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

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Record #285 from Apprenticeships from the Somerset County Register of Wills (Indentures), 1864-1867

County Somerset
PDF page 175
Page # in Liber JJD No. 6 143
Justice of the Peace Tubman F Bonnewill
Child (Apprentice) Priscilla Ellen Dryden
Child of Hester Dryden, formerly slave of William Dryden
Raised by William Dryden
Awarded Priscilla as apprentice
White person to whom apprenticed (master) William Dryden
Date of Apprenticeship Paper 5 Nov 1864
Age 7
Date of Attaining Said Age 15 Dec 1864
Age to Serve Until 18
Trade to Learn cookhouse girl
Receive at the end of the Apprenticeship 1 suit apparel
Date of Final Papers 21 Apr 1865
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