Edward H. Nabb Research Center for Delmarva History & Culture Enduring Connections: Exploring Delmarva's Black History

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Record #465 from Abstracts of Worcester Orphans Court Proceedings (Volumes 1-3), 1780-1832

County Worcester
Volume Number Volume 2:280-281
Book Number 13
Original Page Number MH17:181-182 1812-1816
Date of Court Session June 1813
Enslaved or Free Slave
Abstract of Record Thomas P. Rackliffe & Jacob Teague to distribute negroes from estate of Joshua Bowen; Barnaby Henderson & Elizabeth, his wife (late widow of Joshua & guardian to Sally Bowen), state that negroes fell to widow & 5 children, John , Hetty, Caty, Joshua & Sally; Caty (Catherine) & Joshua are since dead & several negroes have been born; ask new distribution; dead since appraisal, women Sarah & Hannah; increase, Lydia 10 yo, Leah 8 yo, Rachel 7 yo, Samuel 5 yo, Thamar 18mos. 1) to Barnaby Henderson & wife: Sarah, Rachel, Samuel 2) to John Bowen: Hannah 3) to Hetty, now married to William Beachboard: Leah, Tamar 4) to Sarah Bowen: Lydia.

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