Whitehall Memo- List of enslaved people with notes on age and location, June 1790

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Title

Whitehall Memo- List of enslaved people with notes on age and location, June 1790

Description

List written by Benajmin Chew, Jr., with an additional list by his father from October 17, 1790. The list is separated by Men, Boys, and Women, as well as side notes on other individuals, most with ages:

Men:

old Lemmon
say 40 Sharper
says he is 52 Jem
29 or 30 Abbey
Not more than 30 Cato
22 Enos
23 Dick

Boys:

11 Aaron Rachel’s son
9 Yarm Lucey’s son
Retd from (____?) in Apr 1790 - 11 Bill mother dead
7 Davy Lucey’s son

Side Notes:

Cooper hired to Dav Bellah £11.5
Davy 29 ys old [ditto[ £15
Sal Cooper’s daughter [ditto]
Latitita to Cha Calhoon for Prov & Cloaths & sent to him Mar 10th 1789
Jem – Lucey’s Son abt 11 y old [ditto]
Lucey retd (returned?) by Wm Calhoon now with Dick Butcher’s mother a Free Negro - Prist(?) Mother in Law
Peg to Wm Denny & 1 yr due Nov 11 89 £7
Sarah wh Wm Calhoon
Rachell & Child to Whitehart at £3 pr an

Women: 

Old Silvia h
Old Sarah 0
Good Rachel h
Good Lucey [Lucy] h
Lame Priscilla 0
Always (??) Nan h
19 Judith Sal’s o
Jenny – ho Rachels
Abt 14 born 31st Dec/89 Ben – ho Rachels
5 to tend (?) children Sukey- Nan’s h
5 Peg -  Lucey [Lucy]
3 Mary - Lucey’s
1 yr old Jan[uar]y 1790 Phin - Lucey’s child
Between 2 & 3 yr Beck - Nan's
3 Ruth - Rachels
Ab2 Beck Priscill [sp]
2 Nancy - Rachels
Born in Mar/90 Bet - Nan's

Later note by Benjamin Chew:
Letitia returned from Cohoon
Jem returned
Rachel returned from Whitehart and her child NB both to be sent back the child at least(?) & y Mo to be kind(?) out

Identifier

19732

Type

text

Creator

Chew, Benjamin, 1722-1810 | Benjamin, Chew, 1758-1844

Date Created

6/1790

Format

manuscript

Is Part Of

Chew family papers (2050) | Box 775 | Folder 3

Spatial Coverage

Whitehall (De.)

Subject

Slavery--United States--History |Chew family

Extent

4 pages

Language

eng

Rights

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Item sets

Chew Family Papers