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

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Record #2906 from Wills from Caroline, Kent, and Talbot Counties of Maryland, 1688-1886

County Kent
Liber:Folio 8:164
Date of Will (Written) 10/22/1802
Probate Date 11/5/1802
Name of Deceased/Testator Samuel Eccliston
Heirs/Legatee Negroes
Abstract all my negro slaves to be set free at age 35, that to be determined from their ages set down and entered into my bible or other paper where their names are entered.

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