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Registration Details

Date: 27 October 1780

Registrant: Unspecified

Historical County: Lancaster

Modern County: Lancaster

Residence: Lancaster

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Registered Individual(s)

Details given are as recorded in the registration.

Jack

Date of Birth: 1756

Sex: Male

Race: Mulatto

Status: Lifelong Slave

Name of mother: Mary

Race of mother: Mulatto

Status of mother: Lifelong Slave

Description of mother: "the child of the above named Mary"


Amelia

Date of Birth: 1758

Sex: Female

Race: Likely Mulatto

Status: Lifelong Slave

Name of mother: Mary

Race of mother: Mulatto

Status of mother: Lifelong Slave

Description of mother: "all the children of the first named Wench"


Poll

Date of Birth: 1767

Sex: Female

Race: Likely Mulatto

Status: Lifelong Slave

Name of mother: Mary

Race of mother: Mulatto

Status of mother: Lifelong Slave

Description of mother: "all the children of the first named Wench"


Sally

Date of Birth: 1773

Sex: Female

Race: Likely Mulatto

Status: Lifelong Slave

Name of mother: Mary

Race of mother: Mulatto

Status of mother: Lifelong Slave

Description of mother: "all the children of the first named Wench"


Jennet

Date of Birth: 1777

Sex: Female

Race: Likely Mulatto

Status: Lifelong Slave

Name of mother: Mary

Race of mother: Mulatto

Status of mother: Lifelong Slave

Description of mother: "all the children of the first named Wench"


Mary

Date of Birth: 1734

Sex: Female

Race: Mulatto

Status: Lifelong Slave

Name of mother: Unspecified

Race of mother: Unspecified

Status of mother: Unspecified

Description of mother: Unspecified


Cato

Date of Birth: 1754

Sex: Male

Race: Negro

Status: Lifelong Slave

Name of mother: Unspecified

Race of mother: Unspecified

Status of mother: Unspecified

Description of mother: Unspecified


Sable

Date of Birth: 1754

Sex: Male

Race: Negro

Status: Lifelong Slave

Name of mother: Unspecified

Race of mother: Unspecified

Status of mother: Unspecified

Description of mother: Unspecified


Enslaver(s)

Details given are as recorded in the registration.

Parr, Grace

Occupation: Wife

Relation to registrant: Unclear


Parr, William

Occupation: Gentleman

Relation to registrant: Unclear


Document Transcriptions

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[page 43]

William Parr of the bor. of Lancaster Gentleman,
and Grace his wife, enter as owners,
1 Mulatto Wench named Mary aged 4y yrs, a slave during life
1 Mulatto man named Jack aged about 24 yrs, a slave during
life, the child ^ of the above named Mary and now at Sea on
board the vessel call’d the Jolly Trooper, captain ^ Commander Howell
1 girl named Amelia aged about 22 yrs, a slave during life
1 girl " Poll " " 13 " " " "
1 girl " Sally " " 7 " " " "
1 girl " Jennet " " 3 " " " "
all the children of the first named wench.
1 negroe boy named Tom aged about 12 yrs, bound as
apprentice to          of Oxford twp, Philadelphia
County, weaver, untill he arrives to the age
of 21 yrs. The property of the said William
1 negroe man named Cato aged about 24 yrs, a slave
during life, runaway and supposed to be
gone to the enemy.
1 negroe man, named Sable aged about 24 years
a cooper by trade, and now hired to Fetter of
the bor. of Lancaster
1 negroe girl named Fanny aged 14 years, bound
out untill she is 18 and now living with Samuel
Head, Shopkeeper, Philadelphia, the

[page 44]

property of the above named Grace.

Sources

  • Transcript: Handwritten copy of the Register of Enslaved Persons for 1780, p. 43-4, Black History Collection (MG0240), MG0240_Ser01_F017, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA