slavery in pennsylvania

Bucks County slaveholders, c - d

Slaveholders Listed On This Page

1. Calley, John (Slaves listed: Ming)
2. Carr, ? (Slaves listed: Bob, George, Bek)
3. Carr, John (Slaves listed: Stephen)
4. Clark, John (Slaves listed: Sheffield, James St. Clair, Sampson, James, Peter, Caesar, Charles, Martia, Flora)
5. Clark, Wheeler (Slaves listed: Aube)
6. Colvin, Patrick (Slaves listed: James)
7. Cornell, Gilliam --Northampton Twp.-- (Slaves listed: Fleet, Sook, Richard, Nance, Putt, Caesar, Jack, Bett, Lill, Will, Sarah, Garret Beard, Hannah, Tomb, Joseph)
8. Cornell, Gilliam --Southampton Twp.-- (Slaves listed: Charles, John, Nance)
9. Cornell, Rem (Slaves listed: Will, Mary, Jacob, unknown male, Dinah (b. 1773), Dinah (b. 1792), Dick, Yast, Isabel, Caesar, Thomas)
10. Cornell, Willelmus (Slaves listed: Cuff, Jane, Tone, Sam)
11. Cornell, William (Slaves listed: William)
12. Cornick, David (Slaves listed: Ben a.k.a. "Tim")
13. Corson, Mary (Slaves listed: Sarah, Dinah)
14. Coryell, John (Slaves listed: Bront)
15. Coxe, William (Slaves listed: Passika, Jude, Caesar, Harry)
16. Craven, Giles (Slaves listed: Jacob)
17. Craven, Isaac (Slaves listed: Dinah)
18. Craven, Thomas (Slaves listed: Jeffery, Bet, Dick, Jo, Harry, Tony, Dine, Pol, Ezabel)
19. Davis, William (Slaves listed: Vine)
20. Dougherty, Jennet (Slaves listed: James)
21. Dowdney, John (Slaves listed: Strephon, Mary, Jude)
22. Dubois, Abraham (Slaves listed: Will)
23. Dubois, Helina (Slaves listed: Harry)
24. Duer, John (Slaves listed: Peg, Fan, Sal, Harry)
25. Dungan, Clement (Slaves listed: Damphin, Joseph)
26. Dungan, David (Slaves listed: Mahlon, Richard)
27. Dungan, David Jr. (Slaves listed: Elizabeth, Aaron)
28. Dungan, Elias (Slaves listed: Bets, David, Patt, Hannah, Jake, Joe, Abe, Isaac)
29. Dungan, Jeremiah Sr. (Slaves listed: Cuff, Mary)
30. Dungan, John  (Slaves listed:  Unnamed mother and child)
31. Dungan, Jonathan (Slaves listed: Glasgow, Dolly, Sam)
32. Dungan, Joshua (Slaves listed: Hannah, Enoch, Jesse)

about the information in this list

Each listing represents a record of one Black slave or indentured servant (more on terminology below). The list is sorted alphabetically according to the owner's surname. I felt that this order would be the most useful for several reasons. It groups slaves together who would have lived with the same owner, and increases the likelihood of finding persons related to each other. Records of slave surnames are rare, many being identified only through their given name. You can search this listing for a specific slave given name by using your browser's Find feature (Netscape Navigator and Internet Explorer use Ctrl + F).

Dates of birth for the slaves, unless specified in the original documents, have been calculated by subtracting their given age from the date of the record. Very often, their ages as reported in the original records are given as approximations (such as "about 25 years of age"), which is indicated by a lower case "a" following their age. The term Status refers to the slave's relative freedom. Unless specified otherwise, slaves served "for life" prior to Pennsylvania's Gradual Emancipation Act of 1780. Children born to slave mothers after the passage of that legislation were to serve until age 28, which was much of their productive lives.

The term Description refers to the main description of the slave as given in the original source (including misspellings). This is often a means by which slaves were put into certain categories according to race and relative age. Source numbers correspond to the accompanying list of sources used in compiling this record.

terminology, and other notes

The terms "slave" and "servant" were often used interchangeably, especially in the earliest years of the time period covered in this study. After the Gradual Emancipation Act of 1780 was passed in Pennsylvania, the term "servant" frequently came to mean either someone in indentured servitude or someone employed by the head of the household. The passage from slave to servant was often indistinct for many Blacks, many of whom remained with their former owners after being legally emancipated. For simplicity I have used the term "slave" to represent these persons whom I believe were truly in bondage, even though some records list them as "servants." This list does not include white indentured servants, who were an entirely different class of labor from Black slaves and Black "indentured servants."

The locations listed for the owners, especially City or Township are greatly mixed, and represent the location listed in the original record. As township boundaries shifted and new townships and counties were created, the original listing may be very misleading.

enslavement data

• Slaveholder Name: Calley, John
  City or Township: Middletown Township
  Occupation: Tanner
  Slaveholder Notes:

   

  1. Slave Name: Ming
     Sex: Male
     Age: ?
     Date of Birth: ?
     Status: Slave for life
     Description: Negro
     Source: The Pennsylvania Gazette
     Date of Record: August 05, 1756
     Notes: Ran away in 1756 and was captured and jailed in New Castle.

   

• Slaveholder Name: Carr, ?
  City or Township: Warwick
  Occupation: Farmer
  Slaveholder Notes:

   

  1. Slave Name: Bob
     Sex: Male
     Age: 13
     Date of Birth: 1767 (calculated)
     Status: Slave for life
     Description:
     Source: Bucks County Prothonotary Records; Register of Slaves
     Date of Record: 1780
     Notes:

      

  2. Slave Name: George
     Sex: Male
     Age: 35
     Date of Birth: 1745 (calculated)
     Status: Slave for life
     Description:
     Source: Bucks County Prothonotary Records; Register of Slaves
     Date of Record: 1780
     Notes:

      

  3. Slave Name: Bek
     Sex: Female
     Age: 12
     Date of Birth: 1768 (calculated)
     Status: Slave for life
     Description:
     Source: Bucks County Prothonotary Records; Register of Slaves
     Date of Record: 1780
     Notes:

   

• Slaveholder Name: Carr, John
  City or Township: Warwick
  Occupation: Schoolmaster
  Slaveholder Notes: In the signature, the surname is spelled "Kerr."

   

  1. Slave Name: Stephen
     Sex: Male
     Age: 04
     Date of Birth: 1784-July 29
     Status: Slave to age 28
     Description:
     Source: Bucks County Prothonotary Records; Register of Slaves
     Date of Record: March 12, 1789
     Notes:

   

• Slaveholder Name: Clark, John
  City or Township: Bristol
  Occupation: Farmer
  Slaveholder Notes:

   

  1. Slave Name: Sheffield
     Sex: Male
     Age: 28
     Date of Birth: 1752 (calculated)
     Status: Slave for life
     Description:
     Source: Bucks County Prothonotary Records; Register of Slaves
     Date of Record: 1780
     Notes:

      

  2. Slave Name: St. Clair, James
     Sex: Male
     Age: 18
     Date of Birth: 1762 (calculated)
     Status: Slave to age 31
     Description: Mulatto
     Source: Bucks County Prothonotary Records; Register of Slaves
     Date of Record: 1780
     Notes: 1780 Registration notes: "Mollattoe to be free at 31 Years of Age."

      

  3. Slave Name: Sampson
     Sex: Male
     Age: 40
     Date of Birth: 1740 (calculated)
     Status: Slave for life
     Description:
     Source: Bucks County Prothonotary Records; Register of Slaves
     Date of Record: 1780
     Notes:

      

  4. Slave Name: James
     Sex: Male
     Age: -
     Date of Birth: 1791-September 05
     Status: Slave to age 28
     Description:
     Source: Bucks County Prothonotary Records; Register of Slaves
     Date of Record: November 12, 1791
     Notes:

      

  5. Slave Name: Peter
     Sex: Male
     Age: 11
     Date of Birth: 1769 (calculated)
     Status: Slave for life
     Description:
     Source: Bucks County Prothonotary Records; Register of Slaves
     Date of Record: 1780
     Notes:

      

  6. Slave Name: Caesar
     Sex: Male
     Age: 08
     Date of Birth: 1772 (calculated)
     Status: Slave for life
     Description:
     Source: Bucks County Prothonotary Records; Register of Slaves
     Date of Record: 1780
     Notes:

      

  7. Slave Name: Charles
     Sex: Male
     Age: 06
     Date of Birth: 1774 (calculated)
     Status: Slave for life
     Description:
     Source: Bucks County Prothonotary Records; Register of Slaves
     Date of Record: 1780
     Notes:

      

  8. Slave Name: Martia
     Sex: Female
     Age: 38
     Date of Birth: 1742 (calculated)
     Status: Slave for life
     Description:
     Source: Bucks County Prothonotary Records; Register of Slaves
     Date of Record: 1780
     Notes:

      

  9. Slave Name: Flora
     Sex: Female
     Age: 11
     Date of Birth: 1769 (calculated)
     Status: Slave for life
     Description:
     Source: Bucks County Prothonotary Records; Register of Slaves
     Date of Record: 1780
     Notes:

   

• Slaveholder Name: Clark, Wheeler
  City or Township: Lower Makefield
  Occupation: Carpenter
  Slaveholder Notes:

   

  1. Slave Name: Aube
     Sex: Male
     Age: 21
     Date of Birth: 1759 (calculated)
     Status: Slave for life
     Description:
     Source: Bucks County Prothonotary Records; Register of Slaves
     Date of Record: 1780
     Notes:

   

• Slaveholder Name: Colvin, Patrick
  City or Township: Falls Township
  Occupation: Innkeeper
  Slaveholder Notes:

   

  1. Slave Name: James
     Sex: Male
     Age: 27a
     Date of Birth: 1760 (calculated)
     Status: Manumitted
     Description: Negro
     Source: Bucks County Prothonotary Records; Register of Slaves
     Date of Record: August 29, 1787
     Notes: Manumission papers read, in part: "manumit and set free my Nigro Slave Named James" who is about 27 years of age.

   

• Slaveholder Name: Cornell, Gilliam
  City or Township: Northampton
  Occupation: Farmer
  Slaveholder Notes:

   

  1. Slave Name: Fleet
     Sex: Male
     Age: 14
     Date of Birth: 1766 (calculated)
     Status: Slave for life
     Description:
     Source: Bucks County Prothonotary Records; Register of Slaves
     Date of Record: 1780
     Notes:

      

  2. Slave Name: Sook
     Sex: Female
     Age: 02 Years and 06 Months
     Date of Birth: 1778 (calculated)
     Status: Slave for life
     Description:
     Source: Bucks County Prothonotary Records; Register of Slaves
     Date of Record: 1780
     Notes:

      

  3. Slave Name: Richard
     Sex: Male
     Age: -
     Date of Birth: 1789-September 26
     Status: Slave to age 28
     Description:
     Source: Bucks County Prothonotary Records; Register of Slaves
     Date of Record: January 22, 1790
     Notes:

      

  4. Slave Name: Nance
     Sex: Female
     Age: 16
     Date of Birth: 1764 (calculated)
     Status: Slave for life
     Description:
     Source: Bucks County Prothonotary Records; Register of Slaves
     Date of Record: 1780
     Notes:

      

  5. Slave Name: Putt
     Sex: Male
     Age: 22
     Date of Birth: 1758 (calculated)
     Status: Slave for life
     Description:
     Source: Bucks County Prothonotary Records; Register of Slaves
     Date of Record: 1780
     Notes:

      

  6. Slave Name: Caesar
     Sex: Male
     Age: 31
     Date of Birth: 1749 (calculated)
     Status: Slave for life
     Description:
     Source: Bucks County Prothonotary Records; Register of Slaves
     Date of Record: 1780
     Notes:

      

  7. Slave Name: Jack
     Sex: Male
     Age: 55
     Date of Birth: 1725 (calculated)
     Status: Slave for life
     Description:
     Source: Bucks County Prothonotary Records; Register of Slaves
     Date of Record: 1780
     Notes:

      

  8. Slave Name: Bett
     Sex: Female
     Age: 00 Years and 06 Months
     Date of Birth: 1780 (calculated)
     Status: Slave for life
     Description:
     Source: Bucks County Prothonotary Records; Register of Slaves
     Date of Record: 1780
     Notes:

      

  9. Slave Name: Lill
     Sex: Female
     Age: 39
     Date of Birth: 1741 (calculated)
     Status: Slave for life
     Description:
     Source: Bucks County Prothonotary Records; Register of Slaves
     Date of Record: 1780
     Notes:

      

  10. Slave Name: Will
      Sex: Male
      Age: 19
      Date of Birth: 1761 (calculated)
      Status: Slave for life
      Description:
      Source: Bucks County Prothonotary Records; Register of Slaves
      Date of Record: 1780
      Notes:

       

  11. Slave Name: Sarah
      Sex: Female
      Age: 16
      Date of Birth: 1764 (calculated)
      Status: Slave for life
      Description:
      Source: Bucks County Prothonotary Records; Register of Slaves
      Date of Record: 1780
      Notes:

       

  12. Slave Name: Beard, Garret
      Sex: Male
      Age: 50a
      Date of Birth: 1760 (calculated)
      Status: Manumitted
      Description: Negro
      Source: Bucks County Prothonotary Records; Register of Slaves
      Date of Record: August 20, 1810
      Notes: Text of manumission papers: "Know all Men by these presents that we James Cornell John Cornell and Gilliam Cornell executors of the estate of Gilliam Cornell, late of Northampton township deceased (by and with the consent of all the heirs of the said deceased) from motives of benevolence and humanity have manumitted and do hereby manumit and set free from slavery our negro man named Garret Beard aged about fifty years and we do hereby give grant and release unto the said Garret Beard all our right title and claim of in and to his person labour and service and of in and to the estate and property which he may hereafter acquire or obtain. In Witness whereof We have hereunto set our hand and seals this twentieth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ten.
      --James Cornell (seal)
      --John S. Cornell (seal)
      --Gilliam Cornell (seal)
      Sealed and delivered in the presence of Adrian Cornell, Christopher Vanailsdalen"

      This person was registered in 1780 as "Garrett, male, 18 years old." If we may assume that the earlier record was more accurate as to his correct age, then his year of birth would be 1762, not 1760 as noted above, and his age upon manumission would be 48. (Bucks County Prothonotary Records; Register of Slaves )

       

  13. Slave Name: Hannah
      Sex: Female
      Age: 32
      Date of Birth: 1748 (calculated)
      Status: Slave for life
      Description:
      Source: Bucks County Prothonotary Records; Register of Slaves
      Date of Record: 1780
      Notes:

       

  14. Slave Name: Tomb
      Sex: Male
      Age: 07
      Date of Birth: 1773 (calculated)
      Status: Slave for life
      Description:
      Source: Bucks County Prothonotary Records; Register of Slaves
      Date of Record: 1780
      Notes:

       

  15. Slave Name: Joseph
      Sex: Male
      Age: -
      Date of Birth: 1792-February 20
      Status: Slave to age 28
      Description:
      Source: Bucks County Prothonotary Records; Register of Slaves
      Date of Record: May 08, 1792
      Notes:

   

• Slaveholder Name: Cornell, Gilliam (2)
  City or Township: Southampton
  Occupation: Farmer
  Slaveholder Notes:

   

  1. Slave Name: Charles
     Sex: Male
     Age: -
     Date of Birth: 1794-December 07
     Status: Slave to age 28
     Description:
     Source: Bucks County Prothonotary Records; Register of Slaves
     Date of Record: May 06, 1795
     Notes:

      

  2. Slave Name: John
     Sex: Male
     Age: -
     Date of Birth: 1790-September 22
     Status: Slave to age 28
     Description:
     Source: Bucks County Prothonotary Records; Register of Slaves
     Date of Record: March 15, 1791
     Notes:

      

  3. Slave Name: Nance
     Sex: Female
     Age: -
     Date of Birth: 1792-September 05
     Status: Slave to age 28
     Description:
     Source: Bucks County Prothonotary Records; Register of Slaves
     Date of Record: October 09, 1792
     Notes:

   

• Slaveholder Name: Cornell, Rem
  City or Township: Northampton
  Occupation: Farmer
  Slaveholder Notes:

   

  1. Slave Name: Will
     Sex: Male
     Age: 17
     Date of Birth: 1763 (calculated)
     Status: Slave for life
     Description:
     Source: Bucks County Prothonotary Records; Register of Slaves
     Date of Record: 1780
     Notes:

      

  2. Slave Name: Mary
     Sex: Female
     Age: 05
     Date of Birth: 1783-February 17
     Status: Slave to age 28
     Description:
     Source: Bucks County Prothonotary Records; Register of Slaves
     Date of Record: December 09, 1788
     Notes:

      

  3. Slave Name: Jacob
     Sex: Male
     Age: 03
     Date of Birth: 1785-March 19
     Status: Slave to age 28
     Description:
     Source: Bucks County Prothonotary Records; Register of Slaves
     Date of Record: December 09, 1788
     Notes:

      

  4. Slave Name: ?
     Sex: Male
     Age: 01
     Date of Birth: 1787-August 12
     Status: Slave to age 28
     Description:
     Source: Bucks County Prothonotary Records; Register of Slaves
     Date of Record: December 09, 1788
     Notes: Name unreadable

      

  5. Slave Name: Dinah
     Sex: Female
     Age: -
     Date of Birth: 1792-December 24
     Status: Slave to age 28
     Description:
     Source: Bucks County Prothonotary Records; Register of Slaves
     Date of Record: February 04, 1793
     Notes:

      

  6. Slave Name: Dinah
     Sex: Female
     Age: 07
     Date of Birth: 1773 (calculated)
     Status: Slave for life
     Description:
     Source: Bucks County Prothonotary Records; Register of Slaves
     Date of Record: 1780
     Notes:

      

  7. Slave Name: Dick
     Sex: Male
     Age: 35
     Date of Birth: 1745 (calculated)
     Status: Slave for life
     Description:
     Source: Bucks County Prothonotary Records; Register of Slaves
     Date of Record: 1780
     Notes:

      

  8. Slave Name: Yast
     Sex: Male
     Age: -
     Date of Birth: 1794-December 20
     Status: Slave to age 28
     Description:
     Source: Bucks County Prothonotary Records; Register of Slaves
     Date of Record: May 19, 1795
     Notes:

      

  9. Slave Name: Isabel
     Sex: Female
     Age: -
     Date of Birth: 1790-November 20
     Status: Slave to age 28
     Description:
     Source: Bucks County Prothonotary Records; Register of Slaves
     Date of Record: February 02, 1791
     Notes:

      

  10. Slave Name: Caesar
      Sex: Male
      Age: 05
      Date of Birth: 1775 (calculated)
      Status: Slave for life
      Description:
      Source: Bucks County Prothonotary Records; Register of Slaves
      Date of Record: 1780
      Notes:

       

  11. Slave Name: Thomas
      Sex: Male (see Notes)
      Age: -
      Date of Birth: 1789-February 12
      Status: Slave to age 28
      Description:
      Source: Bucks County Prothonotary Records; Register of Slaves
      Date of Record: March 11, 1789
      Notes: This slave was entered into the slavery register as a female. Probably a mistake by an inattentive clerk.

   

• Slaveholder Name: Cornell, Willelmus
  City or Township: Southampton
  Occupation:
  Slaveholder Notes:

   

  1. Slave Name: Cuff
     Sex: Male
     Age: 34
     Date of Birth: 1746 (calculated)
     Status: Slave for life
     Description:
     Source: Bucks County Prothonotary Records; Register of Slaves
     Date of Record: 1780
     Notes:

      

  2. Slave Name: Jane
     Sex: Female
     Age: 25
     Date of Birth: 1755 (calculated)
     Status: Slave for life
     Description:
     Source: Bucks County Prothonotary Records; Register of Slaves
     Date of Record: 1780
     Notes:

      

  3. Slave Name: Tone
     Sex: Male
     Age: 03
     Date of Birth: 1777 (calculated)
     Status: Slave for life
     Description:
     Source: Bucks County Prothonotary Records; Register of Slaves
     Date of Record: 1780
     Notes:

      

  4. Slave Name: Sam
     Sex: Male
     Age: 00 Years and 08 Months
     Date of Birth: 1780 (calculated)
     Status: Slave for life
     Description:
     Source: Bucks County Prothonotary Records; Register of Slaves
     Date of Record: 1780
     Notes:

   

• Slaveholder Name: Cornell, William
  City or Township: Southampton
  Occupation: Farmer
  Slaveholder Notes:

   

  1. Slave Name: William
     Sex: Male
     Age: -
     Date of Birth: 1788-October 22
     Status: Slave to age 28
     Description:
     Source: Bucks County Prothonotary Records; Register of Slaves
     Date of Record: January 10, 1789
     Notes:

   

• Slaveholder Name: Cornick, David
  City or Township: Radnor Township
  Occupation:
  Slaveholder Notes:

   

  1. Slave Name: Ben (a.k.a. Tim)
     Sex: Male
     Age: 36
     Date of Birth: 1742 (calculated)
     Status: Manumitted
     Description: Negro Man
     Source: The Pennsylvania Packet
     Date of Record: August 15, 1778
     Notes: Jailed in Newcastle County on suspicion of being a runaway. Described in the jailor's ad as: "a stout, chunky, well made negro, about five feet eight inches high, thirty six years of age."

     Ben contends that he was freed by the will of David Cornick.

   

• Slaveholder Name: Corson, Mary
  City or Township: Northampton
  Occupation:
  Slaveholder Notes:

   

  1. Slave Name: Sarah
     Sex: Female
     Age: 07
     Date of Birth: 1773 (calculated)
     Status: Slave for life
     Description:
     Source: Bucks County Prothonotary Records; Register of Slaves
     Date of Record: 1780
     Notes:

      

  2. Slave Name: Dinah
     Sex: Female
     Age: 13
     Date of Birth: 1767 (calculated)
     Status: Slave for life
     Description:
     Source: Bucks County Prothonotary Records; Register of Slaves
     Date of Record: 1780
     Notes:

   

• Slaveholder Name: Coryell, John, Captain
  City or Township:  Coryell's Ferry (present day location New Hope)
  Occupation: Ferry Owner, innkeeper
  Slaveholder Notes:  John Coryell owned a ferry across the Delaware River that was used by American troops during the Revolutionary War.  He was a supporter of the revolution, and by removing boats from the New Jersey side in 1776, was able to help protect the forces of George Washington that had retreated into Pennsylvania.  Coryell advertised in 1775 to find the possible owner of an African American man from Virginia who was claiming that he was free.  It is possible that Coryell employed, or was planning to employ this man.

   

  1. Slave Name:  Bront
     Sex: Male
     Age: "about 50 years of age"
     Date of Birth: 1725 (calculated)
     Status:   Possibly manumitted in Virginia
     Description: "Negroe man...of a small size"
     Source: The Pennsylvania Gazette, 15 November 1775.
     Date of Record: 1775
     Notes:  Text of advertisement:  "CAME to Bucks county, last August, a NEGROE man, named Bront, of a small size, about 50 years of age, with a slit in one of his ears, says he was a slave to Mr. John McGobien, of Virginia, deceased, and at his death was freed, and was since employed to work for Captain Thomas Nolans; if said Negroe has a master, for information, he may apply to Captain JOHN CORYEL, in Bucks county, Pennsylvania."
   
• Slaveholder Name: Coxe, William
  City or Township: Bristol
  Occupation: Merchant
  Slaveholder Notes:

   

  1. Slave Name: Passika
     Sex: Female
     Age: 58
     Date of Birth: 1722 (calculated)
     Status: Slave for life
     Description:
     Source: Bucks County Prothonotary Records; Register of Slaves
     Date of Record: 1780
     Notes:

      

  2. Slave Name: Jude
     Sex: Female
     Age: 33
     Date of Birth: 1747 (calculated)
     Status: Slave for life
     Description:
     Source: Bucks County Prothonotary Records; Register of Slaves
     Date of Record: 1780
     Notes:

      

  3. Slave Name: Caesar
     Sex: Male
     Age: 32
     Date of Birth: 1748 (calculated)
     Status: Slave for life
     Description:
     Source: Bucks County Prothonotary Records; Register of Slaves
     Date of Record: 1780
     Notes:

      

  4. Slave Name: Harry
     Sex: Male
     Age: 30
     Date of Birth: 1750 (calculated)
     Status: Slave for life
     Description:
     Source: Bucks County Prothonotary Records; Register of Slaves
     Date of Record: 1780
     Notes:

   

• Slaveholder Name: Craven, Giles
  City or Township: Northampton
  Occupation: "Taylor" (Tailor)
  Slaveholder Notes:

   

  1. Slave Name: Jacob
     Sex: Male
     Age: -
     Date of Birth: 1794-January 03
     Status: Slave to age 28
     Description:
     Source: Bucks County Prothonotary Records; Register of Slaves
     Date of Record: May 27, 1794
     Notes:

   

• Slaveholder Name: Craven, Isaac
  City or Township: Warminster
  Occupation: Farmer
  Slaveholder Notes:

   

  1. Slave Name: Dinah
     Sex: Female
     Age: -
     Date of Birth: 1791-September 05
     Status: Slave to age 28
     Description:
     Source: Bucks County Prothonotary Records; Register of Slaves
     Date of Record: March 05, 1792
     Notes:

   

• Slaveholder Name: Craven, Thomas
  City or Township: Warminster
  Occupation:
  Slaveholder Notes:

   

  1. Slave Name: Jeffery
     Sex: Male
     Age: 10
     Date of Birth: 1770 (calculated)
     Status: Slave for life
     Description:
     Source: Bucks County Prothonotary Records; Register of Slaves
     Date of Record: 1780
     Notes:

      

  2. Slave Name: Bet
     Sex: Female
     Age: 41
     Date of Birth: 1739 (calculated)
     Status: Slave for life
     Description:
     Source: Bucks County Prothonotary Records; Register of Slaves
     Date of Record: 1780
     Notes:

      

  3. Slave Name: Dick
     Sex: Male
     Age: 08
     Date of Birth: 1772 (calculated)
     Status: Slave for life
     Description:
     Source: Bucks County Prothonotary Records; Register of Slaves
     Date of Record: 1780
     Notes:

      

  4. Slave Name: Jo
     Sex: Male
     Age: 01
     Date of Birth: 1779 (calculated)
     Status: Slave for life
     Description:
     Source: Bucks County Prothonotary Records; Register of Slaves
     Date of Record: 1780
     Notes:

      

  5. Slave Name: Harry
     Sex: Male
     Age: 12
     Date of Birth: 1768 (calculated)
     Status: Slave for life
     Description:
     Source: Bucks County Prothonotary Records; Register of Slaves
     Date of Record: 1780
     Notes:

      

  6. Slave Name: Tony
     Sex: Male
     Age: 03
     Date of Birth: 1777 (calculated)
     Status: Slave for life
     Description:
     Source: Bucks County Prothonotary Records; Register of Slaves
     Date of Record: 1780
     Notes:

      

  7. Slave Name: Dine
     Sex: Female
     Age: 06
     Date of Birth: 1774 (calculated)
     Status: Slave for life
     Description:
     Source: Bucks County Prothonotary Records; Register of Slaves
     Date of Record: 1780
     Notes:

      

  8. Slave Name: Pol
     Sex: Female
     Age: 15
     Date of Birth: 1765 (calculated)
     Status: Slave for life
     Description:
     Source: Bucks County Prothonotary Records; Register of Slaves
     Date of Record: 1780
     Notes:

      

  9. Slave Name: Ezabel
     Sex: Female
     Age: 06
     Date of Birth: 1774 (calculated)
     Status: Slave for life
     Description:
     Source: Bucks County Prothonotary Records; Register of Slaves
     Date of Record: 1780
     Notes:

   

• Slaveholder Name: Davis, William
  City or Township: Tinicum
  Occupation: Farmer
  Slaveholder Notes:

   

  1. Slave Name: Vine
     Sex: Female
     Age: 14
     Date of Birth: 1766 (calculated)
     Status: Slave for life
     Description:
     Source: Bucks County Prothonotary Records; Register of Slaves
     Date of Record: 1780
     Notes:

   

• Slaveholder Name: Dougherty, Jennet
  City or Township: Buckingham
  Occupation: Widow
  Slaveholder Notes:

   

  1. Slave Name: James
     Sex: Male
     Age: 05
     Date of Birth: 1783-May 06
     Status: Slave to age 28
     Description:
     Source: Bucks County Prothonotary Records; Register of Slaves
     Date of Record: March 10, 1789
     Notes:

   

• Slaveholder Name: Dowdney, John
  City or Township: Bristol Borough
  Occupation:
  Slaveholder Notes: 1780 Registrations include note: "Admr. To the Estate of Jno Priestley."

   

  1. Slave Name: Strephon
     Sex: Male
     Age: 06
     Date of Birth: 1774 (calculated)
     Status: Slave for life
     Description:
     Source: Bucks County Prothonotary Records; Register of Slaves
     Date of Record: 1780
     Notes:

      

  2. Slave Name: Mary
     Sex: Female
     Age: 26
     Date of Birth: 1754 (calculated)
     Status: Slave for life
     Description:
     Source: Bucks County Prothonotary Records; Register of Slaves
     Date of Record: 1780
     Notes:

      

  3. Slave Name: Jude
     Sex: Female
     Age: 08
     Date of Birth: 1772 (calculated)
     Status: Slave for life
     Description:
     Source: Bucks County Prothonotary Records; Register of Slaves
     Date of Record: 1780
     Notes:

   

• Slaveholder Name: Dubois, Abraham
  City or Township: Northampton
  Occupation: Farmer
  Slaveholder Notes:

   

  1. Slave Name: Will
     Sex: Male
     Age: -
     Date of Birth: 1791-October 29
     Status: Slave to age 28
     Description:
     Source: Bucks County Prothonotary Records; Register of Slaves
     Date of Record: April 06, 1792
     Notes:

   

• Slaveholder Name: Dubois, Helina
  City or Township: Northampton
  Occupation:
  Slaveholder Notes:   As administrator of the estate of Rev. Jonathan DuBois, Hellena advertised in the Pennsylvania Gazette to sell several slaves: "TO BE SOLD, By the Subscriber, in Northampton, Bucks County, SUNDRY NEGROES, late the Property of the Reverend Jonathan Du Bois, deceased, viz. One Negroe Man, 31 Years old, acquainted with Farming, and hath some Knowledge of the Smith Trade, is healthy, active and industrious; a Negroe Woman about 35, with one Child about a Year, and another about 3 Years old; also a Lad, between 6 and 7 Years old. For further Particulars, enquire of HELLENA DU BOIS, Administratrix."  (ad dated 24 March 1773)
   
  1. Slave Name: Harry
     Sex: Male
     Age: 16
     Date of Birth: 1764 (calculated)
     Status: Slave for life
     Description:
     Source: Bucks County Prothonotary Records; Register of Slaves
     Date of Record: 1780
     Notes:

   

• Slaveholder Name: Duer, John
  City or Township: Lower Makefield
  Occupation: Farmer
  Slaveholder Notes:

   

  1. Slave Name: Peg
     Sex: Female
     Age: 29
     Date of Birth: 1751 (calculated)
     Status: Slave for life
     Description:
     Source: Bucks County Prothonotary Records; Register of Slaves
     Date of Record: 1780
     Notes:

      

  2. Slave Name: Fan
     Sex: Female
     Age: 09
     Date of Birth: 1771 (calculated)
     Status: Slave for life
     Description:
     Source: Bucks County Prothonotary Records; Register of Slaves
     Date of Record: 1780
     Notes:

      

  3. Slave Name: Sal
     Sex: Female
     Age: -
     Date of Birth: 1780-March 31
     Status: Slave to age 28
     Description:
     Source: Bucks County Prothonotary Records; Register of Slaves
     Date of Record: 1780
     Notes: 1780 Registration notes: "born the Last day of March 1780."

      

  4. Slave Name: Harry
     Sex: Male
     Age: 50
     Date of Birth: 1730 (calculated)
     Status: Slave for life
     Description:
     Source: Bucks County Prothonotary Records; Register of Slaves
     Date of Record: 1780
     Notes:

   

• Slaveholder Name: Dungan, Clement
  City or Township: Northampton
  Occupation:
  Slaveholder Notes:

   

  1. Slave Name: Damphin
     Sex: Female
     Age: 62
     Date of Birth: 1718 (calculated)
     Status: Slave for life
     Description:
     Source: Bucks County Prothonotary Records; Register of Slaves
     Date of Record: 1780
     Notes:

      

  2. Slave Name: Joseph
     Sex: Male
     Age: 22
     Date of Birth: 1758 (calculated)
     Status: Slave for life
     Description:
     Source: Bucks County Prothonotary Records; Register of Slaves
     Date of Record: 1780
     Notes:

   

• Slaveholder Name: Dungan, David
  City or Township: Northampton
  Occupation:
  Slaveholder Notes:

   

  1. Slave Name: Mahlon
     Sex: Male
     Age: 14
     Date of Birth: 1766 (calculated)
     Status: Slave for life
     Description:
     Source: Bucks County Prothonotary Records; Register of Slaves
     Date of Record: 1780
     Notes:

      

  2. Slave Name: Richard
     Sex: Male
     Age: 16
     Date of Birth: 1764 (calculated)
     Status: Slave for life
     Description:
     Source: Bucks County Prothonotary Records; Register of Slaves
     Date of Record: 1780
     Notes:

   

• Slaveholder Name: Dungan, David Jr.
  City or Township: Bensalem
  Occupation:
  Slaveholder Notes:

   

  1. Slave Name: Elizabeth
     Sex: Female
     Age: 35
     Date of Birth: 1745 (calculated)
     Status: Slave for life
     Description:
     Source: Bucks County Prothonotary Records; Register of Slaves
     Date of Record: 1780
     Notes:

      

  2. Slave Name: Aaron
     Sex: Male
     Age: 06
     Date of Birth: 1774 (calculated)
     Status: Slave for life
     Description:
     Source: Bucks County Prothonotary Records; Register of Slaves
     Date of Record: 1780
     Notes:

   

• Slaveholder Name: Dungan, Elias
  City or Township: Northampton
  Occupation: Farmer
  Slaveholder Notes:

   

  1. Slave Name: Bets
     Sex: Female
     Age: 37
     Date of Birth: 1743 (calculated)
     Status: Slave for life
     Description:
     Source: Bucks County Prothonotary Records; Register of Slaves
     Date of Record: 1780
     Notes:

      

  2. Slave Name: David
     Sex: Male
     Age: -
     Date of Birth: 1796-September 10
     Status: Slave to age 28
     Description:
     Source: Bucks County Prothonotary Records; Register of Slaves
     Date of Record: February 07, 1797
     Notes:

      

  3. Slave Name: Patt
     Sex: Female
     Age: 07 Years and 10 Days
     Date of Birth: 1773 (calculated)
     Status: Slave for life
     Description:
     Source: Bucks County Prothonotary Records; Register of Slaves
     Date of Record: 1780
     Notes:

      

  4. Slave Name: Hannah
     Sex: Female
     Age: 04 Years and 08 Months
     Date of Birth: 1776 (calculated)
     Status: Slave for life
     Description:
     Source: Bucks County Prothonotary Records; Register of Slaves
     Date of Record: 1780
     Notes:

      

  5. Slave Name: Jake
     Sex: Male
     Age: 01 Year and 09 Months
     Date of Birth: 1780 (calculated)
     Status: Slave for life
     Description:
     Source: Bucks County Prothonotary Records; Register of Slaves
     Date of Record: 1780
     Notes:

      

  6. Slave Name: Joe
     Sex: Male
     Age: 38
     Date of Birth: 1742 (calculated)
     Status: Slave for life
     Description:
     Source: Bucks County Prothonotary Records; Register of Slaves
     Date of Record: 1780
     Notes:

      

  7. Slave Name: Abe
     Sex: Male
     Age: 08 Years and 08 Months
     Date of Birth: 1772 (calculated)
     Status: Slave for life
     Description:
     Source: Bucks County Prothonotary Records; Register of Slaves
     Date of Record: 1780
     Notes:

      

  8. Slave Name: Isaac
     Sex: Male
     Age: -
     Date of Birth: 1794-February 25
     Status: Slave to age 28
     Description:
     Source: Bucks County Prothonotary Records; Register of Slaves
     Date of Record: May 27, 1794
     Notes:

   

• Slaveholder Name: Dungan, Jeremiah Sr.
  City or Township: Northampton
  Occupation:
  Slaveholder Notes:

   

  1. Slave Name: Cuff
     Sex: Male
     Age: 59
     Date of Birth: 1721 (calculated)
     Status: Slave for life
     Description:
     Source: Bucks County Prothonotary Records; Register of Slaves
     Date of Record: 1780
     Notes:

      

  2. Slave Name: Mary
     Sex: Female
     Age: 33
     Date of Birth: 1747 (calculated)
     Status: Slave for life
     Description:
     Source: Bucks County Prothonotary Records; Register of Slaves
     Date of Record: 1780
     Notes:

   

• Slaveholder Name: Dungan, John
  City or Township:  Northampton
  Occupation:
  Slaveholder Notes: Offered a slave woman and her child for sale:  "TO BE SOLD, A LIKELY young Negroe wench, and a child of two years old, fit for town or country business. She can knit, spin and sew well, wash and iron as well as most. She will not steal, nor get drunk, is good natured in a family; her age 23 years; they have both had the smallpox. Enquire of John Dungan, in Bucks county, Northampton township."

   

  1. Slave Name:  Not named
     Sex: Female
     Age:  "her age 23 years"
     Date of Birth: 1745 (calculated)
     Status: Slave for life
     Description: "Young Negroe wench"
     Source: The Pennsylvania Gazette, 31 March 1768
     Date of Record:  31 March 1768
     Notes:  Mother of a two year-old child, also offered for sale.
   
• Slaveholder Name: Dungan, Jonathan
  City or Township: Warwick
  Occupation: Farmer
  Slaveholder Notes:

   

  1. Slave Name: Glasgow
     Sex: Male
     Age: 13
     Date of Birth: 1767 (calculated)
     Status: Slave for life
     Description:
     Source: Bucks County Prothonotary Records; Register of Slaves
     Date of Record: 1780
     Notes:

      

  2. Slave Name: Dolly
     Sex: Female
     Age: 04 Years and 05 Months
     Date of Birth: 1776 (calculated)
     Status: Slave to age 31
     Description:
     Source: Bucks County Prothonotary Records; Register of Slaves
     Date of Record: 1780
     Notes: 1780 Registration notes: "to be free at 31 Years of Age."

      

  3. Slave Name: Sam
     Sex: Male
     Age: 26
     Date of Birth: 1754 (calculated)
     Status: Slave for life
     Description:
     Source: Bucks County Prothonotary Records; Register of Slaves
     Date of Record: 1780
     Notes:

   

• Slaveholder Name: Dungan, Joshua
  City or Township: Warwick
  Occupation: Farmer
  Slaveholder Notes:

   

  1. Slave Name: Hannah
     Sex: Female
     Age: 25
     Date of Birth: 1755 (calculated)
     Status: Slave for life
     Description:
     Source: Bucks County Prothonotary Records; Register of Slaves
     Date of Record: 1780
     Notes:

      

  2. Slave Name: Enoch
     Sex: Male
     Age: 02
     Date of Birth: 1778 (calculated)
     Status: Slave for life
     Description:
     Source: Bucks County Prothonotary Records; Register of Slaves
     Date of Record: 1780
     Notes:

      

  3. Slave Name: Jesse
     Sex: Male
     Age: 09
     Date of Birth: 1771 (calculated)
     Status: Slave for life
     Description:
     Source: Bucks County Prothonotary Records; Register of Slaves
     Date of Record: 1780
     Notes: Ran away on July 24, 1791. Described in the runaway ad as: "five feet six inches high, took with him a nankeen jacket and pair of breeches, a pair of blue and white woollen stockings, a long green coat, and a new hat, broad in the brim; he has a black speck in the white of his eye." ( The Pennsylvania Gazette)

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