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

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Record #2604 from Wills from Caroline, Kent, and Talbot Counties of Maryland, 1688-1886

County Kent
Liber:Folio 7:203
Date of Will (Written) 3/20/1788
Probate Date 5/13/1788
Name of Deceased/Testator John Wilson, farmer
Heirs/Legatee Rebecca Wilson, Jonathan Wilson, Edey Wilson and Matthew Wilson - children
Abstract when the boys are 21 and the girls are 16 to have one negro each: Rebecca to have woman rachel. Jonathan to have man George, Edey to have man Cesar and Matthew to have negro man Providence.

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