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Lesson Six
18th Century Slaves in Deerfield, Massachusetts Listed by Owner

Slaves

John Williams (1664-1729)

Robert Tigo (d. 1695)
Frank and Parthena (married ca. 1703, d. 1704)
Mescheck
Kedar

Ebenezer Hinsdale (1707-1763)

Mescheck (formerly owned by John Williams)

In colonial pay at Ft. Dummer

Ran Hinsdale's store when Hinsdale was absent

Baptized and admitted to communion in 1747

Involved in court case against Peter Evans in 1748

Had an account at Elijah Williams' store in 1752

Cesar

Served in French & Indian War

Had an account at Elijah Williams' store in 1753

Jockton (mulatto)

Ebenezer Sheldon (1691-1774)

Pompey

Baptized in 1741

Jonathan Hoyt (1688-1779)

Cesar

Served in French & Indian War

Baptized in 1741

Had an account at Elijah Williams' store 1756-1757

Samuel Childs (1679-1756)

Cesar

Served in French & Indian War

Samuel Barnard (1684-1762)

Titus

Daniel Arms (1719-1784)

Titus

Had an account with Dr. Thomas Williams in 1764

Sold in 1771

Dr. Thomas Williams (1718-1775)

Female slave

Sarah Williams (1716-1736/7)

Male mulatto slave

Samuel Dickinson (1687-1761)

"A Negro wench"

two children

Nathaniel Dickinson (1734-after 1786)

Cesar

1771 charged by John Williams for stealing

Samuel Dickinson (1736-1780)

Cesar (formerly owned by Nathaniel Dickinson)

Hager

married Cesar in 1788

Fortune

Baptized in 1737

Thomas Dickinson (1718-1814)

Ishmael

Had an account at Elijah Williams' store (1753-1757)

Jonathan Ashley (1712-1780)

Cato (died 1825)

Baptized 1739

Served in French & Indian War

Had an account at Elijah Williams' store (1755-1756)

Jinny (died 1808)

Titus

Had an account at Elijah Williams' store (1753-1756)

Thomas Wells (1678-1750)

Adam

Baptized 1735

Peter

Baptized 1735

Appears in inventory 1750

Pompey

Had an account at Elijah Williams' store 1750

John Wells (1700-1746)

Titus

Baptized 1737

Jonathan Wells (1684-1735)

"Negro woman cloathing " mentioned in inventory

"A Negro boy"

Pompey

Baptized 1735

Cesar

Mary Hoyt Wells (died 1750, widow of Jonathan Wells)

Cesar (formerly owned by Jonathan Wells)

Baptized in 1741

Timothy Childs (1686-1776)

Cesar (formerly owned by Mary Hoyt Wells)

Served in French & Indian Wars

Had an account at Elijah Williams' store (1753-1755)

Humphrey

Baptized 1752

Ebenezer Wells (1691-1758)

Cesar

Baptized 1735 & admitted to communion 1736

Lucy Terry

Abigail Williams Hinsdale Silliman (died 1787)

Jockton (formerly owned by Ebenezer Hinsdale)

Chloe

Free African Americans

Abijah Prince (1706-1794)

Brought to Northfield, MA 1717
Freed in 1751
Obtained 10 acres of land in Northfield 1753
Owned land in Sunderland, VT
Owned 100 acres in Guilford, VT 1764
Had accounts with Jonathan Ashley, Salah Barnard, Dr. Thomas Williams, Elijah Williams

Lucy Terry Prince (died 1821)

Brought to Deerfield from Rhode Island at age 5
Owned by Ebenezer Wells
Baptized 1735 & admitted to communion 1744
Wrote "Bars Fight" 1746
Had an account at Elijah Williams' store 1755
Her freedom was purchased by Abijah Prince
She married Abijah Prince

Heber Honestman (died 1768)

Appears in Elijah Williams' account book (1749-1775) often Heber Huntstown
One of the first settlers of Ashfield, MA (Huntstown) between 1740 and 1743
One of the fifteen original members of the Congregational Church founded in 1763
Freed in 1722 by Elizabeth Pratt of Easton, MA

Caleb Sharp(1729-1799)