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

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Record #1240 from Wills from Caroline, Kent, and Talbot Counties of Maryland, 1688-1886

County Talbot
Liber:Folio JP9:332
Date of Will (Written) 11/5/1842
Probate Date 12/17/1844
Name of Deceased/Testator Mary Berridge
Heirs/Legatee Hugh Martin Berridge - son
Abstract to have Negro man John Hughes on the condition that he (Hugh) shall pay testatrix's daughter Rebecca 1/2 of the wages of said Negro John Hughes and also the said John Hughes is to serve until the 1st day of September 1848 and then he shall be free.

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