KELLY FAMILY

1.    Mary Kelly, born say 1700, the servant of Moses Maccubbins, confessed to the Anne Arundel County, Maryland Court in June 1719 that she had a "Mallato" child by her master's "Negroe Harry." In August 1721 she confessed to having another child by Harry. She was ordered to serve seven years for each offense. Her children were bound to her master until the age of thirty-one [Judgment Record 1717-9, 380; 1720-1, 411]. She may have been the ancestor of

2        i. John¹, born say 1750.

3        ii. Milley, born say 1757.

iii. ?Jesse¹, born say 1760, a soldier in the Revolution from King William County, Virginia [Jackson, Virginia Negro Soldiers, 39].

4        iv. Joseph¹, born say 1768.

v. Henry, born about 1770, a seventeen-year-old "mulatto" who ran away from someone in Hanover County according to the 22 March 1787 issue of the Virginia Gazette [Headley, 18th Century Newspapers, 191].

 

2.    John¹ Kelly, born say 1750, may have been the member of the Kelly family who married the daughter of Ann Weaver. Ann Weaver was married to Thomas Nickens on 22 April 1778 when he mentioned his wife's granddaughter Ann Weaver Kelly in his Northumberland County, Virginia will [RB 10:375]. John Kelly died before 1778 when Elijah Weaver was granted administration of his Northumberland County estate [RB 10:375; Orders 1773-83, 362, 371, 374]. John Kelly may have been the father of

i. Ann Weaver Kelly, born say 1773, mentioned in the 22 April 1778 Northumberland County will of her grandfather, Thomas Nickens [RB 10:375], perhaps identical to Ann Kelly Weaver who married Aaron Pinn, 3 March 1794 Lancaster County bond.

 

3.    Milley Kelly, born say 1757, was living in Brunswick County, Virginia, on 27 May 1776 when the court ordered her "Mulattoe" child John Kelly bound apprentice [Orders 1774-82, 115]. She was head of a Dinwiddie County household of 4 "other free" in 1810 [VA:152], perhaps identical to Milly Killy, head of a Petersburg Town household of 5 "other free" in 1810 [VA:334a]. She was the mother of

i. ?Jesse², registered as a Free Negro in Surry County, Virginia on 11 April 1799: a free born mulatto man of a bright complexion, 5'6" high ... has a bushy head of hair [Back of Guardian Accounts Book 1783-1804, no.38], perhaps the father of Mary Ann Kelly, married Willis Banks (persons of colour) 28 May 1821 Norfolk County bond.

ii. John², born before 27 May 1776, perhaps identical to John Kelly who purchased 100 acres, tools, furniture, cattle and hogs in Halifax County, North Carolina, jointly with John Lantern and Moses Matthews on 30 October 1795 from John Harmon [DB 17:920].

iii. ?Edward, head of a Halifax County, North Carolina household of 2 "other free" in 1810 [NC:31].

 

4.    Joseph¹ Kelly, was head of a Craven County, North Carolina household of 2 "other free" in 1790 [NC:130]. He may have been the father of

i. Sarah, married Makey Driggers, 24 December 1809 Craven County bond, Joshua Lindsey bondsman, perhaps the same Sarah Kelly who married George² Carter, 8 September 1818 Craven County bond, Peter George bondsman.

 

Other members of the family in Virginia were

i. Elisa, head of a Westmoreland County household of 4 "other free" in 1810.

ii. James, head of a Stafford County household of 2 "other free" and 2 slaves in 1810.

iii. ?Joseph², married Nancy Day, 18 December 1812 Northumberland County bond, Stephen Day security.

 

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].

 

KING FAMILY

1.    Mary King, born say 1722, was presented by the Prince George's County court on 22 March 1742/3 for having an illegitimate child on information of the constable for King George Hundred. She was not found by the sheriff, so the case was struck off the docket on 27 November 1744. She may have been the mother of Margaret King, a four-month-old child who the Prince George's County court sold to William Cheshire on 23 November 1742 until the age of thirty-one. (The child was called Mary King in the court record and Margaret King in the index) [Court Record 1742-3, 215, 340, 612]. She was the mother of

i. Margaret, born about July 1742.

ii. ?Solomon, head of a Talbot County household of 4 "other free" in 1790.

iii. J., head of a Frederick County, Maryland household of 6 "other free" in 1810 [MD:579].

 

Mary may also have been the ancestor of members of the King family who were counted in the 1810 census for nearby Prince William County, Virginia:

i. Samuel, head of a Prince William County household of 5 "other free" and 4 slaves in 1810 [VA:513].

ii. Sarah, head of a Prince William County household of 4 "other free" in 1810 [VA:518].

 

KNIGHT FAMILY

1.    Elizabeth Knight, born say 1692, the servant of Robert Eagle, confessed to the Anne Arundel County court on 11 March 1711/2 that she had a child by "Negroe Rich belonging to Col. Charles Greenberry." The court bound the child, born 6 February 1711/2, to her master until the age of thirty-one and ordered that she serve seven years for the offense [Judgment Record 1708-12, 404, 412]. She may have been the ancestor of

i. William, head of a Kent County household of 4 "other free" in 1790.

2        ii. Moses, born say 1775.

 

2.    Moses Knight, born say 1775, was head of a Frederick County household of 10 "other free" in 1810 (M. Knight) [MD:635]. He and his wife Marian were the parents of four persons who obtained certificates of freedom in Frederick County about 1822. They were

i. Katy, born about 1799, obtained a certificate of freedom in Frederick County on 13 August 1821: aged about twenty two or three years ... a Dark Mulatto ... Daughter of Moses and Mariam, free persons.

ii. Susan, born about April 1801, obtained a certificate of freedom in Frederick County on 14 January 1822: aged twenty years in April last ... yellowish Complexion ... Daughter of Moses Knight and Marian his wife, free persons.

iii. Israel, born about 1803, obtained a certificate of freedom in Frederick County on 14 January 1822: aged nineteen years in March last ... Black, a flat nose .. Son of Moses Knight and Marian his wife, free persons.

iv. Rachel, born about 1805, obtained a certificate of freedom in Frederick County on 14 January 1822: aged Sixteen years April last ... yellowish Complexion ... Daughter of Moses Knight and Marian his wife [Certificates of Freedom 1806-27, 123, 124].

 

LACOUNT/ LECOMPTE FAMILY

Members of the Lacount/ Lecompte family in Maryland and Delaware were

1        i. Thomas¹ Lacount, born say 1740.

ii. William¹ Lecompte, born say 1742, a "Black Man," head of a Transquakin Hundred, Dorchester County household of 3 "Blacks" in 1776 [Carothers, 1776 Census of Maryland, 51].

 

1.    Thomas¹ Lacount, born say 1740, was taxable in Little Creek Hundred, Kent County, Delaware, between 1768 and 1784 (called Thomas Lacompt in 1770). He married Letitia Durham, daughter of John Durham who mentioned her in his 9 April 1788 Kent County will. Thomas died about 1796 when his son William administered his Kent County estate. He was the father of

i. William², a "Negro" taxable in Duck Creek Hundred in 1798.

ii. ?John, a "Negro" taxable in Duck Creek Hundred in 1798.

iii. ?Elizabeth, head of a Duck Creek Hundred, Kent County, Delaware household of 3 "other free" in 1800 [DE:8].

iv. ?Thomas², a "Negro" taxable in Duck Creek Hundred in 1798, perhaps the Thomas Lecompte who was head of a Dorchester County, Maryland household of 6 "other free" in 1800 [MD:724].

 

LAMB FAMILY

Members of the Lamb family in Maryland were

i. Cato, "Negro" head of a Kent County, Maryland household of 7 "other free" in 1790 and 4 in 1800 [MD:163].

ii. Nathaniel, head of a Kent County, Maryland household of 7 "other free" in 1800 [MD:151].

iii. Jeremiah, head of a Kent County, Maryland household of 6 "other free" in 1800 [MD:163].

iv. Nathaniel², head of a Kent County, Maryland household of 5 "other free" in 1800 [MD:150].

v. Charles, head of a Kent County, Maryland household of 5 "other free" in 1800 [MD:163].

vi. Michael, head of a Kent County, Maryland household of 3 "other free" in 1800 [MD:163].

 

LANTOR/ LANTERN FAMILY

Members of the Lantor/ Lantern family were

1        i. Thomas¹, born say 1700.

2        ii. Peter¹, born say 1705.

 

1.    Thomas¹ Lantor, born say 1700, was paid 30 pounds of tobacco in King George County, Virginia, on 8 December 1722 for helping to guard a prisoner in the county jail. He was involved in several minor suits in King George County between 2 February 1722/3 and 6 March 1724/5 [Orders 1721-3, 74, 101; 1723-5, 166, 186, 208, 220, 236]. And he was involved in a number of lawsuits, mostly for debt, in Caroline Court as plaintiff and defendant between 11 May 1732 and 13 June 1746 [Orders 1732-40, 9, 11, 62, 63, 83, 91, 125, 129, 137, 149, 165, 166, 384; 1740-6, 139, 464, 561, 590]. He was the father of Elizabeth Saunders' "mulatto" child born before 12 September 1735 when Elizabeth identified him as the father in Caroline County court. The court ordered Elizabeth to serve her master Samuel Coleman additional time and ordered the child bound to Coleman. On 12 May 1738 Thomas sued Richard Buckner, Gentleman, for work he had done building two sheds adjoining John Buckner's house. The court ordered Buckner to pay him 40 shillings [Orders 1732-40, 307, 378, 481, 491, 503, 520]. On 10 February 1745/6 he produced a certificate in court for taking up two white servants belonging to John Glanton of Caroline County. That same day he was ordered to be placed in the stocks for half an hour, no explanation being given for the punishment [Orders 1740-6, 563, 565]. He was taxable in Orange County, Virginia, on 1 tithe, 4 horses and 5 cattle in 1782 [Little, Orange County Tithables, 144] and taxable on two tithes, 4 horses, and 6 cattle in 1787 [Schreiner-Yantis, 1787 Census, 735]. He was head of an Orange County household of 5 "whites" in 1782 [VA:39] and 7 in 1785 [VA:97]. He may have been the father of

3        i. Elizabeth, born say 1730.

ii. Thomas² Lanton, born say 1758, married to Mary Walker on 28 August 1783 by Rev. Aaron Bledsoe in Orange County [Ministers' Returns, 13].

iii. Jacob Lantor, born say 1765, married Polly Webb, 20 December 1787 Orange County, Virginia bond, Henry Clayton surety.

iv. Peter³ Lantor, born say 1766, married Hannah Webb, 31 May 1787 Orange County, Virginia bond.

v. Mildred Lantor, born say 1769, married John Webb, Jr., 20 January 1790 Orange County, Virginia bond, Jacob Lantor surety, 20 January marriage.

 

2.    Peter¹ Lantor, born say born say 1705, was required to post bond for his good behavior in King George County court on 4 February 1725/6 for abetting Richard Haines to assault Thomas Farmer [Orders 1725-8, 298]. He was special bail for Thomas Lantor in a Caroline County, Virginia Court suit on 11 May 1732. He sued Thomas in court about a year later on 8 March 1732/3, but the case was dismissed. He owned land in Caroline County before 8 August 1734 when the court ordered that a road be cleared from Caroline Courthouse to his property. And on 12 September 1734 he was one of the freeholders ordered to clear a road from Bee Tree to the Spotsylvania County line. He purchased land from John Thomas by deed proved in Caroline Court on 14 September 1739 [Orders 1732-40, 9, 54, 152, 157, 558]. On 24 August 1744 he made a claim in Caroline Court for taking up a runaway Negro slave named Jeffery who belonged to Captain James Garnett of Essex County. On 8 November 1745 the Caroline County court allocated 2,400 pounds of tobacco for his building Ginings Bridge [Orders 1740-6, 312, 540]. He was a tithable head of household in Orange County, Virginia from 1755 to 1769, taxable on one tithe in 1755 and 4 tithes in 1759 [Little, Orange County Tithables, 42, 59]. On 11 October 1755 he and (his son?) Reubin Lantor, "Mulattos of St. Thomas's Parish ... Planters," were charged in Orange County court with assaulting and beating John Lynch who they mistook for a runaway servant [Orders 6:178]. On 24 November 1768 Peter was presented by the Grand Jury for concealing his tithable wife, Sarah Lanter, but was excused by the court on the following day [Orders 7:535, 538]. He was taxable in Orange County from 1756 to 1769 - called Lanthorn, Lanter, Lantor, Lanton [Little, Orange County Tithables, 42, 46, 58, 59, 65, 82, 97, 101, 109]. He was probably the father of

i. Reuben, born say 1736, called Reuben Lendrum when he was taxable in Orange County in the same district as Thomas Lendrum [Little, Orange County Tithables, 136].

4        ii. Joseph¹ Lantern, born say 1756.

 

3.    Elizabeth Lantern, born say 1730, testified in Kent County, Delaware, on 22 November 1769 that (her son?) Peter Lantorn who was assessed as a tithable the previous year was born on 8 April 1750, and therefore should not have been tithable [Kent County Levy Assessments, 1768-84, Reel no.3, frame 38]. She married Robert Game before September 1782 when Robert named her (called Elizabeth Lanthorn) and her daughters Mary and Sarah in his Murderkill Hundred, Kent County, Delaware will [WB L-1, fol. 267-8]. She was the mother of

i. Peter², born 8 April 1750, tithable in Little Creek Hundred, Kent County, Delaware, in 1772 and 1773, in Dover Hundred in 1778, in Little Creek in 1779 and 1780, and a delinquent Duck Creek Hundred taxable in 1781 and 1782 (called Peter Lantern/ Lanthron). He was head of a Murderkill Hundred household of 3 "other free" in 1800 (called Peter Lanteron) [DE:126].

ii. Mary.

iii. Sarah.

 

4.    Joseph¹ Lantern, born say 1756, was tithable in Dover Hundred, Kent County, Delaware from 1776 to 1785. He married Elizabeth Harmon, widow and administrator of Daniel Harmon's 10 May 1774 Kent County estate [de Valinger, Kent County, Delaware Probate Records, 289]. He purchased 6 acres in Halifax County, North Carolina, for 44 pounds on 23 December 1789. On 30 October 1795 he, Moses Matthews, and John Kelly purchased 100 acres, tools, furniture, cattle, and hogs from John Harmon, and he purchased 100 acres near the road from Halifax Town to Enfield old courthouse from John Harmon on 3 December 1795   [DB 17:231, 920; 18:130]. Joseph was head of a Halifax County household of 7 "other free" and 7 slaves in 1800 [NC:324]. Perhaps his widow was Charity Lantern, head of a Halifax County household of 4 "other free" in 1810 [NC:34]. Joseph Lantern may have been the father of

i. Joseph², Jr., born say 1778, head of a Halifax County household of 3 "other free" in 1800 [NC:324].

ii. James, born say 1780, head of a Halifax County household of 2 "other free" in 1810 [NC:33] and 7 "free colored" in 1820 [NC:155].

 

LAWDER FAMILY

Members of the Lawder family were

i. Thomas, head of Montgomery County household 3 "other free" in 1790.

ii. James, born about 1774, head of a St. Mary's County household of 7 "other free" in 1800 [MD:419], obtained a certificate of freedom in St. Mary's County on 2 August 1814: aged forty years or thereabouts ... complexion bright yellow - hair short ... born free. He may have been married to Nancy Lawder, the mother of Elizabeth Lewis who obtained a certificate of freedom in St. Mary's County on 28 July 1823: Daughter of a free yellow woman by the name of Nancy Lawder, aged about twenty eight years ... bright complexion ... born free [Certificates of Freedom 1806-64, 28, 62].

 

LAWRENCE FAMILY

1.    John Lawrence, born about 1762, was head of a St. Mary's County household of 7 "other free" in 1800 [MD:422]. He obtained a certificate of freedom in St. Mary's County on 7 March 1815: aged fifty three or thereabouts ... complexion yellow, hair curley ... raised in Saint Mary's County & was born free. He was probably the husband of Ann Mason Lawrence who obtained a certificate of freedom in St. Mary's County on 29 April 1822: daughter of Milly Mason, about 45 years of age ... light complexion [Certificates of Freedom 1806-64, 30, 59]. John and Ann were probably the parents of

i. Kitty Brian, born about 1797, obtained a certificate of freedom in St. Mary's County on 29 April 1822: daughter of Ann Lawrence, about 25 years of age .. very light complexion ... born free.

ii. Cornelius, born about 1797, obtained a certificate of freedom in St. Mary's County on 28 November 1816: aged nineteen years ... light complexion ... born free.

iii. Henry, born about 1800, obtained a certificate of freedom in St. Mary's County on 11 March 1822: son of Naney Lawrence ... about twenty two years of age, bright complexion ... born free [Certificates of Freedom 1806-64, 37, 59].

 

Other members of the Lawrence family were

i. William, head of Westmoreland County, Virginia household of 2 "other free" in 1810.

ii. Jane, head of Westmoreland County, Virginia household of 2 "other free" in 1810.

 

LEE FAMILY

Anne Arundel County

1.    Margaret Lee, born say 1675, a servant of Lyle Welch, confessed to the Anne Arundel County court on 12 March 1705/6 that she had a "Mullattoe male child of her body by a Negro slave" [Judgment Record 1705-6, 172-3]. She may have been the ancestor of

i. John, born say 1720, brother-in-law of John Jones of Anne Arundel County [Archives of Maryland 28:564-8].

ii. William, head of an Anne Arundel County household of 9 "other free" in 1810 [MD:55].

iii. Sarah, head of an Annapolis household of 5 "other free" in 1810 [MD:111].

iv. Philip, head of a Baltimore City household of 6 "other free" in 1810 [MD:308].

v. Jacob, head of a Baltimore City household of 4 "other free" in 1810 [MD:115].

vi. Peter, head of a Baltimore City household of 3 "other free" and 2 slaves in 1810 [MD:67].

 

Prince George's County

1.    Eleanor Lee, born say 1697, was the mother of Daniel, a "Mallato" boy who was sold by the Prince George's County court to John Wright on 25 June 1717 for 400 pounds of tobacco [Court Record 1715-20, 241]. A "Mullatto boy" named Daniel Lee was listed in the Prince George's County estate of John Wright, valued at 18 pounds on 15 December 1729 [Prerogative Court Inventories 1729-30, 15:397]. Eleanor was the ancestor of

i. Daniel, born say 1717.

2        ii. ?Lucy, born say 1755.

 

2.    Lucy Lee, born say 1755, was head of a Montgomery County household of 9 "other free" in 1790 and 4 in 1810 [MD:920]. She may have been the mother of

i. John, head of a Montgomery County household of 6 "other free" in 1810 [MD:919].

ii. James, born about 1790, obtained a certificate of freedom in Frederick County on 14 March 1815: a Mulatto Man, light complexion, six feet one and a half inches high ... about Twenty five years of age is free born of a white woman as appears by the affidavit of William Lewis [Certificates of Freedom 1806-27, 49], perhaps identical to J. Lee, head of a Frederick County household of 2 "other free" in 1810 [MD:596].

 

Dorchester County

1.    Money Lee, born say 1725, a "Spinster white woman," confessed in Dorchester County court in November 1754 that she had a "Mulatto" child by a "Negroe" on 10 December 1753 [Judgments 1754-5, 125-6]. She was probably the ancestor of

2        i. Rachel, born say 10 December 1753.

3        ii. David, born say 1770.

iii. Sarah, born say 1773, head of a Dorchester County household of 3 "other free" in 1800 [MD:656]. She was the mother of Rachel Denwood, born about 1792, who obtained a certificate of freedom in Dorchester County on 3 August 1815: of a light chesnut colour ... born free and is the daughter of Sarah Lee who was convicted for having a child by a slave, aged about 23 years.

iv. Henry, head of a Dorchester County household of 5 "other free" in 1800 [MD:695].

v. Draper, head of a Dorchester County household of 3 "other free" in 1800 [MD:655].

vi. Robert, "Negro" head of a Worcester County household of 5 "other free" in 1800 [MD:727].

 

2.    Rachel Lee, born say 10 December 1753, was convicted of having a child by a slave in Dorchester County. She was the mother of

i. Leah Baltimore, born say 1776, mother of Mahala Baltimore, born about 1796, who obtained a certificate of freedom in Dorchester County on 18 June 1815: of a light chesnut colour ... daughter of Leah Baltimore who was the daughter of Rachel Lee who was convicted and sold for having a child by a slave, aged about 19 years [Certificates of Freedom for Negroes 1806-64, 26, 27].

ii. Levin Johnson, born about 1780, obtained a certificate of freedom in Dorchester County on 13 September 1815: of a yellowish colour ... born free and is the son of Rachel Lee who was convicted and sold for having a illegitimate child, aged about 35 years [Certificates of Freedom for Negroes 1806-64, 29].

 

3.    David Lee, born say 1770, was head of a Dorchester County household of 6 "other free" in 1800 [MD:715]. He was the father of

i. Nancy Bishop Lee, born about 1799, obtained a certificate of freedom in Dorchester County on 7 December 1827: of a light chesnut colour, was born free and raised in Dorchester County and is the daughter of Nancy Lee who was manumitted by David Lee, aged about 18 years, granted on information of David Lee [Certificates of Freedom for Negroes 1806-64, 57].

ii. Major, born about 1802, obtained a certificate of freedom in Dorchester County on 21 April 1828: light chesnut colour ... born free, and is the son of David Lee aged about 26 years [Certificates of Freedom for Negroes 1806-64, 58].

iii. Pleasant Cornish, born about 1804, obtained a certificate of freedom in Dorchester County on 18 May 1824: of a chesnut colour ... daughter of David Lee a freeman, aged about 20 years [Certificates of Freedom for Negroes 1806-64, 50].

iv. Abraham, born about 1804, obtained a certificate of freedom in Dorchester County on 21 April 1828: dark chesnut colour ... born free and is the son of David Lee, aged about 24 years [Certificates of Freedom for Negroes 1806-64, 58].

 

LENKINS FAMILY

Members of the Lenkins family of Maryland were

i. Henley, "Mulatto" head of a Charles County household of 7 "other free" in 1790, perhaps identical to Henry Linkins, head of a Charles County household of 5 "other free" in 1810 [MD:348].

ii. Townly, "Mulatto" head of a Charles County household of 6 "other free" in 1790.

iii. Eleanor, "Mulatto" head of a Charles County household of 3 "other free" and 2 slaves in 1790.

iv. Sarah, born say 1750, charged Leonard Swann in Charles County court in March 1769 with begetting her illegitimate child [Court Records 1767-70, 405A]. She was head of a Charles County household of 7 "other free" in 1800 [MD:506].

v. Peter, head of a Charles County household of 5 "other free" in 1800 [MD:532] and 5 "other free," a white woman over 45 years old, and 2 slaves in 1810 [MD:325].

 

LETT FAMILY

Members of the Lett family were

1        i. Mary, born say 1706.

ii. Savory, born say 1713, married Simon Thompson ("negroes") on 10 November 1734 at St. Paul's Parish, Baltimore [Reamy, Records of St. Paul's Parish, I:31].

 

1.    Mary Lett, born say 1706, was convicted by the Baltimore County court in November 1728 and in March 1730/1 for having "Molatto" children by a "Negro" [Barnes, Baltimore Families]. She was the mother of

i. Sarah, born before August 1728.

ii. Zachariah, born about 1731.

 

They were apparently the ancestors of

i. Elijah, head of a Frederick County, Maryland household of 6 "other free" in 1790, a "Negro" or "Mulatto" taxable in Loudoun County, Virginia, from 1802 to 1805 [PPTL 1798-1812].

ii. Aquilla, head of a Frederick County, Maryland household of 5 "other free" in 1790, a "free Negro" taxable in Frederick County, Virginia from 1799 to 1802 [PPTL 1782-1802, frames 707, 745, 784, 821].

iii. Meshac, a "free Negro" taxable in Frederick County, Virginia, in 1800 and 1801 [PPTL 1782-1802, frame 784, 764].

iv. Rosalin, head of a Frederick County, Maryland household of 5 "other free" in 1790 and 3 in Washington County in 1800 [MD:638].

v. Daniel, taxable in Shenandoah County, Virginia, from 1806 to 1818 [PPTL 1800-18, frames 282, 407, 485, 538, 611, 657, 742, 776, 829], head of a Shenandoah County household of 6 "other free" in 1810.

vi. Charles, a "Mulatto" taxable in Loudoun County, Virginia, from 1803 to 1809: taxable on Benjamin, Elijah and Samuel Lett's tithe in 1803 [PPTL 1798-1812], head of a Jefferson County, Virginia household of 11 "other free" in 1810 [VA:78].

vii. Delilah, born about 1771, obtained a certificate of freedom in Frederick County, Maryland on 13 September 1826: about fifty five years of age...a bright Mulatto Woman...free Born as appears by the affidavit of Nicholas Willson [Certificates of Freedom 1808-42, 187].

viii. Zachariah², a "free Black" taxable in Shenandoah County from 1801 to 1813 [PPTL 1800-18, frames 54, 221, 282, 326, 408, 485, 538].

 

LEWIS FAMILY

1.    Margaret Lewis, born say 1712, the servant of Thomas Stocketts, had a "mulatto" daughter named Ann Lewis who was born in All Hollows Parish, Anne Arundel County, on 28 November 1733 [Wright, Anne Arundel County Church Records, 47]. In August 1737 she confessed to the Anne Arundel County court that she had another mixed-race child. She was the servant of Thomas Hands in August 1741 when she was convicted of having a third mixed-race child named Sarah [Judgment Record 1736-8, 250; 1740-3, 252]. Margaret was the mother of

i. Ann, born 28 November 1733.

ii. a child, born about 1737.

iii. Sarah, born about 1741.

 

They may have been the ancestors of

i. Samuel¹, head of a Frederick County household of 5 "other free" in 1800 [MD:969] and 5 in 1810 (S. Lewes) [MD:529].

ii. Samuel², head of an Anne Arundel County household of 9 "other free" in 1810 [MD:69].

iii. Abraham, head of a Baltimore County household of 7 "other free" in 1810 [MD:494].

iv. D., head of a Frederick County household of 4 "other free" in 1810 [MD:530].

v. C., head of a Frederick County household of 3 "other free" in 1810 [MD:554].

vi. R., head of a Baltimore City household of 3 "other free" in 1810 [MD:518].

vii. John, head of a Baltimore City household of 2 "other free" in 1810 [MD:173].

 

LONGO FAMILY

1.    Anthony Longo, born say 1625, was called Tony Longo "a negro" on 1 February 1647 when the Northampton County, Virginia Court ordered him to pay his debt of 384 pounds of tobacco to Francis White. He was taxable on one tithe in Northampton County in 1660 [Orders 1657-64, 102]. Edmund Morgan in "American Slavery - American Freedom" quoted a confrontation Anthony had with a Northampton County court official as evidence that racism had not yet taken hold on the Eastern Shore in the seventeenth century and how quickly Africans assumed typical English disdain for authority:

Anthony Longo: What shall I go to Mr. Walkers for: go about your business you idle rascal: I told him I had a warrant for him: shitt of your warrant have I nothing to do but go to Mr. Walker, go about your business you idle rascal as did likewise his wife, with such noise that I could hardly hear my own words, when I had done reading the warrant: stroke at me, and gave me some blows [Orders DW&c 1654-5, 60a].

He was apparently the father of

2        i. James¹, born say 1652.

 

2.    James¹ Longo born say 1652, was a tithable head of household in Accomack County from 1676 to 1692 [Orders 1676-78, 32, 58, 1678-82, 17, 101; W&cO 1682-97, 192, 228a, 258a]. He was a delinquent Accomack County militiaman in January 1685. On 20 September 1687 he and Jane Fitzgerald posted bond for Dorothy Bestick, servant of George Nicholas Hack of Pungoteague, who was presented by the court for having an illegitimate child by "George Francis Negro Slave to ye sd Geo Nich Hack." In 1687 Dorothy bound her daughter Sarah to him until the age of eighteen years [W&cO 1682-97, 57, 119a, 142a]. (On 19 February 1690 Dorothy Bestick was presented for having another illegitimate child [W&cO 1682-97, 175a, 181a, 187]. Perhaps her descendants were the two John Bosticks who were heads of "other free" Kent County, Delaware households in 1810 [DE:185, 188]). On 20 September 1687 James was fined 100 pounds of tobacco for assaulting Richard Shulster. Shulster testified that when he passed by James Longo's house on horseback,

James ... leaped over his fence furiously ... laye hold of ye Deponts. horses bridle ... calling the deponent Rogue, Rascall, and severall other scurrilous words over and over againe threatning to beate him and asked me why I did not come to pay him a dayes work ... layd his hands on my shoulder in a violent manner ... caused great paine.

The next day he brought suit in court against Shulster. He was sued by William Twyford on 20 November 1689 for failing to perform carpentry work which he had contracted for, and on 16 June 1691 the Accomack County court presented him for working on holy days [W&cO 1682-97, 119, 170a]. He was called James Longo "the Molatta" on 21 February 1694 when he was presented by the grand jury for turning a road which passed through his land [Orders 1690-7, 32, 123a, 124a]. On 2 April 1706 he petitioned the Accomack County court to permit him to turn this road. The court gave him permission to do so as long as the new road was as near to or nearer to Pungoteague and was well maintained. The court was not satisfied with the new road, and on 9 October 1707 the justices ordered him to reopen the original road. On 5 May 1708 he posted bond for the illegitimate child he had by Isabel Hutton (a white woman) who was presented by the court on 3 June 1707 for having a "Mulatto Bastard Child." On 5 May 1708 she testified in Accomack County court that James Longo "negro or mullatto" was the father of the child she was pregnant with, and on 5 August the same year she was called "Isabel Hutton who lives at James Longoes" when she was convicted of "having a Bastard Child by a Mulatto." The same court ordered that he be arrested for acting in a contemptuous manner when an officer of the court attempted to serve him with a warrant [Orders 1703-9, 68, 74, 98, 101a, 114, 114a, 122, 125]. He left a 13 August 1729 Accomack will, proved 1 September 1730. He left 70 acres of his land to his son James, 70 acres to his daughter Mary Huten, and 70 acres to his daughter Elizabeth, and the remainder of his estate to his wife Isabel. His wife and daughters were executrices of the will [Wills 1729-37, pt.1, 101]. His children were

i. ?Ann, born say 1683, a "Mallatta Woman" living at William Smith's who was presented by the Prince George's County court on 28 March 1703/4 for having an illegitimate child. She was called "Ann Congo," servant of William Smith, on 22 August 1704 when he paid her fine [Court Record 1699-1705, 289a, 309a].

ii. James², taxable head of a Matapony Hundred, Somerset County, Maryland household in 1727, and head of a household in Wicomoco Hundred from 1731 to 1740. In March 1740/1 Thomas and William Selby were indicted by the Somerset County court for stealing seven turkeys from him [Judicial Record 1740-2, 92, 96].

iii. Elizabeth.

iv. Mary Hutton, born about 1708. Her descendants were John Hutton, head of a Washington, D.C. household of 1 "other free" in 1800 and Sarah Hutton, head of a Kent County, Delaware household of 2 "other free" in 1810 [DE:198].

 

One of their Longo descendants was

i. Daniel, "Mulatto" taxable in Little Creek Hundred, Kent County, Delaware, in 1797 and 1798 [Assessments, frames 7, 483].

 

McDANIEL FAMILY

1.    Johanna McDaniel, born say 1720, confessed in Dorchester County court in November 1745 that she had an illegitimate "Mollatta" child by a "Negroe" on 10 May 1745. Her unnamed son was bound apprentice to Joseph Sherwood until the age of thirty-one [Judicial Records 1742-5, 474]. She may have been the ancestor of

i. Daniel, "Free Mulatto" head of a Queen Ann's County household of 2 "other free" and 4 slaves in 1790.

 

Another McDaniel Family:

1.    Alice McDaniel, born 18 March 1707, was a twenty-one-year-old "Mallatto Born of a white Woman" who was living in Charles County on 13 August 1728 when the court ordered that she serve John Howard (the highest bidder) to the age of thirty one. She was presented by the Charles County court on 11 March 1728/9 for having an illegitimate child on information of Constable George Thomas [Court Record 1727-31, 153, 229].

 

MACDONALD FAMILY

1.    Grace Macdonald, born say 1670, was listed in the 15 March 1713/4 Charles County inventory of Edmund Howard, Gentleman:

One Irish woman named Grace Marryed to a Negroe man - 5 pounds

1 mollatto girl

said Man & woman &c born in Virg^a before her

Mother's Intermarriage w^th said Negroe } 10 pounds

one D^o boy named Benj^m born since their Marriage - 6 pounds

one D^o Girl Alice also borne since Marriage - 11 pounds [Prerogative Court Inventories and Accounts, Vol. 35A, 248-52].

Grace Macdonald was a "poor indigent Woman" who died before 14 June 1720 when the Charles County court allowed Thomas Howard 300 pounds of tobacco for taking care of her during "her long sickness" and burying her. The same court bound her thirteen-year-old "Malatto" daughter Alice to him and his wife Elizabeth Howard [Court Record 1717-20, 335, 337; 1720-2, 38]. Grace was the mother of

i. an unnamed "molatto girl," born say 1697 in Virginia.

ii. Benjamin, born say 1700.

2        iii. Alice, born about 1703.

 

2.    Alice MacDonald, born about 1703, was a thirteen-year-old "Malatto" girl bound to Thomas and Elizabeth Howard by the Charles County court on 14 June 1720. She may have been the mother of

3        i. Joanne, born say 1733.

 

3.    Joanne McDonnald, born say 1733, was convicted of having a "Mulatto" child in Queen Anne's County in June 1753 [Criminal Record, n.p., cited by Hodes, White Women, Black Men, 220]. She was probably the mother of

i. Daniel, head of a Queen Anne's County household of 10 "other free" in 1800 [MD:355].

ii. Charles, head of an Octararo, Cecil County household of 1 "other free" in 1790.

 

MADDEN FAMILY

1.    Margaret Madden, born say 1705, the servant of Edward Needles of St. Peter's Parish, was convicted by the Talbot County court in March 1724/5 of having an illegitimate child by a "Negroe." The following year in March 1725/6 she confessed to having another child by Sampson, the slave of Aaron Parrot. In November 1727 she confessed to having another illegitimate child by a "Negroe," and the court bound her daughter Grace to her master until thirty-one. In November 1730 the court sold her to her master for twenty-eight years for four convictions and sold her son Isaac, born 29 May 1730, to her master for 4,000 pounds of tobacco. She was convicted and sold for another term of seven years in June 1733, and was called Margaret Maddin a white woman in June 1742 when she was convicted of the same offence and ordered to serve a sixth term of seven years [Judgment Record 1725-6, 64-5, 480-1; 1727-8, 345; 1728-31, 312; 1731-3, 673; 1742, 93-4]. She was the mother of

i. Grace, born about 1727, confessed to the Talbot County court in March 1744/5 that she had an illegitimate child for which she received ten lashes. She was called Grace Madden, Junr., in November 1747 when she was ordered to serve Edward Needles for the trouble of his house [Judgment Record 1744-5, 230-1].

ii. Isaac, born 29 May 1730.

 

They were the ancestors of

i. Rebecca Maden, born say 1767, head of a Caroline County household of 5 "other free" in 1790.

2        ii. John, born say 1770.

iii. Levin, born say 1773, head of a Talbot County, Maryland household of 4 "other free" and a white woman in 1800 [MD:531].

iv. Jenney, born say 1775, head of a Talbot County household of 3 "other free" in 1800 [MD:536].

v. Martin, born say 1776, head of a Talbot County household of 1 "other free" and a slave in 1800 [MD:506].

vi. Toby, born about 1787, obtained a certificate of freedom in Talbot County on 9 September 1815: a light Black man ... about 28 years of age, 5 feet 6 1/2 inches high [Certificates of Freedom 1807-15, 13].

vii. John, born about 1788, obtained a certificate of freedom in Talbot County on 28 August 1811: a black man ... about twenty three years of age, five feet Seven Inches and Three quarters ... rather of a bright Complexion was born free and that he was raised in the County [Certificates of Freedom 1807-15, 53].

viii. William, born about 1790, obtained a certificate of freedom in Talbot County on 27 July 1813: born free and raised in the County ... about 23 years of age, five feet 4 3/4 inches high of a dark Mullatto Colour [Certificates of Freedom 1807-15, 72].

 

2.    John Madan, born say 1770, and his wife, Elizabeth, "free Mulattoes," baptized their children in St. Paul's Parish, Baltimore, Maryland, on 17 September 1797. They were the parents of

i. William, born 24 July 1791, baptized 17 September 1797.

ii. George, born 5 February 1797, baptized 17 September 1797 [Reamy, Records of St. Paul's Parish, I:111].

 

MAGEE FAMILY

1.    Fortune Magee, born say 1687, was a servant of Mrs. Mary Day, called "Fortune a Mallatto girl," in March 1699 when she was convicted by the Somerset County court of stealing goods from James Maxwell, a merchant. On 15 June 1705 the Somerset County court ordered that she serve Mrs. Day until the age of thirty-one, explaining that she was the "mulatto" daughter of Maudlin Magee, a white woman living in Somerset County who was married to George Magee at the time [Judicial Records 1698-1701, 134; 1702-5, in Land Records GI:251]. Fortune was taxable in Baltimore Hundred, Somerset County, in 1735. In 1712 she bound her children, Ross, Sue, and Perlina to Mrs. Day [Judicial Records 1711-3, 220]. Her children were

i. Ross, born March 1703.

ii. Sue Magee alias Game, born in April 1705, a "mulatto" woman living in Stepney Parish, Somerset County, Maryland, from 1745 to 1755 when her "mulatto" children, James, Jenney, and Nelly Magee were born.

iii. Perlina, born in April 1707, five years old "next April" in March 1712 when she was bound apprentice.

 

Their descendants in Maryland and Delaware were

i. Robert McGee, head of an Allegany County, Maryland household of 7 "other free" in 1800 [MD:3].

ii. Susannah Megee, head of a Sussex County, Delaware household of 3 "other free" in 1800 [DE:391].

iii. Job Mcey, head of a Sussex County, Delaware household of 4 "other free" in 1810 [DE:384].

iv. George, born before 1776, head of a Northwest Fork, Sussex County household of 3 "free colored" in 1820 [DE:242].

 

MAHONEY FAMILY

Patrick and Charles Mahoney won a suit for freedom against their master, Ashton, in October 1797 on testimony that the family descended from a "negro" woman named Ann Joice who was carried by her owner to England and then imported to Maryland by Lord Baltimore as a slave about 1680. The parties in the case agreed that she was the mother of William Digges' Sue (a mulatto woman), and four "mulatto" men: David (a carpenter), Frank Herbert, Jack Wood, and Tom Crane.(1) Ownership of Ann Joice and her children passed to Henry Darnall of Anne Arundel County. William Digges' Sue was the mother of Warren's Poll, Hill's Nelly, and Carroll's Sue. Carroll's Sue was the mother of Nelly, who was the mother of Patrick and Charles Mahoney. The Court of Appeals reversed the ruling and found for Ashton in 1802 [Catterall, Judicial Cases Concerning Slavery, IV:53-5].

 

Members of the Mahoney family who were free in Maryland were

1        i. Patrick, born say 1760.

ii. Charles¹, born day 1768, living in Anne Arundel County on 4 May 1801 when John Ashton recorded a deed of manumission to him in Charles County [Land Records IB #6, 118]. He was head of an Anne Arundel County household of 5 "other free" in 1810 (called Charles Mahan) [MD:93]. He was the brother of Gabriel and Barney Mahoney and was living in Washington, D.C., on 16 September 1817 when he and Barney manumitted Gabriel's wife and son [Provine, District of Columbia Free Negro Registers, 144].

2        iii. Gabriel¹, born say 1770.

3        iv. Barney, born say 1771.

v. James, born say 1775, and his wife Teresa, "free Mulattoes," the parents of Charles Mahony, a nine-month-old child baptized on 16 November 1800 at St. Peter's Cathedral in Baltimore [Piet, Catholic Church Records in Baltimore, 79].

vi. Daniel, born about 1772, a thirty-three-year-old "yellow man" manumitted by John Ashton by deed recorded in Charles County on 13 August 1805 [Land Records IB #6, 418]. He was called Daniel Mahan in 1810, head of an Anne Arundel County household of 8 "other free" [MD:97].

vii. Thomas Mahan, head of an Anne Arundel County household of 7 "other free" in 1810 [MD:59].

viii. Robert Mahan, head of an Anne Arundel County household of 2 "other free" in 1810 [MD:74].

ix. John, head of an Octararo, Cecil County household of 1 "other free" in 1790.

 

1.    Patrick Mahoney, born say 1760, was manumitted by John Ashton by deed recorded in Charles County on 4 May 1804 [Land Records IB #6, 117]. He was head of an Anne Arundel County household of 8 "other free" in 1810 [MD:60]. He was the father of

i. Gabriel², born about 1795, obtained a certificate of freedom in Prince George's County on 5 April 1815: a bright mulatto youth about 17 years old ... was raised in the family of Benjamin Hall and afterwards sold to his father Patrick Mahony, a free man of color, who afterwards manumitted Gabriel [Provine, Registrations of Free Negroes, 18].

 

2.    Gabriel¹ Mahoney, born say 1770, was head of a St. Mary's County household of 3 "other free" in 1810 [MD:213]. He was manumitted by Walter Leigh on 28 July 1804, and on 12 March 1810 Gabriel purchased his wife Alley and son Charles from William Zachary. He died on 26 December 1815 intestate and did not free his wife or son. His brothers Charles and Barney manumitted Alley (born about 1773) and seven-year-old son Charles on 16 September 1817 [Provine, District of Columbia Free Negro Registers, 144]. Gabriel and Alley were the parents of

i. Charles², born about 1810.

 

3.    Barney¹ Mahoney, born say 1771, his wife Linda (born about 1773), and their eight children were freed by Osborn Sprigg of Prince George's County on 15 February 1813 [Provine, District of Columbia Free Negro Registers, 144]. Barney and Linda were the parents of

i. Patsey, born about 1793.

ii. Ellen, born about 1797.

iii. Ann, born about 1801, obtained a certificate of freedom in Washington on 2 August 1831: a bright mulatto woman about thirty years old.

iv. Caroline, born about 1803.

v. Mary, born about 1804.

vi. Susan, born about 1807.

vii. Daniel, born about 1809.

viii. Barney², born about 1812.

 

Endnotes:

1.    "Negroes" Jack Wood, Davy, and Jack Crane were sentenced to death by the Prince George's County court in July 1770 for murdering a white man named William Elson by cutting his throat with an axe. The court ordered that they have their right hands cut off, that they be hanged by the neck until they were dead, that their heads be severed into four quarters and their remains be set up in the most public place in the county [Court Record 1768-70, 25-6, 589].

 

MALAVERY FAMILY

1.    Richard Malavery, born say 1695, was taxable in Manokin Hundred, Somerset County, Maryland in 1725 [List of Taxable Persons]. He married Dinah Mongom (nee Harmon?), widow of Philip³ Mongom, about 1728 when she was a taxable in his Northampton County, Virginia, household. They were called Richard and Dinah Munlavery in the Northampton County list for 1731 [L.P. 1728-31]. They were probably the parents of

2        i. Dorcas, born say 1720.

ii. Thomas, born say 1727, taxable in Manokin Hundred, Somerset County, Maryland in 1743 in the household of Isaac Baston. He was sued in Somerset County court by Smith Hersey in August 1747 for 13 pounds which he had signed a promissory note for on 11 May 1745. Thomas claimed that he should not have had to pay the note because he had signed it under duress while in prison. The court found in his favor and ordered Hersey to pay him 1,288 pounds of tobacco for his court costs [Judicial Record 1747-9, 17].

 

2.    Dorcas Malavery, born say 1720, was living in Coventry Parish on 20 March 1738/9 when the Somerset County court indicted her for having an illegitimate child. She confessed and named the father, Jonas Miller who was called "Jonas Hogskin (Hodgskin), a "Mallatto," on 19 August 1739 when he confessed and was fined 30 shillings. Dorcas sued James Ottley in Somerset County court on 18 August 1747 for detaining her as a servant. She was apparently identical to Dorcas "wife of Negro Harry" whose "Malatto" children were bound to Ottley by the same court [Judicial Record 1738-40, 74, 171; 1747-49, 6, 10]. She was called Darkes Melavery when she was taxable in Pocomoke Hundred, Somerset County, in 1749 and 1750 [1749, 1750 Tax List] and called Dorcas Malavery in August 1750 when she petitioned the court saying that Ottley had sold one of her children to someone in Accomack County and was mistreating the other two. The case was dismissed with each party paying their own costs [Judicial Record 1749-51, 178].

i. David, born in November 1739, "Malatto son of Negro Harry and Dorcas his wife," eight years old when he was bound apprentice to James Ottley on 18 August 1747.

ii. Harry, born in November 1741, six years old when he was bound to James Ottley.

iii. Elijah, born in October 1745, two years old when he was bound to James Ottley.

 

MALLORY FAMILY

1.    Elizabeth Murrely, born say 1682, the servant of Robert Tyler, was convicted by the Prince George's County court on 26 November 1700 of having an illegitimate "Malatta" child by a "Negro Man." The court ordered that she be sold for seven years at the expiration of her indenture. She was called "Elizabeth Mallary Servant to Robert Tyler" on 25 November 1702 when the court ordered that she serve him 12 months for the trouble of his house in having a "Malatta" child. She was called "Elizabeth Mallary Late Servant to Mr. Robert Tyler" on 28 March 1703/4 when the court sold her for seven years to Abraham Clark who promised that "she shall not work in the Grounds" [Court Record 1699-1705, 80a, 215, 289a]. She may have been the ancestor of

i. Lucy Mallory, married John Johns, 24 January 1761 in Goochland County [Jones, The Douglas Register, 109].

ii. Aggy Mallery, head of a Richmond City, Virginia household of 3 "other free" in 1810 [VA:374].

iii. Mallory Johns, born say 1752, a "mulato" taxable in Tillotson Parish, Buckingham County, Virginia in 1773 [Woodson, Virginia Tithables from Burned Counties, 62] and head of an Amherst County household of one "other free" in 1810 [VA:286]. He had a case against Caleb Watts for slander in Amherst County court in March 1802 [McLeRoy, Strangers in Their Midst, 162].

 

MARSHALL FAMILY

1.    William Marshall, born say 1720, a white planter, married Anne Perle, a "Mulatto" woman in Prince George's County before 23 August 1743 when the court ordered that he be sold for seven years. He was ordered to be released from prison so the case could be tried at the Provincial Court [Court Record 1743-4, 17]. He may have been the ancestor of

i. Tom, head of a New Castle County, Delaware household of 8 "other free" in 1800 [MD:269].

Clement, head of a Prince George's County household of 5 "other free" and 4 slaves in 1810 [MD:78].

ii. William, head of a New Castle County household of 7 "other free" in 1810 [DE:301], perhaps the husband of Lucy Marshall, head of a Milford, Kent County, Delaware household of 3 "free colored" in 1820 [DE:86].

iii. John, born say 1770, married to Susanna, "free negroes," when they registered the birth and baptism of their daughter Mary in St. Paul's Parish, Baltimore: born 31 December 1792, baptized 3 March 1793 [Reamy, Records of St. Paul's Parish, I:64].

iv. Isaac, head of an Accomack County household of 9 "other free" in 1810 [VA:113].

 

MASON FAMILY

Members of the Mason family in Maryland were

i. Benjamin, born say 1735, "a Mulatto fellow born at the mouth of the Patuxent" who was among three sailors who ran away from the ship Dragon according to an advertisement placed by their captain in the 6 August 1761 issue of the Maryland Gazette [Green, The Maryland Gazette 1727-61, 271]. He was a "blk." head of a St. Mary's County household of 4 "other free" in 1810 [MD:208].

ii. Henny, head of a St. Mary's County household of 13 "other free" in 1790 and 15 in 1800 [MD:420].

iii. Milly¹, born say 1755, mother of Ann Lawrence (born about 1777) who obtained a certificate of freedom in St. Mary's County on 29 April 1822: daughter of Milly Mason, about 45 years of age ... light complexion.

iv. Joseph, head of a St. Mary's County household of 6 "other free" in 1790, 5 in 1800 [MD:392] and 7 in 1810 [MD:208].

v. Dinah, head of a Queen Anne's County household of 6 "other free" in 1790 [MD:99].

1        vi. Drady, born about 1765.

vii. Elizabeth¹, head of a St. Mary's County household of 4 "other free" in 1790.

viii. Chester, "Negro" head of a Kent County household of 3 "other free" and a slave in 1790 [MD:82].

ixi. Henry¹, born about 1778, obtained a certificate of freedom in St. Mary's County on 12 November 1813: thirty five years ... complexion yellow, hair short and woolly ... born free. He was a "blk." head of a St. Mary's County household of 6 "other free" in 1810 [MD:221].

x. Milly², born about 1781, obtained a certificate of freedom in St. Mary's County in August 1807: about twenty six years of age, yellow complexion, was free born.

xi. John, born about 1783, obtained a certificate of freedom in St. Mary's County on 23 November 1813: aged thirty years ... Complexion Copper, hair short & woolly ... born free.

xii. Elizabeth², born about 1787, obtained a certificate of freedom in St. Mary's County on 5 August 1807: about twenty years of age, yellow complexion, was born free. She was head of a St. Mary's County household of 1 "other free" in 1810 [MD:215].

xiii. Matthew, born about 1789, obtained a certificate of freedom in St. Mary's County on 12 March 1810: aged twenty one years or thereabouts ... Complexion not being black, hair short ... born free.

xiv. Priscilla, born about 1790, obtained a certificate of freedom in St. Mary's County on 21 August 1809: aged nineteen years or thereabouts ... born free.

xv. Rebecca, born about 1791, obtained a certificate of freedom in St. Mary's County on 24 August 1809: eighteen years ... complexion yellow - hair streight ... born free [Certificates of Freedom 1806-64, 1, 2, 7, 8, 24, 59].

 

1.    Drady Mason, born about 1765, was a "blk." head of a St. Mary's County household of 5 "other free" in 1810 [MD:222]. She obtained a certificate of freedom in St. Mary's County on 2 August 1814: aged forty nine years or thereabouts ... Complexion bright yellow - hair short & Curley ... born free. She was the mother of

i. James, born about 1789, obtained a certificate of freedom in St. Mary's County on 17 August 1809: aged 20 years or thereabouts ... Complexion rather dark, hair short & nappy ... son of a free born woman named Drayten Mason.

ii. Perry, born about 1802, obtained a certificate of freedom in St. Mary's County on 13 July 1824: son of Drady Mason, about 22 years old, bright complexion ... born free.

iii. Harry², born about 1802, obtained a certificate of freedom in St. Mary's County on 13 July 1823: son of Drady Mason, aged 21 years .... dark complexion [Certificates of Freedom 1806-64, 7, 28, 65, 66].

 

MASSEY FAMILY

Members of the Massey family were

i. Ame, head of a Queen Anne's County household of 2 "other free" in 1790.

ii. Thomas, head of a Queen Anne's County household of 6 "other free" in 1800 [MD:357].

iii. John, head of a Kent County household of 4 "other free" in 1800 [MD:151].

iv. Abraham, head of a Kent County household of 4 "other free" in 1800 [MD:163].

v. David, head of a Kent Count household of 2 "other free" in 1800 [MD:151].

vi. Henny, born say 1780, living in St. Mary's County on 3 November 1819 when her son Alexander obtained a certificate of freedom: son of Henny ... about seventeen of a very bright complexion ... born free and was borned and raised in Saint Mary's County [Certificates of Freedom 1806-64, 53].

 

MATTHEWS FAMILY

Members of the Matthews family were

i. Nicholas, head of an Anne Arundel County household of 9 "other free" in 1790.

ii. Edward, head of a Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania household of 5 "other free" in 1790.

1        iii. Catherine, born about 1771.

iv. George, head of a Charles County household of 4 "other free" in 1800 [MD:561].

v. Susanna, head of a Frederick County household of 3 "other free" in 1800 [MD:909].

 

1.    Catherine Matthews, born about 1771, obtained a certificate of freedom in Prince George's County on 28 July 1826: a black woman, about 55 years old, and 5 feet 5 inches tall ... born free in Prince George's County. She was the mother of

i. Mary Peal, born about 1796, obtained a certificate of freedom in Prince George's County between 24 September and 15 October 1827: a black woman, about 31 years old, and 5 feet 3-1/2 inches tall .. daughter of Catherine Matthews. Her daughter Frances Bacon registered the same day: a black woman about 17 years old, 5 feet 2-1/4 inches tall ... daughter of Mary Peal.

ii. Henny, born about 1802, obtained a certificate of freedom in Prince George's County on 28 July 1826: a dark mulatto woman, about 24 years old, and 5 feet 1-1/2 inches tall ... born free ... daughter of Catherine Matthews.

iii. Rezin, born about 1804, obtained a certificate of freedom in Prince George's County on 29 July 1826: a black man, about 22 years old, and 5 feet 7 inches tall ... son of Catherine Matthews [Provine, Registrations of Free Negroes, 58].

 

MAYHEW/ MAYHALL FAMILY

1.    Thomas¹ Mayhew, born say 1708, may have been identical to "1 Indian Man Named Tom" who was valued at 32 pounds and listed among the slaves of the Honorable Thomas Addison, Esquire, deceased, on 10 August 1727 when his widow Eleanor Addison brought the estate to an appraisement in Prince George's County, Maryland [Prerogative Court Inventories 1727-9, 12:295-313]. Thomas India petitioned the Prince George's County court in March 1729 stating that he was free born, baptized in England, and imported with his mother into Maryland under indenture. However, he was detained as a slave by Madam Eleanor Addison [Court Record 1728-9, 413]. He was probably the father of

2        i. Thomas², born say 1735.

 

2.    Thomas² Mayhew, born say 1735, escaped from the Prince George's County jail according to the 29 May 1760 issue of the Maryland Gazette. He was described as "of a very dark Complexion, his Father being an East-India Indian ... formerly lived in lower Prince George's County" [Green, The Maryland Gazette, 1727-61, 246]. He may have been the father of

i. Robert Mayhall, "Mulatto" head of a Charles County household of 9 "other free" in 1790.

ii. William Mahuel, head of a Queen Anne's County household of 1 "other free" in 1790.

 

MEAD FAMILY

Members of the Mead family in Maryland and Pennsylvania were

i. Lucy, born say 1750.

ii. Primus, born say 1760, head of a Delaware County, Pennsylvania household of 3 "other free" in 1790.

 

1.    Lucy Mead, born say 1750, was head of a Baltimore City household of 5 "other free" in 1800 [MD:278]. She may have been the mother of

2        i. Jeffey, born say 1773.

 

2.    Jeffrey Mead, born say 1773, and his wife Phoebe registered the birth and baptism of their daughter Mary Anne in St. Paul's Parish, Baltimore. Their daughter was

i. Mary Anne, born 1 April, baptized 17 April 1796 [Reamy, Records of St. Paul's Parish, I:96].

 

MILLER FAMILY

1.    Jacob Miller, born say 1705, was taxable in Little Creek Hundred, Kent County, Delaware, in 1727, taxable in Murderkill Hundred from 1735 to 1738 when he was identified as a "Negro," and taxable in Dover Hundred from 1756 to 1765. He may have been the ancestor of

i. Debricks/ Debrix¹, born say 1758, taxable in Dover Hundred from 1778, a "Negro" taxable in Little Creek Hundred, in 1782 and 1783, and taxable in Little Creek Hundred, Kent County, on 2 horses, a cow and a heifer in 1796.

ii. Aaron, "Negro" taxable in Murderkill Hundred, Kent County, in 1778 and 1789, head of a Kent County household of 10 "other free" in 1800 [DE:50].

iii. Isaac, a taxable "Negro" in Little Creek Hundred, Kent County, from 1779 to 1783.

iv. John, a taxable "Negro" in Dover Hundred from 1770 to 1773.

v. Peter, a taxable "Negro" in Little Creek Hundred, Kent County from 1777 to 1797 head of a Little Creek Neck, Kent County household of 4 "other free" in 1800 [DE:35] and 3 in Sussex County in 1810 [DE:435].

vi. Drake, head of a Dagsboro, Sussex County household of 7 "free colored" in 1820 [DE:374].

vii. Deberox², born 1776-1794, head of a Duck Creek Hundred, Kent County household of 7 "free colored" in 1820 [DE:49].

viii. Charles, a taxable "Negro" in Jones Hundred, Kent County in 1780, head of a Dover Hundred, Kent County household of 4 "free colored" in 1820 [DE:41].

 

MINOR FAMILY

1.    Jacob Miner, born say 1700, was a "free Negroe" who had a "Mollattoe" child by Elizabeth Carr, the white servant of Thomas Strong of Shrewsbury Parish, Kent County, Maryland, in 1725 [Criminal Records 1724-8, 155-7]. He may have been the ancestor of

i. Jonathan Minor, head of a Spotsylvania County, Virginia household of 4 "other free" in 1810.

 

MITCHELL FAMILY

1.    Anne Mitchell, born say 1705, the servant of John Edmondson of St. Peter's Parish, confessed to the Talbot County court in March 1724/5 that she had an illegitimate child by a "Negroe." In November 1725 the court sold her daughter Esther to her master until the age of thirty-one. She was convicted of having a second mixed-race child in March 1726/7. In March 1727/8 the court sold her to her master for fourteen years. In March 1730/1 she was fined six hundred pounds of tobacco for having a child by Benjamin Guy alias Williams. Benjamin was ordered to serve Edmonson for one year to pay for their fines. She was fined for fornication again in March 1732/3 [Judgment Record 1723-4, 277; 1724, 38; 1725-6, 73-4; 1727-8, 23, 454; 1728-31, 349; 1731-3, 631]. She was the mother of

i. Esther, born before 3 March 1723/4, bound to serve John Edmondson in November 1725 until the age of thirty-one. In November 1741 she was called a spinster "Mulatto" woman of St. Peter's Parish when she confessed to the Talbot County court that she had two illegitimate children and paid a thirty shillings fine for each [Judgment Record 1740-2, 318-9].

 

MOLUCK FAMILY

Members of the Moluck family in Dorchester County were

i. Roger, head of a Dorchester County household of 6 "other free" in 1790.

ii. Moses, head of a Dorchester County household of 3 "other free" and a white woman in 1790.

iii. Polly, born about 1792, obtained a certificate of freedom in Dorchester County on 22 May 1810: a Mulatto Girl about eighteen years of age ... with straight hair, was born free and raised in Dorchester County [Certificates of Freedom for Negroes 1806-64, 12].

 

MONK FAMILY

Members of the Monk family were

i. Jane, "Mulatto" head of a Charles County household of 4 "other free" in 1790.

ii. Edward, head of a Montgomery County household of 4 "other free" in 1790.

iii. William, "Negro" head of a Kent Count household of 3 "other free" in 1790.

iv. Elizabeth, born say 1785, living in Saint Mary's County on 6 August 1822 when her daughter Ann obtained a certificate of freedom in St. Mary's County: daughter of Eliz. Monk ... aged about 16 years, of a light complexion ... born free ... in Saint Mary's County [Certificates of Freedom 1806-64, 60].

 

MOORE FAMILY

Members of the Moore family in Maryland were

i. Daniel, "Negro" head of a Kent County household of 5 "other free" in 1790 and 3 in 1800 [MD:151].

ii. Daniel, Jr., head of a Kent County household of 4 "other free" in 1800 [MD:152].

iii. John, head of an Octararo, Cecil County household of 4 "other free" in 1790.

iv. William, head of a Baltimore City household of 9 "other free" in 1800 [MD:284].

v. Richard, head of a Kent County household of 6 "other free" in 1800 [MD:151].

vi. Hannibal, head of a Talbot County household of 5 "other free" in 1800 [MD:521].

1        vii. Peggy, born about 1758.

2        viii. Levi, born say 1770.

 

1.    Peggy Moore, born about 1758, was "upwards of fifty years old" on 19 April 1808 when she obtained a certificate of freedom for herself and son Joseph Moore in Washington, D.C.: a colored woman named Indian Peg, who now calls herself Peggy Moore ... upwards of fifty years old. She testified that her son Joseph, born in October 1779, was born in Charles County where she lived from her childhood. Joseph was brought up by Thomas Gilpin [Provine, District of Columbia Free Negro Registers, 224]. Peggy was the mother of

i. Joseph, born in October 1779. He may have been the Joseph Moore (no race indicated) who was being held as a slave by William Hepburn before 21 August 1786 when the Fairfax County, Virginia court ordered him discharged because he was born of free parents [Orders 1783-8, 254].

 

2.    Levi Moore, born say 1770, was head of a Dorchester County household of 5 "other free" in 1800 [MD:732]. He was the father of

i. Nancy, born about 1795, obtained a certificate of freedom in Dorchester County on 13 August 1811: of a copper colour ... born free, raised in Dorchester County, Daughter of Levi Moore aged about 16 years on information of Levi Moore.

ii. Matilda, born about 1799, obtained a certificate of freedom in Dorchester County on 18 April 1816: dark chesnut colour ... born free .... daughter of Levi Moore aged about 17 years information of Levi Moore

iii. Kitty, born about 1801, obtained a certificate of freedom in Dorchester County on 18 April 1816: dark chesnut colour ... born free .... daughter of Levi Moore aged about 15 years information of Levi Moore [Certificates of Freedom for Negroes 1806-64, 17].

 

MORRIS FAMILY

Mixed-race members of the Morris family in Maryland and Delaware may have been related to the Morris family of the Eastern Shore of Virginia. They were

1        i. Nathaniel, born say 1722.

2        ii. Elizabeth¹, born about 1726.

 

1.    Nathaniel¹ Morris, born say 1722, a "mulatto," was taxable in the household of James Longo in Wicomoco Hundred, Somerset County, in 1740.(1) He registered the birth of his son, Levi, in St. George's Protestant Episcopal Church, Sussex County, Delaware, on 17 January 1747/8 [Wright, Vital Records of Kent and Sussex Counties, 93]. He was taxable in Broadkill Hundred, Sussex County, from 1770 to 1774. He was the father of

3        i. Levi¹, born 17 January 1747/8.

ii. Elizabeth³, born say 1752, married Thomas Clerk (Clark) ("Mustees, free"), 1 July 1773 in Lewes and Coolspring Presbyterian Church [Records of the United Presbyterian Churches of Lewes, Indian River and Cool Spring, Delaware 1756-1855, 286].

 

2.    Elizabeth¹ Morris, born about 1726, was a "Molatto Girle" aged twelve years old, bound until the age of twenty-one, and valued at 18 pounds in the 25 July 1738 Talbot County estate of John Vickers [Prerogative Court Inventories 1737-9, 23:488]. She may have been the mother of

i. John, head of a Queen Anne's County household of 8 "other free" in 1790.

ii. Elizabeth², born say 1750, presented by the Queen Anne's County court in March 1770 for having an illegitimate child by a "negro." She was sold for seven years and her daughter Jane, born 7 January 1770, was sold for thirty-one years to William Robinson for a total of 2,600 pounds of tobacco [Surles, And they Appeared at Court 1770-1772, 5].

 

3.    Levi¹ Morris, born 17 January 1747/8, married Sarah Hanzer, in September 1768 in Sussex County, Delaware [Records of the United Presbyterian Churches of Lewes, Indian River and Cool Spring, Delaware 1756-1855, 279]. He was a delinquent taxable in Sussex County in 1767, a delinquent taxable in Lewes and Rehoboth Hundreds, Sussex County, in 1787, head of an Indian River, Sussex County household of 4 "other free" in 1800 [DE:438] and 5 in 1810 [DE:456]. He may have been the father of

i. Nathaniel², born say 1775, married Alice Handsor, "Two free Mulatoes," on 24 December 1799 in Sussex County, Delaware, and second, Sarah Cornish, "free Mulattoes," on 5 December 1802 [Records of the United Presbyterian Churches of Lewes, Indian River and Cool Spring, Delaware 1756-1855, 315, 318]. He was head of an Indian River, Sussex County household of 2 "other free" in 1800 [DE:438] and 8 "free colored" in 1820 [DE:220].

ii. Nancy, married Abel Jacobs, "free Mulattoes," on 18 April 1802 in Sussex County, Delaware [Records of the United Presbyterian Churches of Lewes, Indian River and Cool Spring, Delaware 1756-1855, 310, 318].

iii. Levy², born 1776-1794, married ___ Oakey in May 1805 and second, Eunice Johnson, "Mulattoes," on 19 December 1810 in Sussex County, Delaware [Records of the United Presbyterian Churches of Lewes, Indian River and Cool Spring, Delaware 1756-1855, 322]. He was head of an Indian River, Sussex County household of 3 "other free" in 1810 [DE:416] and 5 "free colored" in 1820 [DE:208].

iv. Simon, head of an Indian River, Sussex County household of 3 "other free" in 1800 [DE:308].

v. Isaac, head of an Indian River, Sussex County household of 4 "free colored" in 1820 [DE:214].

Endnotes:

1.    The Longo family was from Accomack County, Virginia.

 

MORTIS FAMILY

1.    Mary Mortus, born say 1702, was the servant of Thomas Wilson on 27 March 1721/2 when the Prince George's County court presented her for having an illegitimate "Malatto" child. On 26 June 1722 she confessed that her master's "negroe man" Hannibal was the father. The court sold her and her child to John Middleton and ordered that Hannibal receive fifteen lashes [Court Record 1720-2, 484, 561, 619-20]. She was probably the mother of

2        i. Anne, about 1722.

 

2.    Anne Mortis, born about 1722, was the "Molatto" servant of Thomas Edelen on 22 June 1742 when she was presented by the Prince George's County court for having an illegitimate child. On 22 November 1742 she confessed to the charge, and the court ordered that she receive fifteen lashes. On 22 November 1743 the court bound her son Bob to Thomas Edelin, Jr., until the age of thirty-one. On 23 June 1747 she was called "Molatto Nan" when the court sold her for seven years to Thomas Edelin Jr. and sold her twelve-month-old "Mullatto" daughter Rachel to Baruch Williams until the age of thirty-one [Court Record 1742-3, 2, 240; 1743-4, 2, 147, 169, 170; 1746-7, 629]. She was the mother of

i. Robert, born about 1742.

ii. Rachel, born about June 1746.

 

MOSELY FAMILY

1.    William Mosely, born say 1725, a "mulatto," registered the birth of his daughter, Elizabeth, on 17 January 1747/8 at St. George's Protestant Episcopal Church, Indian River Hundred, Sussex County, Delaware [Wright, Vital Records of Kent and Sussex Counties, 93]. He was the father of

2        i. ?John, born say 1746.

ii. Elizabeth, born 17 January 1747/8.

iii. Absolem¹, born say 1749, taxable in the Slaughter Creek section of Cedar Creek Hundred, Sussex County, in 1770.

 

2.    John¹ Mosely, born say 1746, and his wife, Elizabeth, had their son Billy baptized on 9 September 1770 at St. George's Protestant Episcopal Church, Indian River Hundred, Sussex County [Wright, Vital Records of Kent and Sussex Counties, 100]. He was a taxable "Molatto" in Little Creek Hundred, Sussex County, in 1796, taxable in Nanticoke Hundred in 1790, head of a Nanticoke Hundred household of 8 "other free" in 1800 [DE:342], 8 in 1810 [DE:462], and 5 "free colored" in Broadkiln Hundred in 1820 [DE:330]. They were the parents of

i. William², born 1 October 17__, baptized 9 September 1770.

ii. ?Solomon¹, head of a Cedar Creek, Sussex County household of 9 "other free" in 1800 [DE:307].

iii. ?Jacob, head of an Octararo, Cecil County, Maryland household of 1 "other free" in 1790.

iv. ?Cornelius¹, head of a Lewes and Rehoboth Hundred, Sussex County household of 6 "other free" in 1800 [DE:414].

v. ?Purnal, born before 1776, head of a Sussex County household of 8 "other free" in 1810 [DE:463] and 10 "free colored" in Broadkiln Hundred in 1820 [DE:334].

vi. ?John², head of a Sussex County household of 6 "other free" in 1810 [DE:455] and 6 "free colored" in Broadkiln Hundred in 1820 [DE:334].

 

Other members of the family in Delaware were

i. Solomon², born before 1776, head of a Dagsborough Hundred, Sussex County household of 3 "other free" in 1800 [DE:425] and 2 "free colored" in 1820 [DE:372].

ii. Emeline, head of a Sussex County household of 8 "other free" in 1810 [DE:445].

iii. Benjamin, born before 1776, head of a Broadkiln Hundred, Sussex County household of 3 "free colored" in 1820 [DE:334].

iv. Hezekiah, head of a Sussex County household of 7 "other free" in 1810 [DE:410].

v. Cornelius², born 1776-1794, head of a Murderkill Hundred, Kent County household of 4 "free colored" in 1820 [DE:6].

vi. John³, born 1776-1794, head of a Broadkiln Hundred, Sussex County household of 5 "free colored" in 1820 [DE:334].

vii. Absolem², born 1776-1794, head of a Dagsboro Hundred, Sussex County household of 5 "free colored" in 1820 [DE:372].

viii. Isaac, head of an Appoquinimink Hundred, New Castle County household of 3 "free colored" in 1820 [DE:156].

 

MUNT/ MUNS FAMILY

1.    Mary Munt, born say 1700, the servant of Richard Cooper, confessed to the Talbot County court in August 1719 that she had a child by her master's slave, "Mallatoe Robin." The court bound her one-month-old daughter Honner to her master. In November 1723 the court bound her daughter Massey/ Matrey Munt to her master until the age of thirty-one. Mary had completed her indenture to Richard Cooper by November 1725 when the court sold her to Cooper for another fourteen years as punishment for having two illegitimate "Mullato" children [Judgment Record 1717-9, 303, 383, 386-7; 1722-3, 92; 1723-4, 142, 235; 1725-6, 425]. Mary and Robin were the parents of

i. Honner, born in July 1719.

ii. Massy, born about 1722.

 

They may have been the ancestors of

i. Nathan Mun, head of a Kent County, Maryland household of 1 "other free" in 1790.

ii. Robert Muns, a "Mulatto" single man, taxable in Little Creek Hundred, Kent County, Delaware, in 1798 [Assessments, RG 3535, frame 477], head of a Little Creek, Kent County, Delaware household of 3 "other free" in 1800 [MD:31].

 

MURRAY FAMILY

1.    Margaret Murray, born say 1705, was convicted by the Kent County, Maryland Court on 23 November 1725 for having a "Mollatoe" child. The court ordered that she serve her master Henry Cully for seven years [Criminal Records 1724-8, 115]. She was probably the ancestor of

i. Penelope, born say 1725, a "spinster" who confessed to the Kent County, Maryland Court on 17 November 1741 that she had an illegitimate child by a "Negro." The court ordered that she be sold for seven years and ordered her child to serve her master, Michael Miller, until the age of thirty-one. She was presented for having another illegitimate child (no race indicated) on 17 June 1746, but she was acquitted because she was then a married woman [Criminal Proceedings 1739-42, 226-7; 1742-7, 277-8, 289].

ii. William, "Negro" head of a Kent County household of 1 "other free" in 1790 and 1 in 1800 [MD:175].

iii. Nathan, head of a Kent County household of 6 "other free" in 1800 [MD:175].

iv. Daniel, head of a North Susquehannah, Cecil County household of 1 "other free" in 1790.

v. Darkus, head of a Baltimore City household of 6 "other free" in 1800 [MD:284].

vi. Mary, head of a Baltimore City household of 6 "other free" in 1800 [MD:284].

vii. Rachel, head of a Kent County household of 4 "other free" in 1800 [MD:163].

viii. Samuel, head of a Montgomery County household of 4 "other free" in 1800 [MD:185].

ix. Jude, head of a Kent County household of 2 "other free" in 1800 [MD:164].

x. Nancy, head of a Talbot County household of 2 "other free" in 1800 [MD:523].

xi. George, a "negro" head of a Caroline County household of 4 "other free" in 1810 [MD:195].

 

MYERS/ MAYERS FAMILY

1.    Christian Myers, born say 1729, confessed in Prince George's County court on 23 August 1748 that she had an illegitimate "Mulatto" child. The court ordered that she serve seven years and sold her seventeen-month-old daughter Sarah to her master John Carrick until the age of thirty-one [Court Record 1747-8, 341]. She was the mother of

i. Sarah, born about February 1747.

ii. ?Jeremiah, "Negro" head of a Kent County household of 6 "other free" in 1790.

iii. ?Liddy, head of a Frederick County household of 3 "other free" in 1800 [MD:979].

iv. ?Rebecca Miers, head of a Talbot County household of 3 "other free" in 1800 [MD:521].

2        v. ?Samuel Mayers, born say 1775.

 

2.    Samuel Mayers, born say 1775, and his wife Jane Mayers were the parents of Hannah Mayers, a "free Mulatto" born in June 1790 and baptized on 9 June 1794 by Rev. Mr. Oliver at St. Thomas Parish, Baltimore County [Reamy, St. Thomas Parish Registers, 1732-1850, 30]. Their child was

i. Hannah, born in June 1790.

 

Another likely descendant was

i. Sarah Ann Myers, born about 1791, obtained a certificate of freedom in Frederick County on 15 November 1819: a bright Mulatto ... about twenty eight years of age ... free born woman and the daughter of Henny Taylor as appears from the affidavit of John Reign [Certificates of Freedom 1807-28, 100].

 

NAILOR FAMILY

1.    Elizabeth Nuller, born say 1730, a "Molo.," was paid by the Kent County, Maryland Levy Court in 1773 for supporting herself and her child and attending John Woodard and his wife. She was called a "Mola." when the court paid her to maintain herself and child for the years 1774 and 1775. She was probably the mother of

i. Rebecca Nailer, paid by the Kent County Levy Court for maintaining herself and her children in 1783 [1758-1784 Levy List, 281, 292, 307, 401].

ii. Sampson Nailer, "Negro" head of a Kent County household of 4 "other free" in 1790 [MD:80] and 5 in 1800 [MD:175].

iii. Rachel Nailor, "Negro" head of a Kent County household of 2 "other free" in 1790 [MD:80].

iv. Benjamin Nailer, head of a Kent County household of 7 "other free" in 1800 [MD:164].

 

NELSON FAMILY

1.    Mary Nelson, born say 1675, was the "malato" mother of John Nelson who was born in All Hallows Parish, Anne Arundel County, on 10 November 1695 [Wright, Anne Arundel County Church Records, 3]. Mary was the mother of

i. John, born 10 November 1695.

ii. ?Sarah, born say 1700, the servant of Henry Ridgely, confessed to the Anne Arundel County court in March 1720/1 that she had a child by "a Negroe Man belonging to Mr. Richard Warfield." The court bound her child to her master until the age of thirty-one [Judgment Record 1720-1, 87, 355].

 

They may have been the ancestors of

2        i. Ann¹, born say 1730.

ii. Ann², "of Coller" head of a Baltimore County household of 1 "other free" and 4 slaves in 1810 [MD:710].

 

2.    Ann Nelson, born say 1730, was the servant of William Brawner of Charles County, Maryland, in March 1755 when she was presented for having a "Mollatto" child. She confessed to the charge, and on 10 June 1755 the court bound her five-month-old son Joseph to Timothy Carington until the age of thirty-one. On 8 November 1757 she was presented for having another mixed-race child [Court Record 1755-1756, 90, 179; 1757-8, 1]. She was the mother of

i. Joseph, born about January 1755.

ii. ?Hannah, a "Mulatto" head of a Charles County, Maryland household of 1 "other free" in 1790.

 

NEWMAN FAMILY

1.    Maria Newman, born say 1735, was the servant of Thomas Maccatee on 10 June 1755 when she confessed in Charles County court that she had a "Mollatto" child. The court bound her four-month-old son William to her master until the age of thirty-one [Court Record 1755-6, 127, 180]. She was the mother of

i. William, "Mulatto" head of a Charles County household of 4 "other free" in 1790, 6 in 1800 [MD:515], and 3 in 1810 [MD:303].

ii. ?Benjamin, head of a Montgomery County household of 10 "other free" in 1790.

 

NICHOLS FAMILY

Members of the Nichols family in Maryland were

i. James, born say 1690, a "Mulatto" allowed 450 pounds of tobacco for his support by the Anne Arundel County court in August 1752 [Judgment Record 1751-4, 38].

1        ii. Grace¹, born say 1718.

 

1.    Grace¹ Nichols, born say 1718, confessed to the Prince George's County court on 22 August 1738 that she had an illegitimate child. The court was informed that the child was a "Mallatto" and ordered that her mistress Salome Docra bring her and the child into court for inspection and that Mary White take care of the child until the next court. On 28 November 1738 the court ruled that the child was "not a Mallatto" and paid Mary White two pounds, ten shillings to teach Grace's daughter Mary Nichols to read the Bible and to give her a decent suit of clothes at the end of her indenture. On 28 November 1749 the court allowed 200 pounds of tobacco a year for Grace's support. Rachel Spriggs sued Grace on 28 August 1750 for a debt of 202 pounds of tobacco [Court Record 1738-40, 119, 192; 1748-9, 72, 133; 1749-50, 231]. She was the ancestor of

2        i. Mary¹, born say 1738.

3        ii. ?Ann, born say 1757.

iii. ?Jem, head of a Talbot County household of 3 "other free" and a slave in 1800 [MD:522].

iv. ?John, head of an Accomack County, Virginia household of 3 "other free" in 1810 [VA:45].

 

2.    Mary¹ Nichols, born say 1738, was bound to Mary White by the Prince George's County court on 28 November 1738. On 22 November 1763 she confessed to the court that she had an illegitimate "Mulatto" child. The court ordered that she be sold for seven years (at the end of her service in March 1766) and bound her one-year and five-months-old son Felix to her mistress Johanna Ellson until the age of thirty-one. On 28 November the court ordered that she serve another seven year term and bound her five-month-old "Mulatto" daughter Fido to Johanna Ellson until the age of thirty-one [Court Record 1763-4, 8, 352-3]. She was the mother of

i. Felix, born June 1762, Felix, born June 1762, perhaps identical to Philip Nichols, born about 1762, a "Mulatto" man who still had nine years to serve on 30 July 1784 when Archibald Elson of Prince George's County placed an ad in the Maryland Journal and Baltimore Advertiser stating that Philip had run away in June that year [Windley, Runaway Slave Advertisements, II:314-5].

ii. Fido, born in June 1764.

4        iii. Grace², born say 1780.

 

3.    Ann Nichols, born say 1757, was head of a Prince George's County, Maryland household of 5 "other free" in 1790. She appeared before the clerk of Prince George's County on 27 March 1804 and named her children: Zingr., Henry, Rachel, Mary, Ace, George, Elizabeth and Kitty Nicholls and their birth dates. She also gave the names and birth dates of three children of Mary Nicholls: Grace, Jane, and John Nicholls. And she stated that Grace Nicholls was the daughter of Mary Nicholls [Land Records JRM, no. 10, p. 273]. She recorded the certificate she received from the clerk in the Court of the District of Columbia in Alexandria on 23 July 1816 [Arlington County Register of Free Negroes, 1797-1861, no. 35, p.31]. She was the mother of

i. Ling, born 2 May 1775.

ii. Henry, born 20 August 1777.

iii. Rachel, born 18 February 1780.

5        iv. Mary², born 21 May 1782.

v. Asa, born in February 1785.

vi. George, born 30 March 1789.

vii. Elizabeth, born 14 August 1797.

viii. Kitty¹, born 17 September 1799.

 

4.    Grace² Nichols, born 20 August 1776, a "free woman of colour," was the mother of

i. John Elson, born 11 March 1802 according to the deposition of Ann Nicholls, obtained a certificate of freedom in Prince George's County on 26 July 1827: a bright mulatto man, about 25 years old ... born free in Prince George County ... son of Grace Nicholls, a free woman of colour.

ii. Kitty², born about 1803, obtained a certificate of freedom in Prince George's County on 30 July 1827: a copper-colored woman, about 24 years old ... daughter of Grace Nicholls.

iii. Sophia, born about 1808, obtained a certificate of freedom in Prince George's County on 26 July 1827: a copper-colored woman, about 19 years old ... daughter of Grace Nicholls.

iv. Mary³, born about 1810, obtained a certificate of freedom in Prince George's County on 26 July 1827: a bright mulatto girl, about 17 years old ... daughter of Grace Nicholls [Provine, Registrations of Free Negroes, 67].

 

5.    Mary² Nichols, born 21 May 1782, was the mother of John and Jane Nichols according to the testimony of Ann Nichols in Prince George's County on 27 March 1804. Mary was the mother of

i. Jane, born 10 December 1800.

ii. John, born 15 September 1802.

 

NORMAN FAMILY

1.    Elizabeth Norman, born say 1695, was the servant of Benjamin Belt on 23 August 1715 when the Prince George's County, Maryland Court ordered him to keep her and her "Mallatoe" child until the November court. The court sold her and her child to Richard Keene, the constable for Patuxent Hundred, for 3,600 pounds of tobacco later that year on 22 November. Five years later on 22 November 1720 she confessed to the court that she had an illegitimate child by a "Mullato man of William Digge's." The court sold her to her master for seven years and sold the child to William Maccoy until the age of thirty-one. On 28 August 1722 she confessed to having another "Malatto" child, and the court ordered her sold to Richard Keene for seven years and gave her child to William Harris until the age of thirty-one. In March 1749/50 the court allowed her 200 pounds of tobacco a year for her support [Court Record 1710-5, 693, 721, 790; 1715-20, 4; 1720-2, 20-1, 84, 622-3; 1748-9, 133]. She was the mother of

2        i. Jane, born say 1715.

3        ii. ?Edward, born say 1720.

iii. ?Bridget, one of the heirs of Aminadab and Rose Hanser who sold 50 acres in Little Creek Hundred, Sussex County, Delaware, on 5 May 1752 [DB H-1, 329-30].

 

2.    Jane Norman, born say 1715, was called "a Mallatto woman named Jane (no last name) Living at Mr. Richard Keen's" on 23 August 1737 when she confessed to the Prince George's County court that she had an illegitimate child by a "free Mallatto." The court ordered that she receive twenty lashes and serve her master an additional year and a half and sold her two-month-old son James to Edward Swann until the age of twenty-one. She had another child by a free person before 28 November 1738 when the court ordered that she receive fifteen lashes and serve her master twelve months for the trouble of his house, bound her male child to Keene until the age of twenty-one years, and ordered Keene to give the boy a year of schooling and a decent suit of clothes at the end of his indenture. She was called "Jan Molato Norman" on 26 November 1745 when the court bound her son Joseph to her master until the age of twenty-one. On 28 June 1748 and 28 March 1748/9 she was convicted of having illegitimate children by a free person. On 27 November 1750 she confessed to having another illegitimate child named Basil who was bound to her master until the age of twenty-one [Court Record 1736-8, 497, 505; 1738-40, 192, 200; 1744-6, 248, 279; 1747-8, 168; 174; 1748-9, 181; 1749-50, 244]. She was the mother of

i. James, born June 1737, head of a Hampshire County, Virginia household of 2 "other free" in 1810 [VA:770].

4        ii. ?Henrietta, born say 1745.

iii. ?Catherine, head of a Montgomery County, Maryland household of 6 "other free" in 1790.

iv. ?George, head of a Washington County, Maryland household of 1 "other free" in 1790.

v. ?Delpha, "Mulo." head of a King and Queen County, Virginia household of 7 "other free" in 1810 [VA:172].

vi. Bazil, born in 1750, head of a Frederick County, Virginia household of 7 "other free" in 1810 [VA:569].

vii. ?Betty, head of a Frederick County, Virginia household of 3 "other free" in 1810 [VA:575].

 

3.    Edward Norman, born say 1720, a "mulatto," baptized his son Edward on 16 May 1747 at St. George's Protestant Episcopal Church, Indian River [Wright, Vital Records of Kent and Sussex Counties, 92]. He may have married Ann Hanser. He witnessed the wills of several white residents of Kent County, Delaware, between 1748 and 1765 and t