)
  Status: Slave to age 28
  Description:
  Source: 72
  Date of Record: 1780
  Notes: Status is presumed from the estimated date of birth, which indicates Rosetta was born after the March 1 1780 cut-off date for slaves for life.
9. Slave Name: Robert
  Sex: Male
  Age: 17 Years and 06 Months
  Date of Birth: 1763 (calculated)
  Status: Slave for life
  Description:
  Source: 72
  Date of Record: 1780
  Notes:
Slaveholder Name: McIntyre, William
City or Township: Tinicum
Occupation:
Slaveholder Notes:
1. Slave Name: Silas
  Sex: Male
  Age: 14
  Date of Birth: 1766 (calculated)
  Status: Slave for life
  Description:
  Source: 72
  Date of Record: 1780
  Notes:
Slaveholder Name: McMinn, Andrew
City or Township: Newtown
Occupation: Innholder
Slaveholder Notes:
1. Slave Name: Patty
  Sex: Female
  Age: -
  Date of Birth: 1792-September 03
  Status: Slave to age 28
  Description:
  Source: 72
  Date of Record: February 05, 1793
  Notes:
2. Slave Name: Hannah
  Sex: Female
  Age: -
  Date of Birth: 1790-November 07
  Status: Slave to age 28
  Description:
  Source: 72
  Date of Record: February 01, 1791
  Notes:
Slaveholder Name: Mearns, Hugh
City or Township: Warwick
Occupation: Milller
Slaveholder Notes: Surname spelled "Means" in 1780 Registrations.
1. Slave Name: Josiah
  Sex: Male
  Age: 03
  Date of Birth: 1786-March 01
  Status: Slave to age 28
  Description:
  Source: 72
  Date of Record: March 31, 1789
  Notes:
2. Slave Name: Ailce
  Sex: Female
  Age: 10
  Date of Birth: 1770 (calculated)
  Status: Slave for life
  Description:
  Source: 72
  Date of Record: 1780
  Notes: Name could be a misspelling of "Alice."
Slaveholder Name: Miles, Griffith
City or Township: Warwick
Occupation: Farmer
Slaveholder Notes:
1. Slave Name: Isabel
  Sex: Female
  Age: -
  Date of Birth: 1800-September 22
  Status: Slave to age 28
  Description:
  Source: 72
  Date of Record: n.d.
  Notes: Year of birth is a guess based on the relationship of the listing to other dated listings above and below it. The year was not recorded on the register for this entry.
Slaveholder Name: Miller, Robert
City or Township: Warminster
Occupation: Farmer
Slaveholder Notes:
1. Slave Name: Isaack
  Sex: Male
  Age: 23
  Date of Birth: 1757 (calculated)
  Status: Slave for life
  Description:
  Source: 72
  Date of Record: 1780
  Notes:
Slaveholder Name: Minnich, Timothy
City or Township: Bristol Borough
Occupation: Blacksmith
Slaveholder Notes:
1. Slave Name: Jamaica
  Sex: Male
  Age: 09
  Date of Birth: 1771 (calculated)
  Status: Slave for life
  Description:
  Source: 72
  Date of Record: 1780
  Notes:
Slaveholder Name: Minnick, Christian
City or Township: Bristol
Occupation:
Slaveholder Notes:
1. Slave Name: Phoebe
  Sex: Female
  Age: 30
  Date of Birth: 1750 (calculated)
  Status: Slave for life
  Description:
  Source: 72
  Date of Record: 1780
  Notes:
2. Slave Name: Will
  Sex: Male
  Age: 02
  Date of Birth: 1778 (calculated)
  Status: Slave for life
  Description: Mulatto
  Source: 72
  Date of Record: 1780
  Notes:
3. Slave Name: Kate
  Sex: Female
  Age: 22
  Date of Birth: 1758 (calculated)
  Status: Slave for life
  Description:
  Source: 72
  Date of Record: 1780
  Notes:
4. Slave Name: Jude
  Sex: Female
  Age: 15
  Date of Birth: 1765 (calculated)
  Status: Slave for life
  Description: Mulatto
  Source: 72
  Date of Record: 1780
  Notes:
5. Slave Name: Dick
  Sex: Male
  Age: 10
  Date of Birth: 1770 (calculated)
  Status: Slave for life
  Description: Mulatto
  Source: 72
  Date of Record: 1780
  Notes:
Slaveholder Name: Mitchel, Alexander
City or Township: Tinicum
Occupation: V.D.M.
Slaveholder Notes:
1. Slave Name: Phillis
  Sex: Female
  Age: 45
  Date of Birth: 1735 (calculated)
  Status: Slave for life
  Description:
  Source: 72
  Date of Record: 1780
  Notes:
2. Slave Name: James
  Sex: Male
  Age: 39
  Date of Birth: 1741 (calculated)
  Status: Slave for life
  Description: Mulatto
  Source: 72
  Date of Record: 1780
  Notes: 1780 Registration notes: "A Mollattoe Slave for Life."
3. Slave Name: Luce
  Sex: Female
  Age: 12
  Date of Birth: 1768 (calculated)
  Status: Slave for life
  Description:
  Source: 72
  Date of Record: 1780
  Notes:
Slaveholder Name: Morgan, James
City or Township: Durham
Occupation:
Slaveholder Notes: Of seven slaves registered in 1780, all but one had the notation: "supposed to be in New York with the Enemy."
1. Slave Name: Jack
  Sex: Male
  Age: 38
  Date of Birth: 1742 (calculated)
  Status: Slave for life
  Description:
  Source: 72
  Date of Record: 1780
  Notes:
2. Slave Name: Tim
  Sex: Male
  Age: 20
  Date of Birth: 1760 (calculated)
  Status: Slave for life
  Description:
  Source: 72
  Date of Record: 1780
  Notes: 1780 Registration includes note: "supposed to be in New York with the Enemy."
3. Slave Name: Sam
  Sex: Male
  Age: 17
  Date of Birth: 1763 (calculated)
  Status: Slave for life
  Description:
  Source: 72
  Date of Record: 1780
  Notes: 1780 Registration includes note: "supposed to be in New York with the Enemy."
4. Slave Name: Nat
  Sex: Male
  Age: 05
  Date of Birth: 1775 (calculated)
  Status: Slave for life
  Description:
  Source: 72
  Date of Record: 1780
  Notes: 1780 Registration includes note: "supposed to be in New York with the Enemy."
5. Slave Name: Bet
  Sex: Female
  Age: 40
  Date of Birth: 1740 (calculated)
  Status: Slave for life
  Description:
  Source: 72
  Date of Record: 1780
  Notes: 1780 Registration includes note: "supposed to be in New York with the Enemy."
6. Slave Name: Sue
  Sex: Female
  Age: 20
  Date of Birth: 1760 (calculated)
  Status: Slave for life
  Description:
  Source: 72
  Date of Record: 1780
  Notes: 1780 Registration includes note: "supposed to be in New York with the Enemy."
7. Slave Name: Deb
  Sex: Female
  Age: 24
  Date of Birth: 1756 (calculated)
  Status: Slave for life
  Description:
  Source: 72
  Date of Record: 1780
  Notes: 1780 Registration includes note: "supposed to be in New York with the Enemy."
Slaveholder Name: Murray, Martha
City or Township: Bristol
Occupation
Slaveholder Notes:
1. Slave Name: Luce
  Sex: Female
  Age: 07
  Date of Birth: 1773 (calculated)
  Status: Slave to age 31
  Description: Mulatto
  Source: 72
  Date of Record: 1780
  Notes: 1780 Registration notes: "A Mollattoe bound to Major Francis Muray till 31."

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