1 | Enslaved People of Hanover, Mass and their Slaveholders | |||||||||||
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2 | by: | Wayne Tucker | wayne.tucker@gmail.com | eleven-names.com | @elevennames | ||||||||||
3 | Revised: 11/10/2022 | |||||||||||
4 | Slaveholder | Enslaved person | Source(s) | Comments from original sources, additional notes | ||||||||
5 | Last | First | Cen | Bapt. | Mariage | Death | Dwel | Other | ||||
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7 | Bailey | George | Prince Bailey Dunsick | Kidnpapped from Africa, 3-yr Revolutionary War vet, Moved to ME ~1780, petitioned for pension | ||||||||
8 | Bailey, Sr, Jr, et. al. | John Sr., Ensign John, Col. John, Jonas, Maj. Bailey | Windsor | B | M | (1730) April 26 Windsor, son of Sarah JONAS; a black, his master, John BAILY promising to give him a religious education. (1749) March 9 Windsor JONAS, negro; and Mercy NEIL, Indian both of Hanover | ||||||
9 | Dick | Cen | M | Dwel | (1741) December 25 Dick, Jonas BAILY'S negro; and Dassin (or Desire) Caleb BARKER'S negro; both of Hanover (1786) Dick, negro of Col. Bailey, and husband of Daphne, died Jan. 20, 1786, aged 90. Find-a-Grave | |||||||
10 | (child) | D | (1751) August 7 A negro; child of Ensign John BAILY | |||||||||
11 | Ben (Indian) | Dwel | (1756) Ben, an Indian slave of John Bailey, died May, 1756 | |||||||||
12 | Jonathan | B | (1789) June 21 Jonathan, a negro; man that lives with Major BAILEY | |||||||||
13 | Jack | Abi(M) +Hob | (1782) Jack, “negro man” of Hanover, and Sage Wood, “negro woman,” int. Dec. 1, 1782 - Vital Records of Abington (Post Revolution) "Jack Bailey, who lived on Beach Hill, once a slave of a Mr. Bailey of Hanover" - Hobart's History of Abington [Perahps different Jacks, but I thought it useful to combine here] (1798) Jack, Sept. 16, Bailey or Packanet, “ a person of Colour”. (Abi) [This leads me to believe that Jack was Indian or mixed African American and Indian] | |||||||||
14 | Dwel | Probate | Note in Dwel p. 184: "In 177[8], John Bailey gave to his son John certain real estate on condition that "he shall comfortably support my two old negroes during their natural life." See the original document here. | |||||||||
15 | Bailey | Jacob | Male, age 27 | Probate | (1783) "1 Negroman about 27 years of age...8p". Jacob Bailey's March 1783 probate inventory | |||||||
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17 | Baldwin | Rev. Samuel | Dinah | Cong. | (1762) Dinah [listed as Dick erroneously], slave of Rev. Samuel Baldwin, died Feb. 3, 1762 | |||||||
18 | Jesse Boos | Dwel | (1775) Jesse Boos, negro slave of Rev. Samuel Baldwin, died Oct. 5,.1775 | |||||||||
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20 | Barker | Caleb | Dassin/Desiree/ Daphne | Cen | M | Dwel | (1741) December 25 Dick, Jonas BAILY'S negro; and Dassin (or Desire) Caleb BARKER'S negro; both of Hanover (1779) Daphne, an old negro, probably Col. Barker's slave, died March 10, 1779 Find-a-Grave | |||||
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22 | Barstow | Joseph | Rose | Probate | (1728) Inventory of Barstow's estate lists "a negro woman named Rose" (See "unknowns" @ bottom of this sheet) | |||||||
23 | Barstow | Joshua | Bilhah | Cen | D | (1757) May 21 Bilhah, Mr. Joshua BARSTOW'S negro-woman (age 26, if Bilhah is the woman in the 1754 census.) | ||||||
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25 | Bass | Rev. Benjamin | Titus | Cen | B | Dwel | (1742) September 26...TITUS my negro; boy | |||||
26 | Note in Dwel: Mr. Bass, the first minister, owned and baptized a slave named Titus. After the death of Mr. Bass his daughter Mary sold Titus to John Gould of Hull. The price paid was £-13 8s., and the following is a copy of said Bill of Sale : — 'Memorandum. That I have bought of Miss Mary Bass of Hanover her negro man Titus for the sum of £42 8s. I am to pay a pound down and give a note upon interest for £26 13s 4d, and one for £13 5s. 2d. She runs the risque of him till he shall come to Hull, and then at mine. The notes to be dated Nov., 1770; the bill of sale and notes to be made as soon as may be. Her mother and brother, Benjamin Bass, with her to sign the bill.' This was signed October 25, 1770, by John Gould and Mary Bass. | |||||||||||
27 | Bass | Dea. Benjamin | Susannah | D | (1792) May 2. Susannah, negro-woman of Dea. BASS aged 73. old age. | |||||||
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29 | Brooks | (Deacon) | Cuba | D | (1795) March 25 Cuba: a negro-woman of Dea. BROOKS | |||||||
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31 | Curtiss | John | Jupiter | D | (1747) Novb. or December Jupiter, a negro man of Mr. John CURTISS. | |||||||
32 | Curtis | Richard | Enumerated enslaved male, age 55 | Cen | (1754) Richard Curtis is referenced in the 1765 Census as a Hanover Slaveholder | |||||||
33 | Curtis | Samuel | Cuba | C&C | (1768) [Adm to Church] June 5 Cuba, a negro woman, belonging to Sam'l Curtis upon recommendation from the 2d Church in Scituate from whence her relation was transferred. [NB: Samuel Curtis named one Joseph Brooks as executor to his will and bequeathed a substantial portion of his estate to Brooks. See Plymouth County Probate Papers. Is this Deacon Brooks above?] | |||||||
34 | Curtis | Simeon | Mingo | Dwel | (1791) Mingo, negro of Capt. Simeon Curtis, died April 7, 1791, aged 70. "He lived on Silver street, with his wife and child, and gave the name to Mingo's field." | |||||||
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36 | Cushing, Esq | Elijah | (child) | D | (1736) March 4 A negro child belonging to Elijah CUSHING, esq | |||||||
37 | (child) | D | (1747) January or February A negro child of Elijah CUSHING | |||||||||
38 | Boston | Dwel | Hans. | (1741) "Boston and Margaret, slaves of Elijah Cushing, were married the same year." | ||||||||
39 | Margaret | Elijah Cushing's home stood at the current 89 E. Washington St, Hanson, MA. For more see Hanson Historical Society: https://hansonhistoricalsociety.files.wordpress.com/2015/04/2014-tunk-fall.pdf | ||||||||||
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41 | Cushing | Capt. | (child) | D | Barry | (1744) July 30 Capt. CUSHING'S negro child. | ||||||
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43 | Dilly | (Mr.) | (unknown) | D | (1738) February A negro of Mr. DILLY | |||||||
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45 | Estes/Eastice | Mathew | Fred | D | Dwel | (1739) February A negro of Matthew EASTICE'S/Fred, a negro of Matthew Estes, died Feb. 13, 1739. | ||||||
46 | Jupiter | Sci | (1742) Jupiter “Negro; of Math. Estis of Hanover,” and Cuba “Negro of Isaac Turner,” int. Sept. 4, 1742 | |||||||||
47 | Enumerated enslaved female, age 26 | Cen | (1754) Matthew Estes is listed as a Hanover slave holder in Gov. Shirley's 1754 slave census. | |||||||||
48 | Enumerated enslaved female, age 17 | Cen | (1754) Matthew Estes is listed as a Hanover slave holder in Gov. Shirley's 1754 slave census. | |||||||||
49 | Bilhah (she would have been age 8 during the 1754 slave census that counted only enslaved people age 16 or older.) | Dwel | (1776) On Sept. 25 Sarah Estes Sylvester signed a document stating: "Know all men by these presents that I, Sarah Sylvester of Hanover, widow. Know ye that, whereas my father, Matthew Estes, late of said Hanover, deceased, in his last will gave to me a certain negro girl whose name is Bilhah, aged about 30 years, and from Religious Scruples of Conscience in me with regard to the justice of keeping mankind as slaves, and in consideration of ye good will which I bear towards said Billiah, I do hereby, for myself and my heirs, exonerate, acquit, and discharge her, ye said Bilhah, from me, my heirs, executors, and administrators, to all intents and purposes whatever. And from any demands of property in her, the said Bilhah." https://hdl.handle.net/2027/loc.ark:/13960/t9668n75n?urlappend=%3Bseq=516 | |||||||||
50 | Estis | Robert | Mary | D | (1794) March 20. Mary, negro-woman of Robert ESTIS, aged 76. | |||||||
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52 | House | Samuel | Enumerated enslaved female, age 30 | Cen | (1754) Samuel House is listed as a Hanover slave holder in Gov. Shirley's 1754 slave census. | |||||||
53 | Pompey (Pomp) | Hans. + Hob | See: Hanson Historical Society's "Pomp's Orchard" online: https://hansonhistoricalsociety.wordpress.com/2014/02/16/object-of-the-month-february-2014-pomps-orchard/ | |||||||||
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55 | Jacob | David | Phebe | D | (1769) Jany. 8 Phebe, a Negro; girl, Slave to David and Hannah JACOB | |||||||
56 | Rose | D | (1770) April 12. Rose, Negro; woman to David JACOB | |||||||||
57 | Jane | D | (1775) 28 Jane, Negro;-Servant to David and Hannah JACOBS | |||||||||
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59 | Joselyn | Capt. Joseph | Phillis | Dwel | (1742) Phillis, Captain Joselyn's negro, died Feb. 9, 1742. | |||||||
60 | (unknown) | D | (1756) May 23 A negro; of Joseph JOSLYN | |||||||||
61 | Cuffe Joselyn | Dwel | (1831) Cuffee Joselyn was a slave of Col. Joseph Joselyn's. He was captured on the Coast of Africa when a boy and died at the house of Thomas Damon [715 Hanover St] about 1831 at the advanced age of more than one hundred years. He, also, served in the Continental Army. [Army service unverified; further research required] | |||||||||
62 | Probate | (1787) Despite slavery being abolished in Massachusetts in 1783, Josselyn bequeathed Cuffe's service to his wife covering her natural life. See the document here.(towards bottom) | ||||||||||
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64 | Lambert | Uriah | Infant | D | (1746) August or September A negro; infant of Uriah LAMBERT | |||||||
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66 | Mellen | Rev. John | Bess* | D | *(1793) Sep 20 Our Negro-woman called BESS, 36 putrid fever [Perhaps bess sought work with the Mellens as a free adult? Perhaps she started with the family in slavery?] | |||||||
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68 | Otis | Job | Hanibal | M | (1735) April 3 Hannibal and Bilhah; Mr. Job OTIS'S negroes | |||||||
69 | Bilhah | M | ||||||||||
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71 | Ramsdale (Ramsdell) | Joseph | (child) | D | (1733) April 25 A negro; child of Joseph RAMSDALE | |||||||
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73 | Stockbridge | David | Pompey | Cen | B | (1774) Pompey, negro-lad of Col. STOCKBRIDGE | ||||||
74 | Enumerated enslaved female, age 23 | (1754) David Stockbridge is listed as having 1 male and 1 female slave in Gov. Shirley's 1754 slave census. The male slave may or may not be Pompey. | ||||||||||
75 | Stockbridge | Dea. Joseph | Caesar | Dwel | (1728) Caesar, child of Deacon Stockbridge's slave, died June, 14, 1728 | |||||||
76 | Cuffy | D | (1736) January 18 Deacon STOCKBRIDGE'S negro; man Cuffy. | |||||||||
77 | Phillis | Clerk | (1805) Departed this life; a Negro woman of Mr Stockbridge (Listed in index as "a slave") | |||||||||
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79 | Studley | John | Briton | B | D | (1748) July 17 Briton, a negro; infant born in the house of Mr. Edward JENKINS of Scituate, and given to Mr. John STUDLEY, of Hanover, soon after its birth (1749) January 23 Briton, a negro; child of John & Elizabeth STUDLEY | ||||||
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83 | Sylvester | Nathaniel | Newport | Cen | M | (1760) May 25 Newport and Kate two negro; slaves belonging to Nathl SYLVESTER | ||||||
84 | Kate | M | ||||||||||
85 | Sylvester | Amos | Dinah | Cen | D | (1756) February 19 Dinah, a negro, Mr. Amos SYLVESTER'S servant. | ||||||
86 | Sylvester | Henchman | George Toto | Probate | (1758) A servent boye named George Toto. [This is an Indian young man as we see in a November 16 1750 church record "Mercy TOTO, an Indian woman and George Toto, her son, as also Rhoda Toto, her daughter ; the mother making confession of her repeated violation of the 7th commandment [fornication]". | |||||||
87 | Sylvester | Jacob | Jenny | B | (1771) Nov. 24 Jenny, a Negro;-child, servant to Jacob & Mary SYLVESTER | |||||||
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89 | Tilden | Job | Bilhah | Cen | Dwel | (1751) Jack and Bilhah, Job Tilden's servants, were married February 8, 1751 | ||||||
90 | Jack | Dwel | [NB: Abington's Aaron Hobart is noted to have held slaves named Jack and Bilhah (Abi & Hob) Did Tilden Traffic them to Hobart?] | |||||||||
91 | (child) | Dwel | (1754) A negro child of Lieutenant Job Tilden, died Dec. 25, 1754 | |||||||||
92 | (child) | Dwel | (1760) A negro child of Lieutenant Job Tilden, died February 12, 1760 | |||||||||
93 | Florrow, aged 9 | OS | (1762) Job Tilden sells Joseph Tilden, Jr of Scituate a "negre garl named florrow" [possibly "Flora"] | |||||||||
94 | Cuffee Tilden | Dwel | (d. 1778) During the Revolutionary War, Job Tilden sent one of his slaves named Cuffee, as a soldier in the Continental Army. He was with Col. Bailey and died at Valley Forge, and the sacrifice gave him a second name, for henceforth he was known as Cuffee Tilden, and so the printed rolls inscribe him. | |||||||||
95 | Note from Dwel p 262: “Joseph Tilden, by his will dated November 8, 1763, gave to his son, Job Tilden...This house is presented as being especially interesting, because of the fact that slaves were raised here for the market...[T]his was probably the only place in our town where the owner carried on the traffic for revenue. The writer has seen two bills of sale of slaves sold from this house.” | |||||||||||
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97 | Turner | Capt Ezekiel | Jeffry | Cen | D | (1767) Apr 29 Jeffry, Negro; man of Coll. TURNER. Drowned in the Furnace Pond. | ||||||
98 | London | D | Probate | (1773) I also give to my said wife my negro boy named London, about five years old to be at her own dispense forever, this in lieu of her right of dower in my estate. (1786) Jany 15. London, negro-man of Widow TURNER : about 19 years | ||||||||
99 | Turner | Issac | Enumerated enslaved female, age 50 | Cen | (1754) Isaac Turner is listed as a Hanover slave holder in Gov. Shirley's 1754 slave census. | |||||||
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101 | Red indicates ambiguity. I don't know what the chain of custody was in the Bailey family. I don't know if Capt. Cushing is or is not the same person as Elijah, Esq. Caleb Barker may be different from Col. Barker (perhaps John Barker) | |||||||||||
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103 | People with unknown white family affiliation/unknown freedom status | |||||||||||
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105 | Abi(M) | (1737) JONAS Sarah* of Hanover, and Benjamin, negro, of Hanover, Mar. 17, 1737. (*Sarah is listed as a "molatto" in 1730 church records. She is also Windsor Jonas's mother. Windsor was enslaved by John Baily.) | ||||||||||
106 | D | (1754) December 26. A negro; Infant [Is this the same child who died Dec 25 at Job Tilden's house? Or was it two seperate infants?] | ||||||||||
107 | B | (1775) December 17 Mable, daugr of Kelah MINGO, negro; woman | ||||||||||
108 | D | (1790) July 1. Shubael ROSE, a molatto; 80 old age and long infirmities also same day | ||||||||||
109 | church records | (1776) May 5. Shubael ROSE having made application to the Pastor on behalf of himself and Susanna his wife (who were members of the Church of England, but voluntarily dissented therefrom) for occasional communion. A representation was made by the Pastor of the state of their case, and of their request: A vote was called, and it past in the affirmative without any opposition, that they should be admitted to this privilege, agreeable to their Petition. | ||||||||||
110 | Note about Shubael Rose: He appears several times in the Plymouth County court records, often being "warned out" in various communites. It appears he has native american heritage. | |||||||||||
111 | D | (1793) Oct 18 Daughter of Negro;, named BRISTOL;14 years old Dysentery. [Likely born enslaved] | ||||||||||
112 | D | (1796) 13. Cloe, daughter of BRISTOL: negro; 19 years old. of a con- sumption. [Likely born enslaved] | ||||||||||
113 | Clerk | (1808) Rose; a woman of Colour departed this life March 2d 1808 aged 89 (p. 200) Listed in index as "a slave"; Could be Joseph Barstow's Rose above, and noted as "Rhoda Rose" in Dwel. | ||||||||||
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115 | Bibliography | *most of these sources are availble in my Early Hanover Collection at the Hathi Trust Digital Library https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/mb?a=listis&c=1199908359 | ||||||||||
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117 | Abreviation | Citation | ||||||||||
118 | Barry | A historical sketch of the town of Hanover, Mass., with family genealogies (1853) Barry, J. Stetson . Boston: Published for the author by S. G. Drake. | ||||||||||
119 | B/M/D | History and records of the First Congregational church, Hanover, Mass., 1727-1865... (1895) Briggs, L. Vernon (Lloyd Vernon)., Hanover (Mass.). First Congregational Church. Boston, Mass.: W. Spooner, printer. | ||||||||||
120 | C&C | The church and cemetery records of Hanover, Mass (1904) Briggs, L. Vernon (Lloyd Vernon). Boston, Mass.: Wallace Spooner. | ||||||||||
121 | Cen | Early census making in Massachusetts, 1643-1765: with a reproduction of the lost census of 1765... (1905) Benton, J. H. (Josiah Henry).. Boston: Charles E. Goodspeed. | ||||||||||
122 | Clerk | A copy of the records of births, marriages, and deaths and of intentions of marriage of the town of Hanover (1898) Hanover (Mass.) 1727-1857. Rockland [Mass.]: Press of the Rockland standard. | ||||||||||
123 | Dwel | History of the town of Hanover, Massachusetts: with family genealogies (1910) Dwelley, J., Simmons, J. F.. [Hanover, Mass.]: Pub. by the town of Hanover. | ||||||||||
124 | OS | Old Scituate (1921) Massachusetts Daughters of the American Revolution. Chief Justice Cushing chapter. [Scituate, Mass.]: | ||||||||||
125 | Hans. | Hanson Historical Society Links inserted into entry above | ||||||||||
126 | Abi | Vital records of Abington, Massachusetts: to the year 1850 (1912) Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society | ||||||||||
127 | Sci | Vital records of Scituate, Massachusetts: to the year 1850 (1912) Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society | ||||||||||
128 | Hob | History of the town of Abington, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, from its first settlement (1866). Hobart, Benjamin. Boston: T.H. Carter and son. | ||||||||||
129 | Probate | Plymouth County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1686-1881.Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives.) | ||||||||||
130 | Briggs | History of Shipbuilding on North River (1889) Briggs, L. Vernon (Lloyd Vernon) [quoted on other pages of this guide] | ||||||||||
131 | Plymouth Court Records, 1686-1859. Boston, MA.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2002. Copyright, 2002, Pilgrim Society. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) | |||||||||||
132 | See also: | Forgotten Patriot Project Daughters of the American Revolution https://www.dar.org/library/research-guides/forgotten-patriots | ||||||||||
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134 | Footnote: | I count ~36 known slaveholders and ~64 enslaved people, with a handful more people with ambiguous freedom statuses | ||||||||||
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136 | Image/ Document Gallery | See images of archival documents supporting this research and more here. | ||||||||||
137 | Or, if you prefer, view documents in Google Drive. | |||||||||||
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139 | Resources | Looking to learn more about the history of slavery in Massachusetts? I've compiled a list of videos, podcasts, books, and links here: https://eleven-names.com/massachusetts/ | ||||||||||
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2 | Notes from 1790 US Census | |||||||
3 | https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1790/heads_of_families/massachusetts/1790e-05.pdf | See page 10 | ||||||
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5 | The 1790 Census reports 184 households in Hanover. Below is a list of households with enumerated "other free persons"; note the overlap in last names from the previous sheet: Bailey, Barker, Bass, Brooks, Estes, Jacob, Sylvester, Turner, Tilden, | |||||||
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7 | Last | First | All other "free" persons | |||||
8 | Bailey | Luther | 1 | |||||
9 | Bailey | Charles | 3 | |||||
10 | Bailey | George | 1 | |||||
11 | Barker | Gideon | 1 | |||||
12 | Bass (Jr) | Benjiman | 1 | |||||
13 | Brooks | Jospeh | 1 | |||||
14 | Clark | Nathaniel | 1 | |||||
15 | Damon | Ezra | 7 | |||||
16 | Dillingham | Henry | 1 | |||||
17 | Ellis Jr | Mordacai | 1 | |||||
18 | Estes | Zackeus | 4 | |||||
19 | Estes | Robert | 1 | |||||
20 | Jacob | David | 1 | |||||
21 | Nash | Samuel | 1 | |||||
22 | Nicholson | Joseph | 4 | |||||
23 | Smith | Albert | 1 | |||||
24 | Sylvester | Jacob | 1 | |||||
25 | Tilden | Job | 3 | |||||
26 | Turner | Charles | 1 | |||||
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28 | 17/184 | Households | 35 | Nonwhite people | ||||
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30 | Households with no white people. Subtracted from the total of white households with nonwhite people living in them, but included in the total of nonwhite Hanover residents. | |||||||
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2 | 1754 Slave Census | |||||||||||
3 | "In 1754, Governor William Shirley had ordered that an enumeration of all slaves, both male and female, over the age of sixteen be completed by each town." | |||||||||||
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6 | image of original slave census for Hanover | |||||||||||
7 | A list of Negro Slaves within the Town of Hanover in the County of Plymouth taken in Performance of a Late order of the General Court | |||||||||||
8 | Transcript: | |||||||||||
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10 | Masters Names | their age | ||||||||||
11 | 1 | male | Nathaniel Sylvester | 17 | years | |||||||
12 | 1 | male | David Stockbridge, Esq | 17 | years | |||||||
13 | 1 | Female | 23 | years | ||||||||
14 | 1 | male | Rev. Benjiman Bass | 17 | years | |||||||
15 | 1 | Female | 22 | years | ||||||||
16 | 1 | male | Job Tilden | 22 | years | |||||||
17 | 1 | Female | 30 | years | ||||||||
18 | 1 | male | Capt Ezekiel Turner | 25 | years | |||||||
19 | 1 | Female | Samuel House | 30 | years | |||||||
20 | 1 | Female | Joshua Barstow | 24 | years | |||||||
21 | 1 | Female | Matthew Estes | 26 | years | |||||||
22 | 1 | Female | 17 | years | ||||||||
23 | 1 | Female | Caleb Barker | 50 | years | |||||||
24 | 1 | Female | Amos Sylvester | 22 | years | |||||||
25 | 1 | male | John Bailey | 50 | years | |||||||
26 | 1 | male | Richard Curtis | 55 | years | |||||||
27 | 1 | Female | Isaac Turner | 50 | years | |||||||
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29 | 17 | In all | ||||||||||
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31 | Taken by us the Subscribers Select men of Town of Hanover Decmber the 12th 1754 | |||||||||||
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33 | Seth Turner} Select man | |||||||||||
34 | of Hanover | |||||||||||
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2 | Forgotten Patriots of Hanover | |||||||||||||
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4 | This sheet culls a roster of Black and Native American Hanover veterans of the Revolutionary War | Abbreviations: | ||||||||||||
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6 | BAILEY, PRINCE, African American, MSS, W17230 [wife Hannah Woods; died February 9, 1838], Hanover | MSS | Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War. 17 volumes. Boston: Wright & Potter Printing Co., 1896-1908. by William M. Olin | |||||||||||
7 | BUKER/BAKER, WINSOR/WINDSOR, Mixed descent (“Mulatto”), MSS, Hanover & Scituate | |||||||||||||
8 | CURTIS, PRINCE, **, MSS, Hanover (Family geneology and existence of headstone indicates Prince Curtis was white.) | https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/008728240/Home | ||||||||||||
9 | CUSHING, PERO, **, MSS, CSP, Hanover | |||||||||||||
10 | HATCH, THOMAS, Indian? MSS (Hanover), GH1793, Mashpee | MSS for Cuff Tilden | ||||||||||||
11 | JACOB/JACOBS, AESOP, African American, MSS, Hanover/Scituate | |||||||||||||
12 | LONG, JOB, Indian, MSS, Hanover | |||||||||||||
13 | PERO/PEROW, PRINCE, **, MSS, Plymouth Co./Braintree/Hanover | MSS for Prince Bailey | ||||||||||||
14 | PETER, JONATHAN, African American, MSS, Hanover | |||||||||||||
15 | RIPLY, PRIMUS, **, MSS, Scituate/Hanover | |||||||||||||
16 | TILDEN/TILDREN, CUFF, African American, MSS, CSP, Hanover | CSP | Clarence Stewart Peterson. Known Military Dead during the American Revolutionary War, 1775‐1783. Baltimore | |||||||||||
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18 | https://hdl.handle.net/2027/wu.89058650573?urlappend=%3Bseq=184%3Bownerid=13510798899922161-212 | |||||||||||||
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2 | The Baileys of Early Hanover - a list of suspects | ||||||||||||||
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4 | A list of men named Bailey in the 1790 Census | ||||||||||||||
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6 | 1730-1810 | Col. John | Col. John Bailey of the Mass 2nd. | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/142548954/john-bailey | |||||||||||
7 | 1751-1823 | John | Son of Col. John (& Quaker minister) | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/81320026/john-bailey | John (b.1751) was, according to Dwelley, a "Quaker preacher, going into the slaves states as well as elsehwere." Lived in Ada Campbell house https://hdl.handle.net/2027/loc.ark:/13960/t9668n75n?urlappend=%3Bseq=349 | ||||||||||
8 | See the John Bailey clock at the MFA Boston HERE | ||||||||||||||
9 | 1752-1820 | Luther | Son of Col. John brother of John | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/133401234/luther-bailey | |||||||||||
10 | 1739-1796 | Seth | Brother of Col.John | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/142548896/seth-bailey | |||||||||||
11 | 1734-1810 | Charles | Son of Jacob | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/101328606/charles-bailey | A note of caution: Enslaved people often had different last names than their slave holder. For example, Tony Dwight and Brister Gould of Abington were each enslaved by both Rev. Samuel Brown and Josiah Torrey. I can't yet pinpoint the origins of the Dwight and Gould last names for these men.
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12 | 1737-1806 | Stephen | Son of Jacob | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/133403225/stephen-bailey | |||||||||||
13 | 1741-1831 | George | Son of Jacob | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/74086854/george-bailey | |||||||||||
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15 | Other Baileys | ||||||||||||||
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17 | 1673-1752 | John Sr | Patriarch. Father of Capt. John & Jacob | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/142549005/john-bailey | |||||||||||
18 | 1702-1778 | Capt .John | Father of Col. John & Seth | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/142548982/john-bailey | |||||||||||
19 | 1706-1776 | Jacob | Brother of Capt John, Uncle of Col. John. Father of Charles, Stephen & George | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/74086909/jacob-bailey | |||||||||||
20 | b.1737 | Timothy | "Timothy Bayle son to Timothy Baily and Sarah was born the 4th day of June 1737". [Timothy Sr. and his wife Sarah are in Hanover until at least 1747 according to birth records.] | Hanover Vital Records | |||||||||||
21 | Timothy is son of John Sr and brother of Capt John. He moved to North Yarmouth, Maine. (Dwelley) | ||||||||||||||
22 | 1761-1835 | Calivin | Son of Col. John; age 16 in 1777. Died in Maine | ||||||||||||
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24 | The remainder of the male Baileys of Hanover appear to be too young to be landowners/slaveholders in 1777, or they were born afterwards. |
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4 | Hanover Center Cemetery | |||||||||
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7 | 1673-1752 | Bailey | John Sr | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/142549005/john-bailey | ||||||
8 | 1702-1778 | Bailey | Capt .John | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/142548982/john-bailey | note: Col. Bailey's father dies during the Revolution | |||||
9 | 1730-1810 | Bailey | Col. John | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/142548954/john-bailey | ||||||
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11 | 1730-1784 | Baldwin | Rev. Samuel | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/142549151/samuel-a_m-baldwin | ||||||
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13 | 1720-1763 | Barstow | Joshua | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/142549294/joshua-barstow | ||||||
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15 | 1694-1756 | Bass | Rev. Benjamin | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/145441761/benjamin-bass | ||||||
16 | 1742-1821 | Bass | Dea. Benjamin | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/142549805/benjamin-bass | ||||||
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18 | 1701-1766 | Curtis | Richard | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/142550278/richard-curtis | ||||||
19 | 1709-1794 | Curtis | Samuel | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/142550607/samuel-curtis | ||||||
20 | 1721-1800 | Curtis | Simeon | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/142550579/simeon-curtis | ||||||
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22 | 1699-1787 | Josselyn | Capt. Joseph | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/142552308/joseph-josselyn | ||||||
23 | Home: 607 Broadway, Hanover | |||||||||
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25 | 1711-1788 | Stockbridge | David | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/142555550/david-stockbridge | ||||||
26 | 1762-1773 | Stockbridge | Dea. Joseph | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/142555501/joseph-stockbridge | ||||||
27 | 1698-1783 | Stockbridge | Dea. Joseph Jr. | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/142555658/joseph-stockbridge | ||||||
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29 | 1701-1773 | Turner | Ezekiel | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/142556755/ezekiel-turner | ||||||
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32 | Buried Further Afield | |||||||||
33 | birth-death | Slaveholder | ||||||||
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35 | 1675-1728 | Barstow | Joseph | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/74351484/joseph-barstow Second Parish Cemetery, Norwell | ||||||
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37 | 1698-1792 | Cushing | Col. Elijah | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/36577978/elijah-cushing Fern Hill Cemetery, Hanson | ||||||
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39 | ? - 1779 | House | Samuel | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/81053883/samuel-house Mt Zion Cemetery, Whitman | ||||||
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41 | 1729-1805 | Jacob | David | Not accurate: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/142801669/david-jacobs First Parish Cemetery, Norwel | ||||||
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43 | ? - 1806 | Sylvester | Jacob | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/50635245/jacob-silvester Union Cemetery, Hanover | ||||||
44 | 1718-1781 | Sylvester | Nathaniel | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/170393399/nathaniel-sylvester Church Hill Cemetery, Norwell | ||||||
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47 | No Find-A-Grave Links | |||||||||
48 | birth-death | Slaveholder | ||||||||
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50 | b. 1719 | Barker | Caleb | |||||||
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52 | Brooks | Dea. (Joseph?) | Possibly mentioned in Samuel Curtis's will Both men enslaved a woman Cuba | |||||||
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54 | Curtiss | John | ||||||||
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56 | Dilly | (Mr.) | ||||||||
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58 | d. 1774 | Estes | Matthew | |||||||
59 | Estis | Robert | ||||||||
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61 | Lambert | Uriah | May have lived in Hanover only a short period. Plymouth County court files indicate the sheriff and selectmen wanted Lambert's family to leave soon after they arrived. | |||||||
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63 | Mellen | Rev. John | Returned to Cambridge, MA | |||||||
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65 | Studley | John | 134 Old Washington St in Hanover? | |||||||
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67 | b.1733 | Sylvester | Amos | I can find Amos Sr (d. 1753), but not Jr. Sr. died the year before the Slave census and I presume it is Amos Jr who is listed. | ||||||
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69 | 1725-1809 | Tilden | Job | I can find Job Jr, but not Sr | ||||||
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71 | Turner | Isaac |
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5 | Dwelley p. 264 | After the Revolution, Colonel John Bailey kept a hotel on Main street, in the house now occupied by Henry; W. Percival;. This Jolm Bailey was cared for in his old age by the mother of the writer and she often spoke of the plate, the decanters and other paraphernalia of the hotel. | |||||||||||
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8 | Dwelley p. 255 | The house of Henry W. Percival, on Main street, was constructed by Joseph House, a ship builder, about 1712. He sold it to John Bailey, who was, in early life, also engaged in shipbuilding. Calvin Bailey, the son of John, resided here until his removal to Maine, and the house; was then purchased by Abisha Soule, and has since been owned by him or by one of his descendants. The original house, which was two stories high with the end to the street, was moved back from its original location by Mr. Soule and enlarged. John Bailey was a colonel in the Revolutionary War, his son Luther serving as a major in his father's regiment. Colonel Bailey was second in command at Dorchester Heights, and was more than once especially commended by Washington for his valor. Both the Colonel and Major Bailey, his son, died in this house. Colonel Bailey for a time after his return from the army, kept a hotel in this house. It is an interesting fact that his neighbor, Caleb Sylvester, a Revolutionary soldier, who lived a few rods north of him, also won the commendation of Washington, and was by him presented with a souvenir which the family still preserves. | |||||||||||
9 | Shipbuilder | The first occupant [Barstow’s Two Oaks] yard, of whom we have any knowledge, was Col. John Bailey, a distinguished officer in the Revolutionary War. He was Lieutenant Colonel of Col. Thomas' Regiment. He was with Col. Thomas at Roxbury, and had charge of the regiment when Col. Thomas was commissioned as general officer. He probably built here previous to the Revolution. Joseph House was his master workman. (Briggs p. 103) | |||||||||||
10 | Grandfather: | Although perhaps outside the scope of a Hanover-focused program on slavery, I think note below is worth including in the background research. Col. Bailey's grandfather was involved in a fraud case that involved taking payment for a female slave who was described as either mentally ill or "possesed of the devil" and subsequently "was hanged", and thus not delivered. Israel Cowing is Capt. John Bailey's father-in-law and Col. Bailey's grandfather: | |||||||||||
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12 | From Plymouth County court files 1730: Nicholas Litchfield (Scituate Yoeman) v. Israel Cowing (Scituate Husbandman) by atty. John Cushing, Jr. Case for L100 damages for defrauding pltf. Pltf. complained “that the Deft. at Scituate aforesaid on the Twenty fourth Day of Apricl last past having Two Negros viz: a Negro Man Named Jack and a Negro woman Named Surre and the said Negro woman was then Mad Distracted or Possesed of the Divel of all which the Plant was wholly Ignorantee, and the Deft being Disierous to Sell the said Negros to the Plant for the sum of one Hundred and Sixty Pounds money to Induce the Plant. To Bye said Negros Did aver and affirm that said Negros were Sound and in Good Healthand Did assume and Promise to Deliver said Negroes well and in Good order as aforesaid to the Plant., In Consideration whereof the Plant. Paid the Deft. one Hundred and Sixty Pounds money. The Deft. then Giving as Bill of Sale of said Negros they Not being Present Convenating therein that they were Sound and in Good Health and Free from Incumbrances as by said Bill of Sale...and the Deft. Further Did assume and Promise In Consideration of the Moneys being paid as aforesaid that he woud Deliver said Negros as aforesaid on the Day Following, viz: the Twenty fifth Day of said month. Now the Plant. further Declaresmthat the Deft. Never Delivered him the Negro womanbut the Negro man only and informed the Plant. On the said Twenty fifth of said month that the said Negrowoman was Hanged and Dead and so the Deft. in Manner afforesaid hath Defrauded the Plant’ of one half of said Hundred and Sixty Pound (viz:) Eighty Pounds. Deft. pleaded not guilty. Jury verdict for the pltf., L80 and costs taxed at L5.17s.6d. Appealed by Deft., with John Sparhawk, Gent. (Plymouth) and Quintin Crymble (Plymouth Bricklayer) sureties. | ||||||||||||
13 | *It's noteworthy that this is a fraud case and not a murder trial. | ||||||||||||
14 | Dick: | The Baileys' enslaved man Dick has a Find-a Grave entry. Rumor he and his wife are buried on Hanover Conservation Land: From Find-a-Grave: "In A Historical Sketch of the Town of Hanover (1853), John S. Barry reported, "It is said that there was an old Indian burial ground on this island, and that, before the violent September gale of 1815, known as the hurricane, the mounds covering the graves of those who had been buried on the spot could be distinctly seen. Since then all traces of them have disappeared." Dick, a slave of the Col. John Bailey family of Hanover, and Daphne, a slave of the Caleb Barker family of Hanover, resided on Pine Island in their old age, near the house of Caleb Barker on Plain Street. [Caleb Barker's house, according to historian Dwelley was located "near the residence of the late Zaccheus Estes" on Plain Street.] It was probably their graves that could be seen in 1815. This graveyard is not marked and its precise location is unknown." | |||||||||||
15 | https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/2545612/pine-island-burial-ground | ||||||||||||
16 | "On Pine Island near Hanover street, lived two Indians in the eighteentli century who were called King Dick and Queen Daphne." (Dwelley p. 51) | ||||||||||||
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18 | Job Tilden House | ||||||||||||
19 | Note: | Cuffe and Job Tilden appear in a 1909 article, apparently first in the Boston Herald, then syndicated across the coutry. Dwelley is the main source of the article: "A relic of slavery Days in New Enlgand, in the middle of the Eightteenth Century, the Old Tilden House on Winter Street, West Hanover, the olny house in that town where slaves were kept for the market, is now being demolished. https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/search/pages/results/?state=&date1=1777&date2=1963&proxtext=%22cuffee+tilden%22&x=16&y=9&dateFilterType=yearRange&rows=20&searchType=basic | |||||||||||
20 | Boston Globe Nov 12, 1965 | In an article titled "Hingham's Oldest Houses To Be Seen in New Light", Phyllis Coons notes, "A nearby town, West Newbury, is the source of a 200-year-old chair from the Job Tilden slave house" in reference to antiques residing in local homes. See the article here. | |||||||||||
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22 | Matthew Estes | ||||||||||||
23 | Mass Probate: | Matthew Estes's will from 1774: "I will and bequeath to my daughter Sarah Sylvester after her mother hath done with it, all my livestock out of doors, and all of my house hold goods within doors with the negros." See the document here | |||||||||||
24 | Dwelley. Link in note | On Sept. 25, 1776 Sarah Estes Sylvester signed a document stating: "Know all men by these presents that I, Sarah Sylvester of Hanover, widow. Know ye that, whereas my father, Matthew Estes, late of said Hanover, deceased, in his last will gave to me a certain negro girl whose name is Bilhah, aged about 30 years, and from Religious Scruples of Conscience in me with regard to the justice of keeping mankind as slaves, and in consideration of ye good will which I bear towards said Billiah, I do hereby, for myself and my heirs, exonerate, acquit, and discharge her, ye said Bilhah, from me, my heirs, executors, and administrators, to all intents and purposes whatever. And from any demands of property in her, the said Bilhah." https://hdl.handle.net/2027/loc.ark:/13960/t9668n75n?urlappend=%3Bseq=516 | |||||||||||
25 | Estes and Barker are both Quakers | On and near what is now Plain Street, lived Caleb Barker;, the Quaker, whose descendants are in Pembroke and New York ; and Matthew, William, and Edward Estes, a few of whose descend- ants are in Hanover, but who mostly removed to the Western States. (Barry p. 24) | |||||||||||
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27 | Captain Josehph Josselyn | ||||||||||||
28 | Mass Probate: | Joseph Josselyn has a 74-page will in Plymouth County Probate files (1787). On the last page there is a note about Cuffe Josselyn where Josselyn bequeathed Cuffe's service to his wife covering her natural life. See the document here.(towards bottom) | |||||||||||
29 | In 1817, it was voted that the overseers of the poor put out town paupers as they see fit...In 1823, a committee…[was] chosen to take into consideration the subject of a poorhouse. At a meeting held in May, 1825, the town voted "To empower the Selectmen and Overseers of the Poor to cause Mr. Isaac Perry, Benchar Clark, Eliza Wood and Cuffe Josselyn to be boarded where they think proper." About 1827, a system of putting out the poor at auction to the lowest bidder was adopted. The auction, which was a public affair, was held at the meeting house at the Center. This system proved unsatisfactory to the town and was continued but a few years. It was a barbarous custom but was quite common at this time in Massachusetts. (Dwelley p. 1880 [How is this pauper auction different than a slave auction?] | ||||||||||||
30 | MACRIS: | 607 Broadway Captain Joseph Josselyn (1699–1787), settled in Hanover by the 1720s. He was born in Scituate in 1699, the son of Henry and Abigail (Stockbridge) Josselyn. In December 1726, Joseph married Ruth Bates. He likely constructed the Joseph Josselyn House, 607 Broadway (1726, HNV.169) about 1726, around the time of his marriage. He was an early proprietor of Bardin Forge, established in Scituate in 1720, and was very involved in public affairs in Hanover. Josselyn partially owned the Anchor Forge on Elm Street (not extant). His wife Ruth died in 1742 and he remarried the widow of Sylvester Barker (d. 1801) of Pembroke. Josselyn had no children but had one adopted child, Sylvester Little (Dwelley and Simmons 1910:246 Barker, Bonney, and Henderson 1976:119–120). https://mhc-macris.net/Details.aspx?MhcId=HNV.169 | |||||||||||
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32 | Joseph and Joshua Barstow | ||||||||||||
33 | Relationshp: | Joseph died in 1728 when son Joshua was age 8. | |||||||||||
34 | Background: | Although the Barstow name is synonymous with North River shipbuilding, this father-and-son team owned a share in Barstow's Forge, which would have sat at the State/Cross St Bridge adjacent to Broadway and just south of the historic fire house and Myette's | |||||||||||
35 | Residence: | Joseph Barstow lived at the current 1119 Broadway which would have lied adjacent to the Barstow Forge at the Indian Head River. Barstow house burned down. | |||||||||||
36 | Further research: | We can identify two women enslaved by the Barstows. I would like to know if there were enslaved males that worked at the forge. And if so, how many? | |||||||||||
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38 | Caleb Barker | ||||||||||||
39 | Spinning of wool: | There was a time in the history of the town, when all our farmers kept their flocks of sheep, and raised, and spun their own wool, and made their own cloth and the hum of the wheel, and the clatter of the loom, tended by the goodwife, were heard in about every dwelling. Indeed, such was the esteem in which this branch of industry was held, that in 1732, the town " made choyce of Caleb Barker and Thomas Josselyun as agents to draw up a Town act for the Regulation of Rames" to prevent them from runnmg at large, to the injury of the flocks. (Barry p. 37) | |||||||||||
40 | I emphasize the spining of wool and how it was the purview of the "goodwife" here because it is documented that enslaved women, in thier domestic servitude, were often trained as spinsters and would work under (or perhaps instead of) the lady of the house at the spinning wheel. This note may give insight into the life of enslaved women in Hanover. | ||||||||||||
41 | Quaker: | Barker, like neighbor Matthew Estes, was a Quaker | |||||||||||
42 | Field driver: | In the first 1727 Hanover town meeting, Barker was appointed field driver. The field driver, much like a modern "dog catcher" was responsible for rounding up stray livestock. (Dwelley p. 18) | |||||||||||
43 | Founder & Bell Foundry | The Barkers were founders, and to the writer it seems reasonably clear that they must have been the pioneers... The Weekly Advertiser for January 15, 1754, has this advertisement: “Caleb and Robert Barker in Hanover: Cast bells for Meeting Houses and other uses, from a smaller to a greater, even to one of two thousand weight; cheaper than they can be imported: By whom all persons may be supplied on reasonable terms." (Dwelley p.198) | |||||||||||
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45 | Prince Bailey | ||||||||||||
46 | Muster Roll: | See 1777 muster roll for the 2nd Mass Regiment including Prince Bailey (March 27) | |||||||||||
47 | MSS: | https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uma.ark:/13960/t9v126z7j?urlappend=%3Bseq=501 | |||||||||||
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49 | Prince Curtis | ||||||||||||
50 | Note: | Prince Curtis is noted in the DAR's Forgotten Patriots research guide. He was in the town militia. | |||||||||||
51 | Find-a-Grave: | Shows a photo of a DAR marker for the grave of Prince Curtis https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/142551007/prince-curtis | |||||||||||
52 | Dwelley Geneology: | Nothing in Dwelley or the Curtis genology he printed indicates anyone of mixed race in Prince Curtis's line. Furthermore, there his father seems to ba anactive member of the town and does not seem marginalized. | |||||||||||
53 | https://hddl.handle.net/2027/loc.ark:/13960/t9668n75n?urlappend=%3Bseq=447 | ||||||||||||
54 | Curtis in MSS: | https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uma.ark:/13960/t0ht2t49j?urlappend=%3Bseq=275 | |||||||||||
55 | ??? | There is a mixed-race Curtis child born in Scituate ca. 1698. I initially thought this may be a lead, but I cannot connect this child to Prince Curtis and I don't know the fate of this child beyond this incident. This comes from Plymouth County Court Files, v.1: | |||||||||||
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57 | September 1698 Jo, a Negro servant to William Holbrook of Scituate was sentenced to be publically whipped ten stripes for “Committing fornication with Sarah Curtice of Scituate as upon oath she affirmed”. Sentence executed. Sarah Curtice was convicted by her own confession for fornication. Deft. was ordered to pay a fine of 50s. Or be publicly whipped ten stripes. Fine paid. Sarah Curtice...made oath in court the Day abovesaid that Jo nefro and no other person is the real father of the Bastard Child Lately borne of her body and that he begot the same upon her. Also she confessed that she hath received 50 shillings of him since the Birth of said child. | ||||||||||||
58 | Current best guess: | Prince Curtis is a white man and miscategorized in the Forgotten Patriots roster. | |||||||||||
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60 | Jonathan Peter | ||||||||||||
61 | Note: | Jonathan Peter is listed in the DAR's Forgotten Patriots research guide. 2nd Mass Regiment | |||||||||||
62 | Peter in MSS: | Peter, Jonathan, Hanover. Descriptive list dated West Point, Jan. 28, 1781; Capt. Luther Bailey's co., 2d Mass. regt. stature, 5 ft. hair, black residence, Hanover; enlisted Jan. 1, 1780, by Capt. Bailey, at Hanover; enlistment, during war; reported a negro. | |||||||||||
63 | https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uma.ark:/13960/t3mw2md6n?urlappend=%3Bseq=249 | ||||||||||||
64 | Jonathan Sr.: | An April 1731 Plymouth County court file (v.5) lists a case involving "Isaac Tubs (Pembroke Blacksmith) vs. Jonathan Peter "a Molatto Man" (Hanover Laboreur)". This indicates Jonathan St may have been a free person of color. | |||||||||||
65 | Jonathan Sr. is listed on the muster roles of a West Indian expedition against the Spanish in 1741-1742 under Capt John Winslow. These expeditions are said to be exceptionally deadly for colonial fighters. | ||||||||||||
66 | Family Records: | Born 1739. Son of Jonathan Peter and Margaret Frank. I suspect Jonathan was born a free person of color. This makes a nice addition adds another layer of context to Black life in Colonial Hanover. Below are birth records for the Peter family. I suspect that Jonathan Sr. is out of the picture by 1744. I have no death year in for Jonathan Sr. | |||||||||||
67 | https://hdl.handle.net/2027/hvd.32044020019253?urlappend=%3Bseq=33%3Bownerid=5029553-41 | ||||||||||||
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69 | Curious Hanover Sites | ||||||||||||
70 | Dwelley p. 271 | Mingo Feild - this is discussed on the HHS Facebook page, Feb 22, 2021 | |||||||||||
71 | Dwelley p. 270 | Cuffs Field - Corner of Grove and Main Streets [Who is "Cuff'!?"] | |||||||||||
72 | Dwelley p. 271 | Nick Hill - On Main street, south of Grove street. A negro known as "Joe Nick;" lived just north of the hill. His house was on the west side of the street and the well, which still remains, was on the east side. His true name was probably Joseph Nicholson. Joseph Nicholson appears in 1790 Census. | |||||||||||
73 | Peg Swamp: | Peg's Swamp: Old Peter [Indian] resided at the Centre on land owned by Turner Stetson. Peg's swamp is named after his wife, who was a negro, and who died in 1815, aged eighty-seven years. She lived in a house on Centre street located where the Albert Stetson house was afterwards built. (Dwelley p. 52) [Peg would probably be enslaved into her 50s. This area is still called Peg Swamp today.] | |||||||||||
74 | https://goo.gl/maps/dkxpBTHbHfGUjobB9 | ||||||||||||
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76 | Amos Sylvester, Sr & Jr | ||||||||||||
77 | Sr: | 1785-1753. His house stood on Washington St., near where that of Rob't. Sylvester now stands, and was for many years a Tavern stand, kept by his widow after his decease. He was Selectman in 1743, and a blacksmith by trade, his shop standing near the house. When the old mansion was torn down, two chairs were preserved, one of which is in the possession of Rob't, and the other of Michael Sylvester. (Barry p. 402) | |||||||||||
78 | Dwelly p. 187 | "In 1749. Amos Sylvester was voted a sum of money for caring for a squaw in her sickness." | |||||||||||
79 | Jr: | b.1707. Listed as slaveholder in 1756 slave census (Dinah). | |||||||||||
80 | "The house on the corner of plain and main streets was probably constructed by Amos Sylvester who married Desire Rose in 1757, or by his father Amos Sylvester. The house was constructed before 1759, as is shown by a deed of that date. Amos Sylvester lived here until 1769, when he sold the same to Deacon Israel Perry." (Dwelley pp. 258-259) | ||||||||||||
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82 | Nathaniel Sylvester | ||||||||||||
83 | "Builder" Sylvester: | [The Barstow’s] old yard, however, was still used. Nathaniel Sylvester commonly known, for distinction's sake, as "Builder" Sylvester, took the abandoned site for his own, about 1745. Mr. Sylvester was born in 1718 and built the house (1743) now occupied by Mr. T. K. Guth, near the bridge..."Builder" Sylvester built mostly schooners, for which there was a good demand for coasting* purposes. Coal was then unknown. Wood was in great demand. Railroads were also undreamed of. Coasting sctiooners furnished the best means of transporting wood to the market. And the wood business was one of importance. "Builder" died February 21, 1781. His son Nathaniel succeeded him at this yard, until, in 1795. (Dwelley p.173) | |||||||||||
84 | Wood business: | I emphesize "wood business" above to highlight another Massachusetts connection to slavery. In colonial times, Mass's most important trade partner was the West Indies. Sugar plantation slave colonies like Barbados cleared every inch of arable land and was heavily dependent on New England for provisions they could not provide for themselves: food like salt fish, pork, beef, and vegetables; and timber. Most timber not used locally and sold to the market mostly went to support the business of slavery in the carribean. New England timber was necessary to build housing for borth free white people and the people the enslaved. | |||||||||||
85 | "Builder Silvester" built mostly schooners, as they were in demand at this time. During the years 1700 to 1775, there was a great business done in cutting and selling wood throughout these towns, which furnished freight for many of the schooners which did a coasting business from North River. In an old account-book, now in the possession of Miss Sarah Thomas, Marshfield, commencing with the date 1693, there appears in the wood business the names of John Rogers, Amos Sylvester, Ebenezer Sprout, Capt. Barker, and Nathaniel Winslow (who owned the book) ...There is recorded one vessel surely built by him in 1786, Sch. "SWALLOW,' 68 tons; built at Hanover, and owned by Nathaniel Winslow of Scituate, Nathaniel Silvester of Hanover, and others ; and in 1789 the Sch. " LYDIA," built at Hanover, afterward hailing from New Bedford, was probably built by him. (Briggs, p. 68) | ||||||||||||
86 | *coasting: | The coasting business is when ships trade with other regional coastal cities and towns rather than making transatlantic voyages | |||||||||||
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88 | Samuel House | ||||||||||||
89 | Investment in West Indian (read: slavery) shipping trade. Timber | March 10, 1773. Marh Hatch enters Sip. "Ranger," 65 tons, from North River, with 3 bbls. cider. This is probably the same sloop referred to in the following receipt: "Hanover, July 12, 1777. Rec'd of Samuel House and Atherton Wales £133 six shillings eight pence in full for one quarter part of ye sloop cal'd ye " Ranger " and one quarter of her cargo consisting of lumber now on a voyge to ye West Indies Together with one quarter part of ye net proceeds of sd. voyage. We paying one quarter part of ye men's wages & victuling ye sd. vessel commanded by Capt. Burden Sylvester. Caleb Turner." (Briggs p.53) | |||||||||||
90 | Although 1777 is in the midst of the Revolution, this tidbit hints that Hanover men had been investing in vessels and individual voyages to the West Indies. Traditional Middle Passage "slave ships" rarely visited Massachusetts; rather, slaves first brought to the West Indies were trafficked into New Enlgand by smaller trading vessels bringing a few of the "leftover" unpurchased slaves in places like Barbados back on ships carrying sugar, molasses, coffee etc. | ||||||||||||
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92 | Simeon Curtis | ||||||||||||
93 | Tanner: | In connection with the shoe industry a word will be said about the tanneries, of which there were three in the town. Mr. Simeon Curtis's was the first of which we have knowledge. His works were on Silver street near the cranberry bog-house ot Thomas H. Tindale. He died in 1810 [records say 1800] and it is doubtful if the work here was continued after that date. (Dwelley p. 212) | |||||||||||
94 | Worth noting that Mingo "lived on Silver street, with his wife and child, and gave the name to Mingo's field". | ||||||||||||
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96 | Black Life in Hanover | ||||||||||||
97 | on Sunday: | INSUBORDINATION OP THE YOUTH. 61 Not long after the erection of the meeting-house, the juvenile portion of the town, not having the fear of the law before their eyes, began to manifest a disposition to violate the fourth commandment, by congregating in the school-house, and other acts of insubordination ; and March 1, 1734, it was " voted that the schoolmaster should lock up the school-house on Saturday's, to keep people out Lord's day ;" and March 1, 1741, it was " voted that David Curtis look after the boys and negroes; in the school- house on Sabbath days ;" also, :voted Thomas Wilkes and Joshua Studley to look after the meeting-house Sabbath days, to keep the boys in order”. (Barry p. 61) | |||||||||||
98 | Tax assesment: | In 1754 and 1755 there were, according to the assessor's returns, eight male and nine female slaves over the age of sixteen years, in Hanover. (Dwelley p.181) [Note: the aligns with Gov. Shirley's slave census of 1756. Also note the absence of enslaved children under the age of 16] | |||||||||||
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100 | Dr. Isaac Otis | ||||||||||||
101 | Note: | Dwelly speaks of Otis as if he is a resident of Hanover, but he actually lived at 997 Main St, Norwell. He may have been the town doctor for bouth South Scituate and Hanover, so I think it is worth taking note of Dr. Otis, even id he is not included in the Hanover slavery census. | |||||||||||
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103 | Otis | Dr. Isaac | Phyllis (Philis) | Dwel | When Asher Freeman above named was m., in 1780 he gave his name as "Freedman". Asher was a s. of Phyllis (who was a slave belonging to Dr. Otis), and was baptized June 2, 1754. This Phyllis, the slave, had at least four other children, all of whom were baptized. https://hdl.handle.net/2027/loc.ark:/13960/t9668n75n?urlappend=%3Bseq=530 | ||||||||
104 | Asher Freeman | Dwel | |||||||||||
105 | Child of Phyllis | Dwel | |||||||||||
106 | Child of Phyllis | Dwel | |||||||||||
107 | Child of Phyllis | Dwel | |||||||||||
108 | Gad | ||||||||||||
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111 | Betty | 3 Sep 1749 | bp. | ||||||||||
112 | Olive | 3 Sep 1749 | bp. | ||||||||||
113 | Ruben | 3 Sep 1749 | bp. | ||||||||||
114 | Mercy? | 23 May 1756 | bp. |