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

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Record #526 from Apprenticeships from the Somerset County Register of Wills (Indentures), 1864-1867

County Somerset
PDF page 295
Page # in Liber JJD No. 6 263
Justice of the Peace T F Bonneville
Child (Apprentice) Stephen Purnell
Child of Margaret Bowen
Raised by Margaret Bowen
Awarded $5
White person to whom apprenticed (master) Isaac Gibbons
Date of Apprenticeship Paper 1 Nov 1866
Age 10
Date of Attaining Said Age 1 Mar 1866
Age to Serve Until 21
Trade to Learn farming
Receive at the end of the Apprenticeship 2 suits apparel & $25
Date of Final Papers 20 Nov 1866
Transcriber Notes parent voluntarily selected master

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