| State | Maryland |
|---|---|
| County (Primary) | Talbot |
| Other Counties | – |
| Family Name | Tunks |
| Family History Notes | 1. Elizabeth Tunks, born say 1740, was a spinster servant of Hugh Rice of Talbot County in November 1759 when the court ordered her to serve her master seven years after the completion of her indenture for having a "Molattoe" child by a "Negro." The court sold her son John to her master until the age of thirty one for 13 shillings. In June 1761 she admitted in court that she had another child by a "Negro," the court sold her daughter Anne to her master until the age of thirty one for 10 shillings and sold her for seven years to Hugh Rice for 12 pounds. She had a child by a free person for which the court fined her 30 shillings in March 1764, and in November 1766 she admitted in court that she had another illegitimate "Mulato" child named William Tunks who the court sold to Hugh Rice until the age of thirty one [Criminal Record 1755-61, 284-5, 463-4, 517; 1761-7, 254, 505]. She was the mother of i. John, born about 1759, head of an Anne Arundel County household of 12 "free colored" in 1830. ii. Anne, born about 1761. iii. William, born about 1766, obtained a certificate of freedom in Talbot County on 2 October 1810: a Mulatto Man...about forty four years of age, five feet seven inches high...son of Eliza Tunks, a white woman...sold by the court to Hugh Rice to serve until the age of thirty one years, when he became free [Certificates of Freedom 1807-27, p.119]. |
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