CALDWELL FAMILY
Members of the Caldwell family in Maryland were
1 i. Martin Collwell, born say 1745.
ii. William, head of a St. Mary's County household of 2 "other free" in 1790.
1. Martin Collwell, born say 1745, was head of a taxable "free Mullotes" household of two "blacks" in Bay Hundred, Talbot County in August 1776 [Carothers, 1776 Census of Maryland]. He may have been the father of
i. Martha, head of a Talbot County household of 2 "other free" in 1790.
ii. Ary, born about 1768, obtained a certificate of freedom in Talbot County on 11 September 1809: a black woman ... about 41 years of age, 5 feet & three quarters of an inch high ... free born ... raised in the County.
iii. Joseph, born about 1780, obtained a certificate of freedom in Talbot County on 12 September 1812: a Mullatto man ... about thirty two years of age, five feet Seven and one quarter inches high ... born free and raised in the County.
iv. Jeremiah, born about 1787, obtained a certificate of freedom in Talbot County on 29 January 1811: about 23 years of age, five feet nine inches high ... dark yellow complexion was born free ... raised in the county.
v. Sally, born about 1795, obtained a certificate of freedom in Talbot County on 21 August 1815: a Black Girl ... Sally Caldwell ... about 20 years of age 5 feet 1 1/2 inches high ... born free, & raised in the County [Certificates of Freedom 1807-15, 17, 18, 40, 124].
Members of the family in Delaware were
i. Palin, head of a Murderkill Hundred, Kent County household of 10 "other free" in 1800 [DE:126] and 5 in 1810 [DE:12].
ii. Solomon, head of a Kent County household of 5 "other free" in 1800 [DE:65] and 7 in 1810 [DE:75].
iii. Tobias, head of a Kent County household of 6 "other free" in 1800 [DE:65] and 5 in 1810 [DE:75].
iv. Peter1, head of a New Castle County household of 5 "other free" in 1800 [DE:279].
v. Peter2, head of a Kent County, Delaware household of 3 "other free" in 1800 [DE:147].
vi. Philip, head of a Mispillion Hundred, Kent County household of 5 "other free" in 1800 [DE:110] and 3 in 1810 [DE:49].
vii. Oliver, head of a Kent County household of 7 "other free" in 1810 [DE:12].
viii. Richard, head of a Kent County household of 8 "other free" in 1800 [DE:46].
ix. Prince, head of a Murderkill Hundred, Kent County household of 7 "other free" in 1800 [DE:126].
x. Timothy, head of a Murderkill Hundred, Kent County household of 5 "other free" in 1800 [DE:126].
xi. Stephen, head of a St. Jones Hundred, Kent County household of 5 "other free" in 1800 [DE:50].
xii. Joseph, head of a St. Jones Hundred, Kent County household of 4 "other free" in 1800 [DE:50].
xiii. Anthony, head of a Murderkill Hundred, Kent County household of 4 "other free" in 1800 [DE:50].
CAMBRIDGE FAMILY
1. Elizabeth Cambridge, born say 1684, was the servant of Thomas Meriwether on 10 April 1702 when he informed the Essex County, Virginia Court that she had lately been delivered of an illegitimate "Mulatto" child [Orders 1699-1702 in DW 1699-1702, 116]. She may have been the ancestor of
2 i. William1, born say 1727.
2. William1 Cambridge, born say 1727, was taxable in Robert Naince's Pocomoke Hundred, Somerset County household in 1743. He was called William Cambridge Hunt when he was granted a patent for land in Worcester County called "William's Choice" in 1748. He was called "William Cambridge a Molatto" in 1783 when he was taxable in Worcester County on 128 acres, called "William's Choice enlarged" [MSA S1161-11-5, p.2]. His widow Esther sold and released this land for 30 pounds on 9 March 1798 [DB S:286-7]. Their children were
i. Levin, called "Levin Cambridge (alias Hunt)" when he mortgaged (signing) the land he received by his father's will to Charles Godfrey for about 11 pounds on 24 April 1795. He paid the mortgage and reclaimed the land later that year on 25 December [DB Q:172-3; R:56].
ii. ?Charles, "Negro" taxable in Little Creek Hundred, Kent County in 1789, in Mispillion Hundred in 1797, and head of a Mispillion Hundred household of 4 "other free" in 1800 [DE:76].
iii. ?Isaac, head of a New Castle County, Delaware household of 5 "other free" in 1810 [DE:301].
iv. ?William2, died about 1806 when the inventory of his estate was recorded in Kent County, Delaware [Inventories 1806-12].
CANN FAMILY
1. James Cann, born say 1715, was called a "free Mallatto Man" on 28 November 1738 when "Mallatto Nan," the servant of Thomas Gantt, Jr., testified in Prince George's County court that he was the father of her eight-month-old child named Nasey [Court Record 1738-40, 269]. He was probably the ancestor of
i. Cross, head of an Anne Arundel County household of 3 "other free" in 1790.
ii. William, head of an Anne Arundel County household of 2 "other free" in 1800 [MD:97].
CANNADY/ KENNEDY FAMILY
Members of the Cannady family in Maryland were
1 i. Thomas, born say 1760.
ii. Cuffy, "Negro" head of a Kent County household of 2 "other free" in 1790.
iii. N. Keneday, head of a household of 5 "other free" in 1810 in the Eastern Districts of Baltimore [MD:507].
1. Thomas Canady, born say 1760, was head of a Queen Ann's County, Maryland, household of 3 "other free" in 1790 and 6 in Kent County in 1810 (called Tom Kennedy) [MD:845]. On 10 June 1791 he made a deed of manumission in Queen Ann's County to "a Negro Woman (now my wife) known by the name of Liby" [STW2:106]. He was called "Thomas Kennedy free Negro" when he made a second deed of manumission about a year later on 21 May 1792 to "one Negro Boy named Joshua about Eight Years Old," no relationship stated [Liber STW2:224]. He was probably the father of
i. Joshua, born about 1784.
CANNON FAMILY
1. Margaret Cannon, born say 1725, was the indentured servant of Isaac Smoot on 10 August 1743 when she was convicted by the Charles County court of having a child by a "Negro." The court bound her five-month-old daughter Nelly as an apprentice and ordered that she serve her master an additional seven years [Court Proceedings, vol. 39, 627-8]. She may have been the ancestor of
i. Patrick, head of an Elk Neck, Cecil County household of 1 "other free" in 1790.
ii. Andrew, head of a Queen Ann's County household of 1 "other free" in 1790.
CARNEY FAMILY
1. Rebecca Corney, born say 1671, was the indentured servant of John Baxter in August 1689 when she was convicted by the Charles City County, Virginia Court of having a "Mulatto" bastard" [Orders 1687-95, 225]. She may have been the mother of
i. William1, born say 1689.
2. William1 Karney, born say 1689, was taxable in Daniel Robbeson's Murtherkill, Kent County, Delaware household in 1734, taxable in his own household in 1736 and 1738, and a taxable free "Malato" in 1748 and 1751. He was not taxable in 1752 ("struck out" by the court) [Kent County Assessments Levy Lists]. He was probably the ancestor of
i. Thomas1, taxable in Murtherkill Hundred, Kent County in 1752 and 1766, head of a Duck Creek Hundred, Kent County, Delaware household of 2 "other free" in 1800 [DE:15].
ii. John, head of a Duck Creek Hundred, Kent County household of 6 "other free" in 1800 [DE:24] and 7 "other free" in Sussex County, Delaware, in 1810 [DE:442].
iii. Robert, head of a Duck Creek Hundred, Kent County household of 3 "other free" in 1800 [DE:24].
3 iv. Thomas2, Jr., born say 1760.
v. William2, head of a Duck Creek Hundred, Kent County household of 2 "other free" in 1800 [DE:26].
vi. Nathan, head of a Duck Creek Hundred, Kent County household of 2 "other free" in 1800 [DE:24].
vii. Jacob, head of an Appoquinimink, New Castle County household of 7 "other free" in 1810 [DE:442].
3. Thomas2 Carney, Jr., born say 1760, a man of color, enlisted in the 5th Maryland Regiment in the spring of 1777 and carried a wounded Captain Perry Benson off the battlefield during the Battle of Ninety-Six in South Carolina in June 1781 [National Archives pension file 535203 cited by NSDAR, African American Patriots, 181]. He was head of a Duck Creek Hundred, Kent County household of 4 "other free" in 1800 [DE:24] and a "negro" head of a Caroline County, Maryland household of 7 "other free" in 1810 [MD:190]. He may have been the father of
i. Elizabeth, born about 1790, a "molatto woman," obtained a certificate of freedom in Caroline County on 16 September 1815.
ii. Levi, born about 1793, "molatto complexion," obtained a certificate obtained a certificate of freedom in Caroline County on 16 September 1815.
iii. Montgomery, born about 1791, obtained a certificate of freedom in Caroline County on 16 September 1815.
iv. Lydia, born about 1801, a "negro woman" who obtained a certificate of freedom in Caroline County on 23 September 1826 [Certificates of Freedom 1806-27, 77, 186, 215].
CARR FAMILY
1. Elizabeth Carr, born say 1705, the white servant of Thomas Strong of Shrewsbury Parish, confessed to the Kent County, Maryland Court in March 1725/6 that she had a "Mollatoe" child by Jacob Miner, a "free Negroe," on 1 October 1725. She was the servant of Joseph Young on 17 March 1729/30 when she confessed to the same offense [Criminal Records 1724-8, 155-7; 1728-34, 108]. Elizabeth and Jacob were probably the ancestors of
i. Nancy, born say 1775, mother of Milley Carr who obtained a certificate of freedom in Prince George's County on 25 September 1816: a bright mulatto girl, about 20 years old ... daughter of Nancy Carr, a free woman of color.
ii. Ann, born about 1777, obtained a certificate of freedom in Prince George's County on 17 June 1808: a mulatto woman, 31 years old ... bright yellow complexion. She is a free woman ... sold by Prince George's County Court at its August term 1777 to a certain Mary Berry until the age 31, under the conviction of her mother of mulatto bastardy, being at that time a child of three months [Provine, Registrations of Free Negroes, 1, 22].
iii. John, born about 1791, obtained a certificate in Talbot County on 16 August 1814: about 23 years of age ... of a dark Complexion ... born free and raised in the County [Certificates of Freedom 1807-15, 88].
CARROLL FAMILY
Members of the Carroll family in Maryland were
1 i. James, born say 1720.
2 ii. William1, born about 1733.
1. James Carroll, born say 1720, was a "black man" who rented land from Mrs. Gallaway's in Baltimore County, Maryland in 1750 [Wright, Inhabitants of Baltimore County, 45]. He was probably the ancestor of
i. Peter1, head of a Baltimore City household of 8 "other free" in 1800 [MD:160].
ii. Peter2, head of a Baltimore City household of 6 "other free" in 1800 [MD:170].
iii. Maryan, head of a Baltimore City household of 1 "other free" in 1800 [MD:164].
iv. H., head of a Baltimore City household of 7 "other free" in 1810 [MD:310].
2. William1 Carroll, born about 1733, ran away from Notley Young before 21 January 1762 when Young placed an ad in the Maryland Gazette: living near the mouth of the Eastern Branch of Patowmack, a Mulatto Man, about 28 or 29 years of Age, nigh 6 feet high, calls himself Billy Carroll, and is a Carpenter by Trade [Windley, Runaway Slave Advertisements II:43]. He may have been the father of
3 i. William2, born say 1775.
ii. Margaret, "free Negro" head of a Prince George's County household of 2 "other free" in 1800 [MD:261].
iii. Ann, head of a Montgomery County household of 4 "other free" in 1810 [MD:977].
3. William2 Carroll, born say 1775, was a "free Negro" head of a Prince George's County household of 2 "other free" in 1800 [MD:294] and 5 in 1810 [MD:53]. He was the father of
i. ?Christiana Scott, born about 1798, obtained a certificate of freedom in Prince George's County on 14 September 1827: a bright mulatto woman, about 29 years old, and 5 feet 3 inches tall ... freed by William Carroll by manumission this day acknowledged and recorded.
ii. William3, born about 1803, obtained a certificate of freedom on 14 September 1827: a bright mulatto man, about 24 years old, and 5 feet 7-1/2 inches tall ... freed by his father, William Carroll Sr. of this county, by manumission this day.
iii. Charles, born about 1808, obtained a certificate of freedom on 14 September 1827: a bright mulatto boy, about 19 years old, and 5 feet 9 inches tall ... set free by William Carroll Sr. of this county my manumission this day.
iv. John, born about 1812, obtained a certificate of freedom on 14 September 1827: a dark copper-colored boy, about 15(?) years old, and 5 feet 5 inches tall ... set free by William Carroll [Provine, Registrations of Free Negroes, 68].
CARTER FAMILY
Members of the Carter family were
i. Anthony, head of a St. Mary's County household of 3 "other free" in 1790 and 10 in 1800 [MD:405].
ii. Hannah, "Mulatto" head of a Charles County household of 4 "other free" in 1790.
iii. Charles, "Mulatto" head of a Charles County household of 1 "other free" in 1790.
iv. William, "Mulatto" head of a Charles County of 1 "other free" in 1790.
v. Rachel, head of a Baltimore City household of 4 "other free" in 1800 [MD:171].
vi. Pall, "free negro" head of a Prince George's County household of 8 "other free" in 1800 [MD:258].
vii. Peter, head of a Baltimore City household of 6 "other free" in 1800 [MD:161].
viii. Nelly, head of a Montgomery County household of 5 "other free" in 1800 [MD:235].
ix. Jane, head of a St. Mary's County household of 5 "other free" in 1800 [MD:437].
x. Anne, head of a St. Mary's County household of 5 "other free" in 1800 [MD:436].
xi. Stacia, head of a St. Mary's County household of 4 "other free" in 1800 [MD:402].
xii. Polly, "free Mulatto" head of a Prince George's County household of 2 "other free" in 1800 [MD:264].
xiii. Philip, born about 1779, obtained a certificate of freedom in St. Mary's County on 26 July 1814: aged thirty years or thereabouts ... complexion yellow - hair woolly ... born free.
xiv. William, born about 1784, obtained a certificate of freedom in St. Mary's County on 54 November 1807: about twenty three years of age, very bright complexion, was born free.
xv. Enoch, born about 1788, obtained a certificate of freedom in St. Mary's County on 5 April 1838: aged about fifty years ... bright complexion ... born free [Certificates of Freedom 1806-64, 2, 27, 115].
CARTY FAMILY
1. John Cartey, born say 1715, was called John Cartey of St. Peter's Parish, Labourer, "being a Mulatto man begotten by a Negroe man upon the body of a white woman" in Talbot County court in November 1741 when he was convicted of marrying a white woman named Margaret Deepup on 10 September 1739. Margaret was sold to John Jones, tanner, for seven years [Judgment Record 1740-2, 327-9]. They were probably the ancestors of
i. Samuel, head of a Harford County household of 1 "other free" in 1790.
ii. Solomon, head of a Kent County, Delaware household of 8 "other free" in 1800 [DE:20], called Solomon Carter in 1820, head of a Duck Creek Hundred, Kent County household of 4 "free colored" [DE:49].
iii. Peter, head of a New Castle County, Delaware household of 6 "other free" in 1800 [DE:275] and 4 in 1810 [DE:302].
iv. Nathan, head of a Kent County, Delaware household of 2 "other free" in 1800 [DE:26].
v. Isaac, head of a Appoquinimink Hundred, New Castle County household of 4 "free colored" in 1820 [DE:148].
CASE FAMILY
1. Mary Case, born say 1683, was the servant of John West on 3 December 1701 when the churchwardens of Accomack Parish presented her for having a "Mullatto Bastard Child." She was presented by the Accomack County court for having another child on 6 April 1703 [Orders 1697-1703, 122a, 126a, 144]. She was probably the ancestor of
i. Elizabeth, head of a St. George Parish, Accomack County household of 3 "other free" and one slave in 1800 [Virginia Genealogist 2:130].
ii. Major, head of an Accomack Parish, Accomack County household of 3 "other free" in 1800 [Virginia Genealogist 1:105].
iii. Bridget, head of an Accomack County household of 5 "other free" in 1810 [VA:17].
iv. George, head of an Accomack County household of 2 "other free" in 1810 [VA:16].
v. Betty, head of a Dorchester County, Maryland household of 5 "other free" in 1800 [MD:692].
vi. James, head of a Dorchester County, Maryland household of 6 "other free" in 1800 [MD:692].
CHAMBERS FAMILY
1. Mary Chambers, born say 1698, was the servant of William Frisby of Worton Hundred, Kent County, Maryland, on 22 November 1716 when she appeared in court and confessed to having two "Mollatoe Children" by a "Negro." The court ordered her to serve an additional seven years and bound her children, a boy and a girl, to her master until the age of thirty-one [Proceedings 1716-8, 85-6]. She was apparently the ancestor of
i. William, head of a Kent County household of 7 "other free" in 1800 [MD:147].
ii. Deb, head of a Baltimore City household of 8 "other free" in 1800 [MD:161].
iii. Ned, born say 1760, a man of color who enlisted in the Revolution in July 1777 in Chester. He was a laborer living in Anne Arundel County at a great distance from Annapolis in 1823 when he applied for a pension [National Archives pension file 534684 cited by NSDAR, African American Patriots, 121]. He was head of an Anne Arundel County household of 1 "other free" in 1790.
iv. Isaac, head of a Queen Anne's County household of 6 "other free" in 1800 [MD:331].
v. Robert, head of a Queen Anne's County household of 5 "other free" in 1800 [MD:331].
vi. Elizabeth1/ Betsy, head of a Kent County household of 4 "other free" in 1800 [MD:147].
vii. Elizabeth2, head of a Kent County household of 3 "other free" in 1800 [MD:147].
viii. James, head of a Kent County household of 2 "other free" in 1800 [MD:159].
ix. Tom "& Co.," head of a New Castle County, Delaware household of 16 "other free" in 1800 [DE:253].
x. Joseph, head of a New Castle County household of 8 "other free" in 1800 [DE:277].
xi. Peter, head of a New Castle County household of 9 "other free" in 1810 [DE:282].
xii. John, head of a Spotsylvania County, Virginia household of 7 "other free" and 1 white woman in 1810.
xiii. Polly, head of a Spotsylvania County, Virginia household of 3 "other free" in 1810.
CHUCK FAMILY
1. Margaret Chuck, born about December 1743, was a "Mullatto" child sold by the Prince George's County court to Lingan Wilson, Gent., for thirty-one years in March 1743/4. She was the servant of Margaret Gibson on 22 August 1775 when the Prince George's County court indicted her on two cases of "Mulatto bastardy" for having children by a "Negro slave named Tom." The court found her not guilty (of having the children by Tom) but ordered her to serve her mistress additional time for having illegitimate children. Benjamin Brookes was her security [Court Record 1743-4, 270; 1775-7, 169-73]. She was apparently the mother of
i. Richard, born about March 1772, bound by the Prince George's County court to Elizabeth Brookes until the age of twenty-one [Court Record 1775-7, 165].
ii. George, born about April 1773, bound by the Prince George's County court to Elizabeth Brookes until the age of twenty-one [Court Record 1775-7, 165].
CHURB FAMILY
1. Mary Chirb, born say 1740, was presented by the Prince George's County court on 25 August 1761 for having a "Molatto" bastard child. On 22 November 1763 she had an another illegitimate child whose father was probably a free man since the court ordered that she serve her master and mistress, William Turnor Wootton and Elizabeth Wootton, only nine months for the trouble of their house. On 25 March 1766 she confessed to the court that she had another "Mulatto" child, and the court sold her son Natt to Wootton to serve until the age of thirty-one [Court Record 1761-3, 69; 1763-4, 9; 1765-6, 386, 390]. She was the mother of
2 i. ?Margaret, born say 1756.
ii. Natt, born about 1766.
2. Margaret Churb, born say 1756, a free woman, was the ancestor of
3 i. Esther, born about 1772.
ii. ?Robert1, born say 1775, "free Negro" head of a Prince George's County household of 2 "other free" in 1800 [MD:282].
iii. ?George, born say 1777, "free Negro" head of a Prince George's County household of 1 "other free" in 1800 [MD:282].
3. Esther Churb, born about 1772, obtained a certificate of freedom in Prince George's County on 26 May 1817: about 45 years old ... has a dark complexion. She was raised in Prince George's County and is free, being a descendant of a free woman named Margaret Churb. She was the mother of
i. Louisa, born about 1793, obtained a certificate of freedom in Prince George's County on 28 February 1813: a Negro woman, about 20 years old ... has a dark complexion. She was raised in Prince George's County and is free being the reputed daughter of Esther Churb, a free woman of color.
ii. Robert2, born about 1801, obtained a certificate of freedom in Prince George's County on 7 January 1822: a colored man, about 21 years old ... light complexion ... son of Easter Chu(r)b [Provine, Registrations of Free Negroes, 14, 41].
CLARK FAMILY
Delaware:
1. Thomas Clark, born say 1752, married Elizabeth Morris, "Mustees, free", on 1 July 1773 in Sussex County, Delaware [Records of the United Presbyterian Churches of Lewes, Indian River and Cool Spring, Delaware 1756-1855, 286]. They may have been the parents of
i. Miers, born 1776-1794, married Nancy Hanser, on 26 January 1815 at Lewes and Coolspring Presbyterian Church [Records of the United Presbyterian Churches of Lewes, Indian River and Cool Spring, Delaware 1756-1855, 325]. He was head of an Indian River, Sussex County household of 4 "free colored" in 1820 [DE:222].
ii. Whitington, born before 1776, head of an Indian River Hundred, Sussex County household of 9 free colored" in 1820 [DE:222].
iii. Morris, born 1776-1794, head of an Indian River Hundred, Sussex County household of 6 "free colored" in 1820 [DE:222].
iv. Nathaniel, born 1776-1794, head of an Indian River Hundred, Sussex County household of 3 "free colored" in 1820 [DE:206].
Charles County, Maryland:
1. Mary Clarke, born say 1732, was presented by the Charles County court on 9 June 1752 for bearing a "Molatto" child. The case was struck off the calendar in November 1752 [Court Record 1752-3, 65, 228]. She may have been the mother of
i. Elizabeth, "Mulatto" head of a Charles County household of 5 "other free" in 1790.
ii. Richard, "Mulatto" head of a Charles County household of 1 "other free" in 1790.
iii. Shadrack, "free Negro" head of a Prince George County household of 6 "other free" in 1800 [MD:311].
Kent County, Maryland:
1. Mary Clark, born say 1745, a white spinster, confessed to the Kent County court in June 1765 that she had a child by a "Negroe." The court sold her and her "Molatto" daughter Hannah(?) to Joseph Nicholson, Jr. [Criminal Record 1761-72, 59b]. She was the mother of
i. Hannah, born about 1765.
Other members of the Clark family counted in Maryland were
i. Elizabeth, head of a Talbot County household of 7 "other free" in 1800 [MD:526].
ii. John, head of an Octararo, Cecil County household of 3 "other free" in 1790 and 6 "other free" in Talbot County in 1800 [MD:527].
iii. Lucretia, head of a Talbot County household of 5 "other free" in 1800 [MD:527].
iv. Julia, head of a Baltimore City household of 4 "other free" in 1800 [MD:170].
v. William, head of a Talbot County household of 1 "other free" in 1790 and 4 in 1800 [MD:533].
vi. William, head of a Baltimore Town household of 6 "other free" in 1790.
vii. Jenny, a "Negro" taxable in Elkridge Hundred, Anne Arundel County in 1783 [MSA S1161-1-3, p.3].
viii. Isaac, head of an Anne Arundel County household of 6 "other free" in 1790.
ix. Jere, head of a Talbot County household of 5 "other free" in 1790.
CLAYTON FAMILY
1. Jeffrey Clayton, born say 1753, was head of a Kent County, Maryland household of 6 "other free" in 1800 [MD:158]. He may have been the father of
i. Solomon, born say 1774. He and his wife Clarissa, "free blacks," registered the birth and baptism of their daughter Priscilla at St. Paul's Parish, Baltimore on 28 March and 8 April 1787 [Reamy, Records of St. Paul's Parish, I:115].
COLE FAMILY
Members of the Cole family who registered in Alexandria, Virginia, claimed their freedom through descent from a white woman [Brown, Free Negroes in the District of Columbia, 30]. Members of the Cole family in Maryland were
1 i. Araminta, born about 1764.
ii. Ann, born say 1766, head of St. Mary's County household of 2 "other free" in 1790.
2 iii. Milly, born say 1772.
iv. Frances, head of a St. Mary's County household of 2 "other free" in 1800 [MD:417].
v. Cava, head of a St. Mary's County household of 7 "other free" in 1810 [MD:217].
vi. Monica, head of a St. Mary's County household of 4 "other free" in 1810 [MD:232].
vii. Joe, "blk." head of a St. Mary's County household of 3 "other free" in 1810 [MD:191].
viii. Jesse, "blk." head of a St. Mary's County household of 3 "other free" in 1810 [MD:208].
1. Ariminta Cole, born about 1764, obtained a certificate of freedom in St. Mary's County on 10 April 1809: aged 45 years or thereabouts ... complexion yellowish, hair short & curley ... raised in Saint Mary's County and obtained her freedom in the late General Court for the Western Shore. She was head of a St. Mary's County household of 2 "other free" in 1810 [MD:215]. She was the mother of
i. Cornelius, born about 1795, obtained a certificate of freedom in St. Mary's County on 17 November 1823: son of Minty Cole, aged about twenty eight years ... dark complexion ... born free.
ii. Sandy, born about 1802, obtained a certificate of freedom in St. Mary's County on 29 December 1826: aged about 24 years, born free, and born and raised in Saint Mary's County, being the son of a free woman of colour named Minta Cole ... dark complexion [Certificates of Freedom 1806-64, 4, 64, 72].
2. Milly Cole, born say 1772, was head of a St. Mary's County household of 3 "other free" in 1800 [MD:413]. She was the mother of
i. Thomas, born about 1793, obtained a certificate of freedom in St. Mary's County on 28 March 1820: son of Milly Cole ... twenty seven years of age, of a Dark Complexion ... born free.
Other members of the Cole family were
i. Frances2, born about 1785, obtained a certificate of freedom in St. Mary's County on 25 May 1807: about twenty years of age, dark complexion, was born free and raised in the County aforesaid, she has Woolly hair, large features, cheerful countenance.
ii. Mary, born about 1787, obtained a certificate of freedom in St. Mary's County on 29 April 1817: aged thirty years or thereabouts ... Dark Complexion, short hair .. born free. She was head of a St. Mary's County household of 4 "other free" in 1810 [MD:216].
iii. Lewis, born about 1799, obtained a certificate of freedom in St. Mary's County on 10 June 1823: Son of Nelly Cole, about twenty four years of age and is of a dark complexion ... born free [Certificates of Freedom 1806-64, 1, 38, 54, 61].
COLLICK/ KOLLOCK FAMILY
1. Samuel Collick, born say 1720, purchased 49 acres in Worcester County, Maryland, called Red Oak Ridge, on the north side of the Pocomoke River in Indian Town on 6 June 1744 [Land Records A:193]. He was a "Mollato" taxable on 49 acres in Acquango Hundred in 1783 [MSA S1161-11-5, p.2]. He died sometime before 16 October 1801 when his wife, Esther, and children: Charles Collick, Leah Roberts, Comfort Collick, Betsy Collick, and Hetty Collick sold Red Oak Ridge and an adjoining 8-1/2 acres, called Equantico Savannah, which Esther had purchased [Land Records, U:405]. Esther was head of a Worcester County household of 4 "other free" in 1800 [MD:828]. (There was also an Esther Collick counted as head of a Worcester County household of 3 "other free" in 1800 [MD:814]). Samuel and Esther's children were
i. ?Simon, a "Negro" taxable on 100 acres in Worcester County, called "Spences Venture," and another 12 acres, called "Conveniencys Addition," both in Bogertenorton Hundred [MSA S1161-11-6, p.2]. He was head of a Worcester County household of 6 "other free" in 1790 (Simon Kollok).
ii. ?Mary Kollock, head of a Worcester County household of 5 "other free" in 1790.
iii. Charles, head of a Worcester County, Maryland household of 4 "other free" in 1800 [MD:830].
iv. Leah Roberts.
v. Comfort.
vi. Betsy.
vii. Hetty.
COLLINS FAMILY
1. Christian Collins, born say 1697, had three years remaining on her indenture to William Smith on 24 March 1718/9 when she confessed in Prince George's County, Maryland Court that she had an illegitimate child. The court adjudged that the child was "begott by a Negroe man" and ordered her master, William Smith, to deliver her up to the court to be sold when her indenture was completed and ordered that the child serve Smith until the age of thirty-one [Court Record 1715-20, 809]. She may have been the ancestor of
i. Samuel, head of a Charles County household of 9 "other free" in 1800 [MD:561].
ii. Samuel, Sr., head of a Charles County household of 2 "other free" in 1800 [MD:562].
iii. Samuel, Jr., head of a Charles County household of 10 "other free" in 1800 [MD:562] and 13 in 1810 [MD:298].
iv. George, "Mulatto" head of a Charles County household of 1 "other free" in 1790 and 4 in 1800 [MD:522]. On 9 February 1804 mortgaged in Charles County seven hogs, a cow, a cow yearling and his household goods for twenty-two pounds to Gabriel Moran who agreed to pay George's rent of 1,740 pounds of tobacco due to his landlord Richard Edelen, deceased. George was called a "mulatto" the same day when he indentured himself to serve Moran for eleven months to compensate him for paying the twenty-two pounds. Moran also agreed to bring down from the fishing landing on the Potomac River as much fresh fish as George wanted for his wife and children at George's cost [Land Records IB #6, 37-40].
v. Sarah, head of an Anne Arundel County household of 3 "other free" in 1790.
vi. Henry1, head of a St. Mary's County household of 4 "other free" in 1800 [MD:411].
2 vii. Henry2, born say 1765.
viii. Israel, head of a Baltimore City household of 3 "other free" in 1800 [MD:174].
ix. Eleanor, born about 1772, obtained a certificate of freedom in St. Mary's County on 4 June 1817: aged forty five years or thereabouts ... dark complexion, hair short & gray ... born free.
x. Elizabeth, born about 1787, obtained a certificate of freedom in St. Mary's County on 24 October 1817: aged about thirty years ... Dark Complexion ... born free [Certificates of Freedom 1806-64, 39, 41].
2. Henry2 Collins, born say 1765, was a "free Mulatto" head of a Prince George's County household of 4 "other free" in 1800 [MD:263] and 9 in 1810 [MD:18]. He may have been the husband of Susannah Collins, born 1766-1771, who obtained a certificate of freedom in Washington, D.C., on 21 June 1821: a woman of colour ... swarthy complexion, aged about fifty-five or sixty years. On 10 June 1817 she testified that Thomas Wiseman was free. She was the mother of
i. Mary Douglass, born 1782-1787, obtained a certificate of freedom in Washington, D.C., on 13 October 1827: a mulatto woman ... about forty or forty-five years old, daughter of Susannah Collings ... born free and raised in Prince George's County [Provine, District of Columbia Free Negro Registers, 82]. Other members of the Douglass family were Daniel, head of a Harford County household of 5 "other free" in 1790 and Gabriel, head of a Washington County household of 7 "other free" in 1800 [MD:636].
Members of the Collins family on the Eastern Shore of Maryland were
i. George, "Negro" head of a Kent County household of 1 "other free" in 1790.
ii. Peter, head of a Dorchester County household of 5 "other free" in 1800 [MD:673].
iii. Spindells, head of a Talbot County household of 3 "other free" and 3 slaves in 1800 [MD:530].
iv. Grace, head of a Dorchester County household of 2 "other free" in 1800 [MD:673].
COMBESS/ COMBEST FAMILY
1. John1 Combess/ Combest, born say 1670, was taxable in Spesutia Hundred, Baltimore County, in 1695 (present day Harford County) [Wright, Inhabitants of Baltimore County, 7]. He was the father of
i. Sarah, born 17 January 1693, "d/o John Combest," in St. George's Parish, Baltimore County. She married William Robinson on 8 December 1713 at St. George's Parish.
2 ii. Ketturah, born 10 October 1695.
iii. Mary, born 20 April 1698, "d/o of John Combest," at Swan Creek, St. George's Parish.
3 iv. Martha, born 9 September 1700.
2. Ketturah Combest was born 10 October 1695, "d/o John Combest," in St. George's Parish, Baltimore County. She was head of a household and taxable on herself and (her son?) John Combess on two tithes in Spesutia Lower Hundred, Baltimore County in 1737. He was probably identical to John Combest, a "Mulatto," aged eleven years and six months in June 1716 when he was bound to George Wells by the Baltimore County court [Proceedings 1715-8, 12]. Ketturah was probably the mother of
i. John2, born about December 1704.
3. Martha Combest was born 9 September 1700, "d/o John Combest," at the head of Collats Creek, St. George's Parish [Reamy, St. George's Parish Register, 1689-1773, 1, 3, 7, 16, 21]. She was head of a household, taxable on herself and her son Jacob Combess on two tithes in Spesutia Lower Hundred, Baltimore County in 1737 [Wright, Inhabitants of Baltimore County, 16]. She was the mother of
i. Jacob, born 10 November 1718, "son of Martha Combest" in St. George's Parish. He was taxable on 46-3/4 acres in Spesutia Hundred, Harford County in 1783 [MSA S1161-6-10, p.124].
Some of their descendants were in South Carolina by 1770:
i. Josiah and Penelope, witnesses in a murder case against William Fust and Christopher Davis in the South Carolina Court of General Sessions on 19 January 1770 [Journal of the S.C. Court, p.41].
4 ii. Winna, born say 1752.
4. Winna Combest, born say 1752, was a "Mulatto" head of a Cheraw District, South Carolina household of 3 "other free" in 1790. She may have been the mother of
i. Josiah2, born about 1770, a twelve-year-old "poor Boy" bound to Joseph Booth until the age of twenty-one on 3 August 1782 in St. David's Parish, South Carolina.
ii. Mary, born about 1776, a six-year-old girl bound to Thomas Lankford in St. David's Parish on 3 August 1782.
iii. Joans, born about 1777, a five-year-old girl bound to Francis Robertson in St. David's Parish, South Carolina on 3 August 1782 [Holcolm, Saint David's Parish Vestry, 24, 25].
iv. John3, head of an Edgefield District, South Carolina household of 4 "other free" in 1810 [SC:766].
CONNER FAMILY
1. Margaret Conner, born say 1699, was living in Somerset County, Maryland, in 1717 when she was convicted of having a "Mulatto" child [Land Records, Liber AC:177]. She was probably the ancestor of
i. Abner, head of a Worcester County household of 2 "other free" in 1790 and 7 in 1800 [MD:741].
ii. Jose, "Mulatto" head of a Charles County household of 1 "other free" in 1790.
iii. David, head of a Talbot County household of 5 "other free" in 1800 [MD:517].
iv. Nancy, head of a Baltimore City household of 4 "other free" in 1800 [MD:170].
v. Thomas, head of a Kent County household of 3 "other free" in 1800 [MD:159].
vi. Thomas, head of an Allegany County household of 3 "other free" in 1800 [MD:13].
CONSELLOR FAMILY
The Consellor family of Delaware may have descended from John Gonsolvos, an Accomack County, Virginia tithable in 1676 [Orders 1676-8, 33]. The Accomack County court dismissed a suit against Grace Gonsolvo (his widow?) on 11 February 1689 [Orders 1678-82, 59]. A William Comsloe admitted in Dorchester County, Maryland Court in August 1691 that he owed Alexander Fisher 3,200 pounds of tobacco [Court Proceedings in Land Records Liber 4-1/2, p.120].
1. Thomas1 Consellor/ Gonseala, born say 1670, purchased 120 acres on the north side of Little Creek Hundred, Kent County, Delaware from Griffin Jones by deed acknowledged in court in December 1699. He recorded his earmark on 30 April 1700 and sued Dennis Dyer on 8 September 1702 [de Valinger, Court Records, 90, 150, 233; DB C-1:243]. He was sued in Kent County court on 11 August 1708 and was fined 15 shillings on 11 August 1713 (called Thomas Gonsoaly). In February 1720 John Mar and Simon Irons posted 228 pounds bail for him when he was sued for debt by William Rodeney. The suit was discontinued in May 1721 [Court Dockets 1680-1725, 75; General Court Records 1712-6, n.p.; 1718-22, 110, 121]. He died before 6 August 1726 when administration on his Kent County estate was granted to his widow Joanna [WB F-1, fol. 14]. He was probably the father of
2 i. Thomas2, born say 1690.
2. Thomas2 Consellor, born say 1690, was called Thomas Gonsela of Kent County in November 1721 when he posted 14 pounds bail in Kent County court for Robert Butcher [General Court Records 1718-22, fol. 169]. He was taxable in Little Creek Hundred, Kent County in 1727. His 26 September 1739 Kent County will, proved 20 October the same year, left a mare to his grandson William Conseelah and named daughters Elizabeth Francisco, Sarah Butcher, and Mary Conselah who was his sole executor [WB I-1, p.10 - fol. 10]. Thomas or his wife may have been related to William Beckett of Kent County whose 31 January 1757 Kent County will left several items to Mary Concelor who was the first legatee named in the will. It was witnessed by Nehemiah Handzer [WB K-1, 162]. Thomas' children were
i. Elizabeth Francisco, probably the wife of Daniel1 Francisco.
3 ii. ? a son, born say 1710.
iii. Mary, born say 1712, executor and heir of her father's 26 September 1739 will. She was head of a taxable household in Little Creek Hundred in 1743 and 1745. She received a bed, furniture and a mare by the Kent County will of William Beckett which was proved 7 May 1757 [WB K-1, 162].
iv. Sarah, wife of Robert Butcher, Jr.
v. ?Moses, born say 1725, a taxable in Little Creek Hundred in an undated levy assessment list (about 1745).
3. A son of Thomas Consellor, born say 1710, may have died before his father made his 26 September 1739 Kent County will. He may have been the father of
4 i. William1, born say 1730.
ii. Daniel, born say 1733, taxable in Duck Creek Hundred in 1753.
4. William1 Consellor, born say 1730, was not taxable in the Little Creek Hundred, Kent County list for 1745, but was taxable in the next surviving list for 1748 (called William Gonsella) and taxable until 1778. According to the Little Creek Hundred tax lists for 1772 and 1773 he owned 130 acres in Little Creek Hundred, 70 acres of which were in the possession of Thomas Consellor [Assessments 1768-84, frames 125, 186]. He died before 1 May 1780 when John Durham was granted administration on his Kent County estate [WB L-1, fol. 217]. His children were probably Whittenton and William Conselor whose support was listed in the account of the estate [Estate Accounts, by Heite]. His widow Mary was a witness to John Durham's will. His children were most likely
i. Thomas3, born say 1748, taxable in Little Creek Hundred from 1768 to 1778. According to the Levy Assessments for 1772 and 1773 he was living on about 70 acres of land which belonged to William Consellor. He married Elizabeth, daughter of John Durham.
5 ii. Elijah1, born say 1755.
iii. William2, born say 1758, taxable in Little Creek Hundred in 1778 (called William Concealor, Junr.)
iv. Whittenton.
5. Elijah1 Conselor, born say 1755, was taxable in Murderkill Hundred from 1775 to 1778. He married Hannah Durham, daughter of John Durham, before 9 April 1788 when she was mentioned in her father's Kent County will [WB M-1, fol. 170-1; deValinger, Kent County Probate Records, 401]. He purchased land from John Durham on 14 February 1788 and another 50 acres from Francis Denney, administrator of John Durham's estate [DB A-2, p. 155]. He was called a "Mulattoe" taxable in the 1797 Kent County Assessments on 150 acres of land he owned, 96 of which was cleared and purchased from Joseph Farrow.(1) His estate was administered in 1801. His children were
i. Elijah2, Jr., named in the final settlement of the estate of his father. His estate was administered by Elisha Durham (who signed his name) and by his widow, Elizabeth Conselor [Estate Accounts, by Heite].
Endnotes:
1. Thomas Farrows was head of a Duck Creek Hundred, Kent County household of 5 "other free" in 1800 [DE:6].
COOK FAMILY
1. Margaret Cook, born say 1715, was a white woman living with William Robinson of Westminster Parish on 11 March 1734/5 when the Anne Arundel County court presented her for having two "Mollatto" children. She confessed her guilt to the court on 10 June 1735, and the court sold her and her son, born 19 December 1734, to William Ghisolin. On 8 March 1736/7 she confessed to having another child which was adjudged by the court to be "begot by some Negro." Margaret was ordered to serve another seven year term, and her child, a two-month-old girl, was bound to Ghiselin until the age of thirty-one [Judgment Record 1734-6, 238; 1736-8, 138]. Margaret may have been the ancestor of
i. Jacob, head of a Queen Anne's County household of 10 "other free" in 1790.
ii. Aaron, head of a Dorchester County household of 7 "other free" in 1800 [MD:692].
iii. Thomas, head of a Baltimore City household of 9 "other free" in 1810 [MD:433].
iv. Dian, head of a Baltimore City household of 7 "other free" in 1810 [MD:310].
v. Benjamin, "of Culler," head of a Baltimore County household of 4 "other free" in 1810 [MD:680].
vi. Nathan, "Negro" head of a Caroline County household of 3 "other free" in 1810 [MD:680].
COOPER FAMILY
Members of the Cooper family in Maryland were
i. Ben, head of a Talbot County household of 9 "other free" in 1790.
ii. Dick, head of a Talbot County household of 4 "other free" and a slave in 1790, perhaps the Richard Cooper who was head of a Little Creek Hundred, Kent County, Delaware household of 5 "other free" in 1800 [DE:34].
iii. John/ Jack, head of a Talbot County household of 5 "other free" in 1790 and 7 in 1800 [MD:534].
iv. James1, head of a Kent County household of 11 "other free" in 1800 [MD:146].
v. James2, head of a Kent County household of 4 "other free" in 1800 [MD:146].
vi. Harry, head of a Kent County household of 4 "other free" in 1800 [MD:147].
vii. Peter, head of a Baltimore City household of 3 "other free" in 1800 [MD:174].
viii. Caesar, head of a Kent County household of 1 "other free" in 1800 [MD:158].
1 ix. Eleanor/ Nelly, born about 1771.
1. Eleanor/ Nelly Cooper, born about 1771, obtained a certificate of freedom in Prince George's County on 2 April 1813: Eleanor Cooper, a bright mulatto woman, about 42 years old, and 5 feet 5 inches tall. She is free, being the descendant of a certain Rosamond Bently who recovered her freedom in the Prince George's County Court in a suit against Anthony Addison. She was the mother of
i. Patience, born about 1793, obtained a certificate of freedom in Prince George's County on 27 August 1823: light complexion, is about 30 years old, and about 5 feet 5-1/2 inches tall ... child of Nelly Cooper, a free woman of colour.
i. Mary, born about 1795, obtained a certificate of freedom in Prince George's County on 27 August 1823: light complexion, is about 28 years old, and about 5 feet 5-3/4 inches tall ... child of Nelly Cooper.
ii. William, born about 1799, obtained a certificate of freedom in Prince George's County on 27 August 1823: light complexion, is about 24 years old, and about 5 feet 7 inches tall ... son of Nelly Cooper.
iii. Matilda, born about 1802, obtained a certificate of freedom in Prince George's County on 27 August 1823: dark complexion, is about 21 years old, and about 5 feet 6 inches tall ... daughter of Nelly Cooper.
iv. Rosetta, born about 1807, obtained a certificate of freedom in Prince George's County on 27 August 1823: a bright mulatto girl, about 16 years old, and 5 feet 4 inches tall ... daughter of Nelly Cooper [Provine, Registrations of Free Negroes, 15, 46].
CORNISH FAMILY
Members of the Cornish family in Maryland and Delaware were
i. Esau, born say 1718, bondsman for the appearance of (his brother?) Samuel Cornish in Dorchester County court in November 1742 [Judgments 1742-3, 43-4]. He was taxable in Indian River Hundred, Sussex County, Delaware in 1770.
1 ii. Samuel1, born say 1720.
iii. John1/ Jack, born say 1722, living in Dorchester County on 20 October 1745 when Charles Hudson and Thomas Stewart posted bond for his good behavior and appearance in November Court [Judgments 1744-5, 468].
2 iv. Sidney, born say 1724.
1. Samuel1 Cornish, born say 1720, was sued in Dorchester County court in November 1742 for a 32 pound debt [Judgments 1742-3, 43-4]. He may have been identical to "___ Cornish" who married "____" in Lewes and Coolspring Presbyterian Church, Sussex County, in 1768 [Wright, Vital Records of Kent and Sussex Counties, 124]. He was taxable in Indian River Hundred, Sussex County, Delaware, from 1773 to 1790 and head of an Indian River Hundred, Sussex County household of 11 "other free" in 1800 [DE:437]. He may have been the father of
i. Sally, born say 1750, married Moses Parkinson ("Molattoes") on 7 January 1771 in Sussex County, Delaware [Records of the United Presbyterian Churches of Lewes, Indian River and Coolspring, Delaware 1756-1855, 282].
ii. Levin, born say 1760, a delinquent taxable in Lewes and Rehoboth Hundred, Sussex County, in 1781, head of a Mispillion Hundred, Kent County, Delaware household of 8 "other free" in 1800 [DE:83].
iii. Rachel, born before 1776, head of a Sussex County household of 4 "other free" in 1810 [DE:468] and head of an Indian River, Sussex County household of 2 "free colored" in 1820 [DE:222].
iv. John2, born 1776-1794, head of a Sussex County household of 4 "other free" in 1810 [DE:427] and head of an Indian River, Sussex County household of 7 "free colored" in 1820 [DE:220].
v. Sarah, head of a Sussex County household in 1810 [DE:458].
2. Sidney Cornish, born say 1724, "Spinster," was living in Dorchester County in March 1744/5 when she was found not guilty of having an illegitimate child by a "Negroe." She was assessed court costs which Lewis Griffith agreed to pay [Judgments 1742-5, 347]. She may have been the mother of
3 i. Christianna, born say 1747.
4 ii. Anney, born say 1760.
iii. Samuel2, head of a Dorchester County household of 4 "other free" in 1790.
iv. Sol, head of a Dorchester County household of 4 "other free" in 1800 [MD:684].
3. Christianna Cornish, born say 1747, was the mother of
5 i. David, born about 1768.
6 ii. ?Henny, born say 1770.
4. Anney Cornish, born say 1760, was head of a Dorchester County household of 7 "other free" in 1790 and 6 in 1800 [MD:685]. She was the mother of
i. Lisbon, born about 1790, obtained a certificate of freedom in Dorchester County on 13 September 1815: of a blackish colour ... born free ... son of Ann Cornish who was also born free, aged about 25 years [Certificates of Freedom for Negroes 1806-64, 29].
5. David Cornish, born about 1768, obtained a certificate of freedom in Dorchester County on 24 September 1821: of a light chesnut colour ... free born and is the son of Christianna Cornish who was free born, was raised in Somerset County ... aged about 53 years. He and his wife Nancy were the parents of
i. Ann, born about 1806, obtained a certificate of freedom in Dorchester County on 10 September 1822: yellow complection ... raised in Dorchester County and born free and is the Daughter of David Cornish and Nancy his wife, aged about 16 years [Certificates of Freedom for Negroes 1806-64, 45, 47].
6. Henny Cornish, born say 1770, was the mother of
i. Amelia, born about 1791, obtained a certificate of freedom in Dorchester County on 24 October 1816: of a chesnut colour ... born free and is the Daughter of Henny Cornish who was also born free, aged about 25 years.
ii. Milley, born about 1794, obtained a certificate of freedom in Dorchester County on 10 August 1821: of a dark chesnut colour ... born free and is the daughter of Henny who was also born free, aged about 27 years [Certificates of Freedom for Negroes 1806-64, 34, 44].
Other members of the family in Maryland were
7 i. Charles, born say 1765.
ii. Ann, head of a Montgomery County household of 4 "other free" in 1790.
iii. Beck, head of a Talbot County household of 2 "other free" in 1790.
iv. Ned, born about 1785, obtained a certificate of freedom in Dorchester County on 25 July 1806: blackish colour ... born free, raised on Taylor's Island.
v. Jack, born about 1788, obtained a certificate of freedom in Dorchester County on 15 August 1806: blackish Colour ... born free, raised in Dorchester County, aged 18 years.
vi. Delia Evans, born abut 1803, obtained a certificate of freedom in Dorchester County on 11 September 1822: of a dark chesnut colour ... raised in Dorchester County and born free and is the daughter of Lucy Cornish, a free negro woman, aged about 19 years [Certificates of Freedom for Negroes 1806-64, 1, 47].
7. Charles Cornish, born say 1765, was head of a Talbot County household of 3 "other free" in 1790 and 6 in Baltimore City in 1800 [MD:169]. He may have been the father of
i. Rachel, a "free black" who married Isaac Elzey, the slave of George Hall in St. Paul's Parish, Baltimore on 28 June 1795 [Reamy, Records of St. Paul's Parish, I:88].
COURSEY/ KERSEY FAMILY
1. Mary Kersey, born say 1720, the servant of Nicholas Glen, was fined by the Talbot County court in August 1742 for having an illegitimate child. She was called "Mary Kerse Mulatto" in Glen's account that he recorded in court in November 1744 in a case he brought against her for running away for eighty days and bearing two children in his house. In June 1745 she received corporal punishment for having another illegitimate child [Judgment Record 1742-3, 289-90, 301; 1744-5, 109; 1745-6, 134]. She was the mother of
i. Nero, born in February 1741/2.
ii. ?James1 Carse, head of a Talbot County household of 13 "other free" in 1790.
iii. Jane, born about March 1745, three months old when she was bound to Nicholas Glen/ Glynn until the age of eighteen.
Other members of the Coursey/ Kersey family were
i. George Kersey, head of a Talbot County household of 3 "other free" and a slave in 1790, perhaps identical to George Course who was head of a Frederick County household of 4 "other free" in 1800 [MD:937].
ii. John, a "negro" taxable who was living at Jasper Petticoat's in Upper Newfoundland and Seneca Hundred, Montgomery County, in 1783 [MSA S1161-8-5, p.25].
iii. Ralph Corse, head of a Murderkill Hundred, Kent County, Delaware household of 6 "other free" in 1800 [DE:114] and 4 in 1810 [DE:56].
iv. William Coursey, born before 1776, head of a Broadkiln Hundred, Sussex County, Delaware household of 9 "free colored" in 1820 [DE:314].
v. John Coursey, born before 1776, head of a Lewis and Rehoboth Hundred, Sussex County, Delaware household of 8 "free colored" in 1820 [DE:306].
vi. Elizabeth Kearse, born about 1767, obtained a certificate of freedom in Dorchester County on 17 September 1810: of a blackish colour ... born free, raised in Talbot County, aged about 43 years [Certificates of Freedom for Negroes 1806-64, 14].
vii. Caesar Corse, "Negro" head of a Kent County household of 8 "other free" in 1790.
viii. William Coursey, head of a West Sassafras, Cecil County household of 1 "other free" in 1790.
ix. Edmund, head of a Baltimore City household of 6 "other free" in 1800 [MD:169].
x. James2, born about 1792, obtained a certificate of freedom in Dorchester County on 4 May 1815: yellow complexion .. born free, raised in Dorchester County, aged about 23 years [Certificates of Freedom for Negroes 1806-64, 25].
COX FAMILY
1. Elizabeth Cox, born say 1688, was the white servant of Thomas Coleman on 12 November 1706 when the Charles County court ordered her to serve him an additional 250 days for running away. Later that day in the same court she confessed to having an illegitimate "Mollatto" child for which she was sold (as a servant) to Jacob Miller for 2,000 pounds of tobacco [Court Record 1704-10, 271, 274]. She may have been the ancestor of
i. Levin, head of a Talbot County household of 7 "other free" in 1790.
ii. Jacob, head of a Talbot County household of 6 "other free" in 1790.
iii. Stephen, head of a Dorchester County household of 5 "other free" in 1800 [MD:684].
iv. Abner, head of a Baltimore City household of 3 "other free" in 1800 [MD:174].
v. Tom, head of a Talbot County household of 3 "other free" and 2 slaves in 1800 [MD:531].
CRAWLEY FAMILY
Members of the Crawley family of St. Mary's County were
i. William, born say 1755, head of a St. Mary's County household of 7 "other free" in 1790 and 2 in 1800 [MD:422].
ii. Benjamin, born say 1760, head of a St. Mary's County household of 5 "other free" in 1790.
1 iii. Winnifred, born say 1770.
1. Winnifred Crawley, born say 1770, was the mother of
i. ?Ann, born about 1792, obtained a certificate of freedom in St. Mary's County on 13 March 1826: aged about 34 years ... a bright Mulatto ... born free.
ii. Nealey, born about 1800, obtained a certificate of freedom in St. Mary's County on 8 January 1824: son of Wenefred Crawley, aged twenty four years ... dark complexion ... born free.
iii. John Barton, born about 1803, obtained a certificate of freedom in St. Mary's County on 8 January 1824: son of Winefred Crawley, aged about 21 years, bright complexion ... his hair long & bushy [Certificates of Freedom 1806-64, 65, 69].
CREEK FAMILY
1. William Creek, born say 1710, successfully petitioned the Anne Arundel County court for his freedom from his master, Samuel Chew, on 8 March 1736/7. He testified that he was born in the East Indies and carried as a young boy to England where he was apprenticed to an apothecary. Chew's nephew testified that William played a prank by giving someone a love potion. This so offended the apothecary's wife and daughter that the apothecary consigned William to the captain of a ship headed to Maryland [Judgment Record 1736-8, 126]. William was probably the ancestor of
i. Jane1/ Jenny, head of a Washington County household of 5 "other free" in 1800 [MD:572] and 4 in 1810 [MD:535].
ii. Richard, head of a Baltimore City household of 9 "other free" in 1810 [MD:271].
iii. Jane2, head of an Anne Arundel County household of 8 "other free" in 1810 [MD:86].
iv. Hagar, head of an Anne Arundel County household of 6 "other free" in 1810 [MD:85].
v. James, head of a Baltimore City household of 5 "other free" in 1810 [MD:529].
CROMWELL FAMILY
1. Isaac Cromwell, born about 1709, was the forty-year-old "mulatto servant" of Thomas Cresap of the old town of Potomac, Frederick County, Maryland, when Cresap advertised in the 1 June 1749 issue of the Pennsylvania Gazette that he and Ann Greene, a forty-five year old English servant, had run away. Nine years later on 23 February 1758 Cresap advertised in the Maryland Gazette that Isaac spoke a little Dutch and English, that Anne Green was his wife, that they took their five or six-year-old daughter Susanna with them, and that they had spent some time in Baltimore County but had since moved on [Scott, Abstracts of the Pennsylvania Gazette, 1748-55, 49; Green, The Maryland Gazette 1727-61, 206]. They were the parents of
2 i. ?Mary, born say 1740.
ii. Susanna, born about 1752.
2. Mary Cornwell/ Cromwell, born say 1740, the servant of Dr. Charles Neel, Sr., was presented by the Frederick County, Maryland Court for having a "base born mulatto child" in August 1760. As punishment in November 1760 the court ordered her sold for seven years [Court Minutes 1750-9, 151; 1758-62, 292-3]. Her children were most likely
i. David, head of a Talbot County household of 8 "other free" in 1800 [MD:534].
ii. George, head of a Talbot County household of 6 "other free" in 1800 [MD:531].
3 iii. Milly, born say 1780.
iv. William, head of a Baltimore County household of 6 "other free" in 1810 [MD:463].
v. Charles, head of an Anne Arundel County household of 5 "other free" in 1810 [MD:97].
3. Milly Cromwell, born say 1780, was the mother of Mary Cromwell who was living in Frederick County in 1819 when she obtained a certificate of freedom. Milly was the mother of
i. Mary, born about 1803, obtained a certificate of freedom in Frederick County on 26 November 1819: a bright Mulatto Girl, aged about Sixteen years ... the daughter of a certain Milly Cromwell who was a free born woman as appears by the affidavit of Jacob Hoff [Certificates of Freedom 1806-27, 102].
CUNNINGHAM FAMILY
1. Mary Cunningham, born say 1730, was living at John Kinsman's on 13 November 1750 when the Charles County, Maryland Court presented her for bearing a "Mullatto Child" by information of Constable Alexander MacPherson [Court Record 1750, 140]. She may have been the ancestor of
i. John, head of a Washington County, Maryland household of 3 "other free" in 1800 [MD:570].
ii. Benjamin1, head of a Hampshire County, Virginia household of 10 "other free" in 1810 [VA:818].
iii. Philip1, head of a King George County, Virginia household of 8 "other free" in 1810 [VA:193].
iv. Benjamin2, head of a King George County, Virginia household of 5 "other free" in 1810 [VA:193].
v. Cyrus, born about 1777 when he was bound as an apprentice, registered in King George County, Virginia, on 28 May 1799: of a dark yellow Colour aged about twenty two years and about five feet ten inches high is now a free man, has served William Hooe, Gent., of this County twenty one years [Register of Free Persons, no.10].
vi. Philip2, Jr., head of a King George County household of 2 "other free" in 1810 [VA:195].
vii. Nancy, head of a Goochland County household of 5 "other free" in 1810 [VA:688].
viii. Jas.(?), head of a King George County household of 1 "other free" in 1810 [VA:195].
ix. Charity, head of a Northampton County, North Carolina household of 2 "other free" in 1790 [NC:76].
CURTIS FAMILY
Members of the Curtis family in Maryland were
i. Jonathan, born say 1715, a "free Negroe" of Charles County who had an account with William Hunter & Company between October 1746 and 18 November 1747 for goods valued at 19 pounds, 12 shillings Maryland currency. The goods included a pocket book, shoes, rum, cloth, sheeting, buttons, thread, handkerchiefs, and a padlock. In March 1749/50 William Hunter was in Spotsylvania County, Virginia, when he sued Jonathan in Charles County court for payment of the debt. Samuel Luckett was Jonathan's security [Court Records 1748-50, 630-2].
ii. Cloe, born say 1740, a "free Negro," married Isaac, "negro of Jane Taney, in St. Mary's County in 1761 [Parsons, Marriage Register of Rev. Joseph Mosley, 24].
iii. Will Ferrall, aka Will Butler and Will Curtis, a "yellow slave," a house carpenter who ran away from Edward Mattingly of St. Mary's County, Maryland, and was seen in Virginia according to the 22 September 1768 issue of the Virginia Gazette (Rind) [Headley, 18th Century Newspapers, 121].
1 iv. Lucy, born say 1753.
v. Joseph, head of a St. Mary's County household of 7 "other free" in 1790 and 4 in Charles County in 1800 [MD:514].
vi. Esther, head of a St. Mary's County household of 7 "other free" in 1790 and 5 in 1800 [MD:424].
vii. Mary1, head of a St. Mary's County household of 5 "other free" in 1790 and 5 in 1810 [MD:189].
2 viii. Sarah, born about 1759.
3 ix. Milly, born about 1759.
x. Samuel, "F.N." head of a Charles County household of 2 "other free" and a slave in 1790.
xi. Margaret1, born about 1764, head of a St. Mary's County household of 10 "other free" in 1800 [MD:417] and 3 in 1810 [MD:217], obtained a certificate of freedom in St. Mary's County on 10 August 1808: forty four years of age, black complexion, was born free & raised in the County.
xii. Mary2, head of a St. Mary's County household of 2 "other free" in 1790 and 2 in Charles County in 1800 [MD:537]. She may have been the mother of Gerard Curtis, born about 1800, who obtained a certificate of freedom in St. Mary's County on 20 February 1822: son of Mary Curtis ... about twenty two years of age, of a dark complexion ... born free [Certificates of Freedom 1806-64, 2, 58].
4 xiii. Rebecca1, born say 1760.
xiv. James, head of a St. Mary's County household of 3 "other free" in 1800 [MD:402].
xv. Mary3, born say 1774, married Francis Savoy on 16 February 1795 in St. Mary's Mattawoman Parish, Charles County [Colonial Dames of America, Records of St. Mary's Parish, 1793-1861, 162].
5 xvi. Elizabeth, born about 1779.
6 xvii. Ann, born about 1782.
xviii. Nance, born about 1783, obtained a certificate of freedom in St. Mary's County on 8 August 1806: about twenty three years of age, dark complexion, was free born.
xix. Sophia, born about 1784, obtained a certificate of freedom in St. Mary's County on 9 November 1808: by birth a free woman, about twenty four years of age ... light complexion.
xx. Minta, born about 1785, "blk." head of a St. Mary's County household of 5 "other free" in 1810 [MD:176], obtained a certificate of freedom in St. Mary's County on 20 February 1817: aged thirty two years or thereabouts ... Dark Mulatto, long hair.
xxi. Mary, born about 1786, obtained a certificate of freedom in St. Mary's County on 2 August 1814: aged about twenty eight years or thereabouts ... Complexion Black - hair short & Curley ... born free.
xxii. Matilda, born about 1788, obtained a certificate of freedom in St. Mary's County on 8 August 1806: about eighteen years of age, dark complexion, was free born.
xxiii. Cornelius, born about 1788, obtained a certificate of freedom in St. Mary's County on 20 September 1808: about twenty years of age, black complexion, was born free & raised in the county ... big mouth & thick lips, large boney hands, low forehead, short Woolly hair.
xxiv. Rebecca2, born about 1789, obtained a certificate of freedom in St. Mary's County on 8 August 1806: about seventeen years of age, of a dark complexion, was free born.
xxv. Henry, born about 1796, obtained a certificate of freedom in St. Mary's County on 29 April 1818: son of Nancy Curtis, aged about thirty two years ... dark complexion [Certificates of Freedom 1806-64, 1, 2, 3, 38, 76].
1. Lucy Curtis, born say 1753, was head of a St. Mary's County household of 6 "other free" in 1800 [MD:416]. She was the mother of
i. Gustavus1, born about 1773, obtained a certificate of freedom in St. Mary's County on 16 May 1820: son of Lucy Curtis ... about 47 years - of a dark complexion ... born free. He may have been identical to Gusly Curtis, "blk." head of a St. Mary's County household of 5 "other free" in 1810 [MD:198].
ii. Nancy, born about 1784, obtained a certificate of freedom in St. Mary's County on 29 March 1819: daughter of Lucy Curtis ... about thirty five years of age, Black complexion ... born free [Certificates of Freedom 1806-64, 47, 55].
2. Sarah Curtis, born about 1759, was head of a St. Mary's County household of 5 "other free" in 1790,10 in 1800 [MD:411] and 9 in 1810 [MD:189]. She obtained a certificate of freedom in St. Mary's County on 20 August 1814: aged fifty five years or thereabouts ... Complexion rather Black - hair short & gray ... born free. She was the mother of
i. Margaret2, born about 1792, obtained a certificate of freedom in St. Mary's County on 22 June 1814: Daughter of Sarah Curtis, aged about twenty two years, complexion dark. She was called Margaret Curtis alias Shorter when she registered on 14 August 1833.
ii. Susanna, born about 1802, obtained a certificate of freedom in St. Mary's County on 10 April 1823: daughter of Sarah Curtis, aged about twenty one years ... light complexion ... born free [Certificates of Freedom 1806-64, 26, 30, 61, 99].
3. Milly Curtis, born about 1759, was a "blk." head of a St. Mary's County household of 6 "other free" in 1810 [MD:192]. She obtained a certificate of freedom in St. Mary's County on 14 August 1812: aged fifty three years or thereabouts ... complexion black - hair short and curley ... born free. She was the mother of
i. Sarah, born about 1776, obtained a certificate of freedom in St. Mary's County on 14 August 1812: aged thirty two years or thereabouts ... complexion dark - hair short & curley ... born free being the Daughter of Milly Curtis.
ii. Mary, born about 1789, obtained a certificate of freedom in St. Mary's County on 14 August 1812: aged twenty three years ... complexion black - hair short & woolly ... born free being the Daughter of Milly Curtis.
iii. Gustavus2, born about 1794, obtained a certificate of freedom in St. Mary's County on 14 August 1812: aged eighteen years ... Complexion black ... born free being the son of Milly Curtis [Certificates of Freedom 1806-64, 20, 21].
4. Rebecca1 Curtis born say 1760, was head of a St. Mary's County household of 7 "other free" in 1800 [MD:410] and 9 in 1810 [MD:197]. She was the mother of
i. Henry, born about 1782, obtained a certificate of freedom in St. Mary's County on 6 September 1820: son of Rebecca ... about thirty eight years of age, of a dark complexion ... born free.
ii. Nancy, born about 1793, obtained a certificate of freedom in St. Mary's County on 8 April 1819: Daughter of Rebecca Curtis ... about twenty six years of age, of a Dark Complexion ... born free.
iii. Harriot, born about 1797, obtained a certificate of freedom in St. Mary's County on 20 February 1822: daughter of Rebecca Curtis ... about twenty four years of age, of light complexion ... born free.
iv. Sarah Ann, born about 1800, obtained a certificate of freedom in St. Mary's County on 8 April 1819: daughter of Rebecca Curtis ... about nineteen years of age, of a Dark Complexion ... born free.
v. Elizabeth, born about 1803, obtained a certificate of freedom in St. Mary's County on 4 May 1819: daughter of Rebecca Curtis, about sixteen years, of a bright complexion ... born free.
vi. Joseph, born about 1805, obtained a certificate of freedom in St. Mary's County on 29 July 1828: son of Rebecca, aged about twenty three years ... dark complexion ... born free [Certificates of Freedom 1806-64, 49, 50, 56, 58, 78].
5. Elizabeth Curtis, born about 1779, obtained a certificate of freedom in St. Mary's County on 7 June 1814: aged thirty five years or thereabouts ... complexion dark, hair short and wooly ... born free. She may have been identical to Betty Curtis, head of a Charles County household of 2 "other free" in 1810 [MD:334]. She was the mother of
i. John, born about 1798, obtained a certificate of freedom in St. Mary's County on 8 April 1819: son of Elizabeth Curtis ... about twenty one years of age, dark complexion ... born free.
ii. Eleanor, born about 1801, obtained a certificate of freedom in St. Mary's County on 13 September 1821: daughter of Elizabeth Curtis ... aged about twenty years, of a bright complexion .. born free.
iii. Rebecca, born about 1803, obtained a certificate of freedom in St. Mary's County on 8 April 1819: Daughter of Elizabeth Curtis ... about sixteen years of age, of a dark complexion ... born free.
iv. Nancy, born about 1805, obtained a certificate of freedom in St. Mary's County on 13 September 1821: daughter of Elizabeth Curtis ... about sixteen years of a age, of a dark complexion ... born free [Certificates of Freedom 1806-64, 26, 49, 58].
6. Ann Curtis, born about 1782, was head of a St. Mary's County household of 6 "other free" in 1800 [MD:409]. She obtained a certificate of freedom in St. Mary's County on 10 August 1812: aged thirty years ... complexion not very black - hair short .... born free. She was the mother of
i. Bednego, born about 1799, obtained a certificate of freedom in St. Mary's County on 4 May 1819: son of Ann Curtis ... about twenty years of age, of a dark complexion ... born free.
ii. Joseph, born about 1800, obtained a certificate of freedom in St. Mary's County on 4 September 1820: son of Ann Curtis ... aged about twenty, dark complexion [Certificates of Freedom 1806-64, 19, 50, 55].
DAVIS FAMILY
1. Mary Davis, born say 1657, the daughter of Richard Davis of London, England, was a white woman who married a "Negroe man" named Domingo, the slave of Joseph Tilley of Calvert County, Maryland. Mary and Domingo were living with Lord Baltimore when she wrote the details of her marriage and the birth and baptism of her children in a bible. Her daughter Rose produced a transcription of the bible in Anne Arundel County court in August 1715 in an unsuccessful petition for her freedom [Court Judgments 1715-7, 93, 178, 244-6]. Mary and Domingo were the parents of
i. Thomas, born 14 March 1677 on Lord Baltimore's plantation on Lyon's Creek in Calvert County, baptized by Mr. Wessley(?) in the house of Richard Massoms. James and Ann Thompson were the godparents.
2 ii. Rose, born 11 August 1684.
2. Rose Davis was born 11 August 1684 at the "Top of the Hill" plantation in St. Mary's County. She was baptized at Nottley Hall by a priest named Mr. Richard Hebert. Henry and Rose Wharton were the godparents. Rose was thirty-one years old in August 1715 when she brought an unsuccessful suit for her freedom against Henry Darnall in Anne Arundel County court [Court Judgments 1715-7, 93, 178, 244-6]. In March 1779 her granddaughter Rosamond Bentley petitioned the Prince George's County court for her freedom, and in August 1781 Rosamond and her brother William and sisters Mary, Eleanor and Margaret Bentley won their cases. In an apparent effort to minimize their African ancestry, Rose's witnesses testified that the family descended from Mary Davis, a white English woman, and an East Indian man - instead of a "Negroe man" as stated in Mary Davis' bible. Rose's daughter was described as "Indian Polly" [Judgment Record 1777-82, 713-5]. Rose was the mother of
i. Polly, born say 1710.
Another Davis family:
1. Elizabeth Davis, born say 1736, confessed to the Anne Arundel County court in August 1758 that she was the mother of two "Molatto" children named Sam and David. The court sold her children to James Barnes until the age of thirty-one and ordered that she serve a total of fourteen years [Judgment Record 1757-60, 320, 324]. She was the mother of
i. Sam, born June 1754, head of an Anne Arundel County household of 2 "other free" in 1810 [MD:81].
ii. David, born February 1757.
iii. ?John, head of an Anne Arundel County household of 6 "other free" in 1790 and 5 "other free" and 5(?) slaves in 1810 [MD:78].
Other members of the Davis family were
i. Moses, head of a Baltimore City household of 16 "other free" in 1800 [MD:190].
ii. Abraham1, "Mulatto" head of a Charles County household of 7 "other free" in 1790, perhaps the Abraham Davis who was head of a St. Mary's County household of 8 "other free" in 1800 [MD:431].
iii. Daniel, head of a Baltimore City household of 4 "other free" in 1800 [MD:186].
iv. William, "free negro" head of a Prince George's County household of 2 "other free" in 1800 [MD:301], perhaps the William Davis who was head of an Annapolis household of 3 "other free" in 1810 [MD:116].
v. Abraham2, head of a Caroline County household of 5 "other free" in 1790 and 5 in Talbot County in 1800 [MD:517].
vi. James, head of a Frederick County household of 2 "other free" in 1800 [MD:835].
DAWSON FAMILY
1. Jane Dawson, born say 1695, was presented by the Charles County court on 9 November 1714 for having an illegitimate "Mallatto" child by information of John Dodson, constable, and on evidence of (her master and mistress?) William and Elizabeth Midellton [Court Record 1711-5, 469]. She was probably the ancestor of
i. Tom, head of a Talbot County household of 2 "other free" in 1800 [MD:540], perhaps the husband of Patty Dawson, born about 1773 who obtained a certificate of freedom in Talbot County on 13 June 1818: a negro woman ... about 45 years of age, 5 feet 2 1/2 Inches high ... born free and raised in the County.
ii. Isaac, born about 1780, obtained a certificate of freedom in Talbot County on 19 July 1806: five feet, one inch high, twenty six years of age, of a yellowish complextion ... raised in Talbot county ... free born [Certificates of Freedom 1807-15, 84, 150].
ii. Stepney, head of a Kent County household of 1 "other free" in 1800 [MD:172].
iii. Anica, head of a Hanover County, Virginia household of 5 "other free" in 1810 [VA:893].
DAY FAMILY
1. Elizabeth Day, born say 1695, was the indentured servant of John Sanders on 13 March 1710/1 when she admitted in Charles County court that she had an illegitimate "Malatto" child by a "Negro man named Quasey belonging to her master." And on 11 August 1713 she admitted to the court that she had a second mixed-race child [Court Proceedings D-2:70; E-2:301, 304]. Many of her descendants moved to Virginia and North Carolina during the colonial period. Her descendants in Maryland may have been
i. Mary, born say 1744, confessed to the Prince George's County court on 27 March 1764 that she had a "Mulatto" child. The court ordered that she be sold for seven years and that her five-week-old daughter Lydia be sold to her master, Henry Purdie, until the age of thirty-one [Court Record 1763-4, 60].
ii. Benjamin1, "Mulatto" head of a Charles County household of 6 "other free" in 1790. Samuel Hanson sued him and Thomas Thompson in Charles County court for a debt of 4,020 pounds of tobacco on 13 November 1770. (He was called Benjamin Davis in his first appearance, but called Benjamin Day in the index and in his second appearance) [Court Record 1770-2, 216; 1772-3, 577].
iii. Henrietta, "Mulatto" head of a Charles County household of 3 "other free" in 1790.
iv. Vinney, "Mulatto" head of a Charles County household of 4 "other free" in 1790.
v. William1, "Mulatto" head of a Charles County household of 1 "other free" in 1790.
vi. Jacob1, head of a Kent County household of 4 "other free" in 1800 [MD:148].
vii. Jacob2, head of a Talbot County household of 3 "other free" and 2 slaves in 1800 [MD:521].
DEAN FAMILY
Delaware
1. James1 Dean, born say 1737, was taxable in Kent County, Delaware, in 1755. His 2 June 1787 Kent County will, proved 26 June 1787, left his land, house, and personal estate to his wife Sarah (Hughes), daughters Rebecca and Keziah, and son Jesse [WB M, fol. 144-5]. His children were
2 i. Jesse1, born say 1762.
ii. Rebecca.
iii. Keziah.
2. Jesse1 Dean, born say 1762, was taxable in Little Creek Hundred, Kent County, Delaware, in 1783 and a "Mulattoe" taxable on 15 acres and a wooden house in 1797 and 1798. He was head of a Little Creek Hundred, Kent County household of 5 "other free" in 1800 [DE:34]. He was married to Elizabeth Durham by 2 January 1806 when he was paid her share of the estate of her father William Durham. In his Kent County will, proved in December 1839, he called himself a "colored man." He left his land and other estate to his wife Rebecca, sons William and Jesse, Elisha Durham "colored man," daughter Sally Ann Cott (wife of John Cott) granddaughter Mary, and Elijah Concealor, son of his last wife. He also adopted his sons William and Jesse who were born to his wife Rebecca before their marriage. Perhaps Elisha Durham was also an illegitimate son since he left him furniture, carpets, his best cow, and other stock and listed him in the will before his daughter [WB R-1, 160]. His children were
i. William.
ii. Jesse2.
iii. Sally Ann, wife of John Cott. John was head of a Little Creek Hundred household of 3 "other free" in 1800 [DE:33] and 4 "free colored" in 1820 [DE:29].
Other members of the family were
i. James2, born say 1770, a "Mulattoe" taxable in 1797 on 3 acres and a small house in Kent County, Delaware who was farming another 83 acres which belonged to Elijah Concellor. He was head of a Duck Creek Hundred, Kent County household of 7 "free colored" in 1820 [DE:54].
ii. James3, born 1776-1794, head of a Duck Creek Hundred, Kent County household of 9 "free colored" in 1820 [DE:54].
iii. Michael, head of a Caroline County household of 4 "other free" in 1790 and a "negro" head of a Caroline County household of 6 "other free" in 1810 [MD:188].
iv. David, born before 1776, head of a Murderkill Hundred, Kent County household of 5 "free colored" in 1820 [DE:14].
v. Jessa, born before 1776, head of a Little Creek Hundred, Kent County household of 9 "free colored" in 1820 [DE:28].
Maryland
1. Richard Dean, born say 1720, sold a black cow to Richard Smith by Frederick County, Maryland bill of sale on 6 March 1758, making his mark "RD" [Land Record F:458]. He purchased lot no. 66 in Sharpsburg from Joseph Chapline by Frederick County deed of 21 January 1764. The word "Negro" followed his name in the two places it appeared on the original deed and in the three places it appeared in Joseph Chapline's original acknowledgement of the deed. But it was crossed out, and the clerk did not transcribe anything about race when he recorded the deed. The word "Black" was inserted in place of "Negro" in the three places on Joseph Chapline's acknowldegement, perhaps at some later time [Land Record J:232-3; MSA Special Collections 2477-5-47, location 00/66/09/28]. The deed may have identified Richard by race in order to distinguish him from a white Richard Dean who lived in the same area. Richard and his wife Catherine Dean sold this land to Griffith James for 55 shillings on 16 June 1764, making his mark "RD" [Land Record J:652-3]. Catherine was apparently the daughter of Robert Perle/ Pearl who named her in his 3 September 1765 Frederick County will [Prerogative Court Wills 33:351]. They were probably married and living at Monocacy Hundred on 24 November 1747 when the Prince George's County court quashed a grand jury presentment against Katherine Perle for bastardy [Court Record 1747-8, 90, 297]. On 2 August 1777 Richard purchased 50 acres in Washington County from Moses Chapline for 20 pounds Pennsylvania currency, and the deed was recorded with "Del'vrd to Massom Dean" in the margin. On 23 January 1779 Massam Dean, his wife Ann Dean and (his mother) Catherine Dean sold 50 acres called "Resurvey on Roots Hill" in Washington County to Christian Road for 425 pounds, 10 shillings Maryland currency [Land Record A:13-5; B:448-9]. Richard and Catherine's children were identified in the Washington County chancery court suit of Toby heirs vs. Chapline from 1810 to 1812 [MSA accession no. 17,898-638-1/2; location 1/35/5]. They were
i. Massam, born say 1747, apparently named for Robert Pearl's former master Richard Marsham. He enrolled in the first militia company organized for the Revolutionary War in the Elizabeth Town District of Frederick County on 6 January 1776 [Peden, Revolutionary Patriotsof Washington County, Maryland]. He purchased 26 acres in Washington County on the Old Town Creek for 32 pounds, 10 shillings on 24 March 1781 from Francis Deakins [Deed Book B:498-9]. He was head of an Allegany County, Maryland household of 9 "other free" in 1800 (called Marsham Dean) [MD:3] and was counted as a white male over the age of forty-five in Perry County, Ohio, in 1820 [OH:5]. He left a 16 June 1825 Perry County, Ohio will naming his children Massom, Jr., Catherine (later married George Higgins), Mary Ann (never married) and James Dean as well as his granddaghter Elizabeth Jemiah, daughter of Massom, Jr., and Mary Brooks [WB AB:52].
ii. Catherine, born say 1753, married Charles Dowd, a Revolutionary War veteran who died 14 June 1821 in Monongalia, Virginia [Pierce, Selected Final Pension Payment Vouchers--Maryland, 51]. About 1800 she and her brother James Dean testified about the location of a fence on the tract of land called "Resurvey on Hills, Dales and the Vineyard" in Washington County which was the property line of Michael Toby and Massam Dean [MSA accession no. 17,898-638-1/2; location 1/35/5, depositions of Jonas Hogmire and Frederick Rohrer]. She and Nancy Dowd were called "free persons of color" on 13 November 1818 when a group of white men were indicted by the Monongalia, Virginia court for committing a riot on them by the information of Charles Dowd [Zinn, Monongalia County Records of the District, Superior and County Courts, 8:136].
iii. James, born say 1755, enrolled in the first militia company organized for the Revolutionary War in the Elizabeth Town District of Frederick County on 6 January 1776 [Peden, Revolutionary Patriots of Washington County, Maryland]. He was head of a Washington County, Maryland household of 5 "other free" in 1790 and 5 in 1800 [MD:641]. About 1810 he made a deposition in the Washington County chancery case of Toby heirs vs. Chapline about events which had taken place before 13 July 1779 when Joseph Chapline sold part of a tract of land called "Resurvey on Hills, Dales and the Vineyard" near Little Antietam Creek to Michael Toby. James stated that his brother Massam Dean purchased part of the tract from Joseph Chapline and not obtaining a deed from Chapline, sold the land to Michael Toby. He deposed that his father had fenced a road that ran along the property line into "Richard Dean's Meadow" [MSA accession no. 17,898-638-1/2; location 1/35/5].
Endnotes:
1. Many thanks to Beverly Dean Peoples of Raleigh, North Carolina, for her research of the Richard Dean family.
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~ladeanxx/richarddeane.htm
DELANEY/ DULANEY FAMILY
Members of the Delaney/ Dulaney family of Maryland were
i. Isaac, head of a Baltimore City household of 8 "other free" in 1800 [MD:184].
1 ii. Mary, born say 1770.
1. Mary Dulaney, born say 1770, a "free woman of colour," was living in Prince George's County from 1813 to 1820 when her children obtained certificates of freedom. She was the mother of
i. Elizabeth, born about 1790, obtained a certificate of freedom registered as a free Negro in Prince George's County on 25 November 1813: a bright mulatto woman, about 23 years old ... raised in the family of John T. Wood of Prince George's County ... daughter of Mary Dulany, a free woman of color.
ii. William, born about 1792, obtained a certificate of freedom on 25 November 1813: a bright mulatto man, about 21 years old ... raised in the family of Mary Dulany ... son of Mary Dulany.
iii. Moses, born about 1798, obtained a certificate of freedom on 30 March 1815: a dark mulatto youth, about 17 years old ... son of Mary Dulany.
iv. Nancy, born about 1801, obtained a certificate of freedom on 15 May 1820: a Negro woman of dark complexion who is about 19 years old ... daughter of Mary Dulany [Provine, Registrations of Free Negroes, 16, 34].
DEVAN FAMILY
1. William Devan, born about 1767, obtained a certificate of freedom in Frederick County in 1817: a Mulatto Man aged about fifty years, about five feet five Inches high ... born of a white woman in the family of Richard Simpson to Whom said William Devan was bound by the Orphans Court of the County aforesaid as appears by the affidavit of Charles Simpson. He may have been the father of
i. Lydia, born about 1786, obtained a certificate of freedom in Frederick County in 1817: a Mulatto woman about five feet Eight Inches high ... about thirty one years of age is a free born woman, she being the issue of a free born woman as appears by the affidavit of John Rene [Certificates of Freedom 1806-27, 78].
DOBSON FAMILY
1. Margaret Dobson, born say 1722, the white servant of Nicholas Goldsborough of St. Peter's Parish, confessed to the Talbot County court in November 1742 that she had a child by a "Negroe." The court ordered her sold for seven years and bound her daughter Diana, born 6 May 1742, to her master until the age of thirty-one. In March 1744/5 she was sold for a second term of seven years, and the court bound her "Mulatto" son James to her master until the age of thirty-one [Judgment Record 1742, 293; 1744-5, 238-9]. She was the mother of
i. Diana, born 6 May 1742.
ii. James, born in 1745, head of a Talbot County household of 4 "other free" in 1800 [MD:507].
They were probably the ancestors of
i. Abram, head of a Talbot County household of 5 "other free" in 1800 [MD:537].
ii. Isaac, born about 1766, manumitted by Archelus Price of Talbot County on 16 August 1808, obtained a certificate of freedom on 29 September 1812: a Mullatto Man ... named Isaac Dobson who is now about 46 years of age, 5 feet 5 3/4 in. high ... set free by him the said Archelus Price on the 16 August 1808 [Certificates of Freedom 1807-28, 40].
iii. Benjamin, head of a Sussex County, Delaware household of 5 "other free" in 1810 [DE:444] and 5 "free colored" in 1820 [DE:324].
DODSON FAMILY
Members of the Dodson family in Maryland were
1 i. John, born say 1765.
ii. Anthony, head of a Kent County household of 2 "other free" in 1810 [MD:854].
1. John Dodson, born say 1765, was head of a Prince George's County household of 5 "other free" in 1810 [MD:43]. He was the father of
i. John, born about 1787, obtained a certificate of freedom in Prince George's County on 14 July 1810: black man ... about 23 years old ... raised in the family of John Henry Hall and was born free, being the son of John Dodson, Sr., and his wife Nancy who were free persons of color.
ii. ?Nancy, born about 1791, obtained a certificate of freedom in Prince George's County on 9 May 1821: a colored woman, about 30 years old ... is free being the reputed daughter of Ann(?) Dodson a free woman of color.
iii. William, born about 1795, obtained a certificate of freedom in Prince George's County on 25 May 1821: a colored man about 26 years old ... light complexion. He is free being the reputed daughter (sic) of Margary Dodson, a free woman of color.
iv. Henry, born about 1797, obtained a certificate of freedom in