As always, for friends and relatives who are looking for their ancestors.
The following exhibits a list of the Negroes belonging to the estate of Benjamin Foreman, dec'd., which came to my hands as guardian of Margaret T. Foreman, which said Negroes were surrendered to me by Samuel W. Ellis administrator, by order of the judge of Superior Court November Term 1834. Surrender made the 3rd January 1835 and the Negroes hired out on the same day, to wit:
- York hired by Jos. S. May
- July hired by Tilman Farrow
- Gabrial hired by B.B. Ashby
- Prince hired by W.R. Smith
- Kent hired by Thos. H. Smith
- George hired by Thos. Mason
- Ned hired by Jesse M. Silverthorn
- Ross hired by Jos. S. May
- Washington hired by Christopher Spencer
- Jim hired by George Tooley, Sen.
- Jack Rew hired by Laban Ballance
- Little Jack hired by John Dixon
- Mingo hired by W.G. Hays
- Cuff hired by W.R. Smith
- Sutton hired by W.B. Hodges
- Calvin hired by W.B. Hodges
- Yallou (Yellow?) George hired by A.B. Jarvis
- Tom hired by A.B. Jarvis
- Richard hired by Franklin Dixon
- Bill hired by W.B. Hodges
- Emanuel hired by W.W. Tison
- David hired by A.B. Swindell
- Denis hired by W.B. Hodges
- Ben hired by W.B. Hodges
- Jabez hired by Matthew Shaw
- Marcellas hired by W.R. Smith
- Amos hired by John Bell, Jr.
- Lewis hired by Ben S. Russell
- Cate (Died the 14 Jany.)
- Keziah hired by Abram Richards
- Patt hired by Tho. Seabrook
- Silva hired by Major Tooly
- Patience hired by Jesse M. Silverthorn
- Temp hired by Charles Moles
- Matilda hired by A.C. Duke
- Little Silva hired by Thos. Carrow
- Amy hired byBen O'Neal
- Rhoda hired by W.B. Hodges
- Aivy? hired by James Credle
- Susan hired by Joshua B. Fortiscue
- Ann hired by Samuel W. Ellis
- Jane hired by Luther S. Eborn
- Vilot & child hired by W.I. Smith
- Phillis & child hired by Ben S. Russell
- Dinah & 3 children hired by Sam W. Ellis
- Little Patience and 2 children hired by W.H. Russell
- Pegg & 2 children hired by James H. Seabrooks
- Sall & 2 children hired by Barna Tooly
- Jinnett & 4? children to keep by Banister Midgett
- Vinny & 2 children to keep by Benj. N. Henry
- Malvina & 3 children to keep by A.B. Jarvis
[signed] Banister MIDGETT, Guardian
Inventory of the property of Benjamin Forman, dec'd., which came into the possession of Sam. W. Ellis,Adm'r.
Numerous notes and judgments listed (some listed as doubtful)
Names and ages of the Negroes belonging to the estate of Benjamin Forman, deceased March 1834
Males
- Old Gabe - 75
- Old July - 75
- Old Prince - 70
- Old York - 60
- Old George - 60
- Kent - 55
- Ross - 55
- Prince - 55
- Mingo - 55
- Ned - 50
- Sutton - 40
- Jack Rew - 40
- Jim - 40
- Washington - 35
- Jack - 32
- George - 32
- Tom - 30
- Calvin - 25
- Richard - 18
- Bill - 16
- Dave - 15
- Denice - 14
- Amos - 11
- Lewis - 10
- Manuel - 16
- Ben - 12
- Theodore - 10
- Marcillus - 9
- Silvester - 6
- Jabe - 12
- Ellick - 3
- Aunestes? - 9
- Alfred - 8
- Joe - 1
- Little Ned - 4
- Redding - 1 month
- Caleb - 1 month
Females
- Silvy - 50
- Patience - 50
- Kate - 50
- Kessiah - 50
- Dinah - 50
- Tempey - 45
- Violet - 40
- Phillis - 40
- Pat - 40
- Peg - 35
- Winney - 35
- Jennett - 30
- Little Patience - 30
- Malvine - 20
- Sally - 20
- Matilda - 16
- Rhoda - 16
- Suky - 12
- Ann - 10
- Bet - 8
- Alley - 15
- Aby - 14
- Matthier? - 6
- Harriet - 3
- Dinah - 2
- Caroline - 4
- Prusia - 1
- Ellen - 5
- Little Silvy - 8
- Emily - 6
- Jane - 14
Account of sales of the property of Benjamin Forman, dec'd., commencing 24th & ending 28th March 1834 on 6 months credit by the adm'r.
Various buyers at this huge sale included: Joseph F. Anthony, Wm. Bon, Joseph Bridgman, Nathaniel Cradle, Martin Cradle, Moses Carter, Thomas Capps,Augustus Dukes, Henry Dillon, Beverly Easter, Banister dgett and Joseph G. Gown. The total of this sale including notes and judgments amounted to $9051.02. Done at Germanton.
[signed] Sam W. Ellis, Adm'r.
While looking for records to prove a Carrow line in North Carolina I came across some wills with names of enslaved persons. As I looked for more I came up with names of free persons of color and other persons of color. These I look for almost constantly for my friend Dan Carrow.I hope they prove of interest to others as well.
The Blog author is, like myself, an artist and researcher. I like this history she has done, it is very informative and illustrated superbly. Thank you for this Blogpost Mary Warshaw, Thomas Carrow is probably a distant relative, which is how it came to my attention.
http://beaufortartist.blogspot.com/p/african-americans-in-beaufort-1995.html
I discovered the following in Hyde County Wills while looking for other records specifically Carrow in North Carolina. They connect to my Delaware family in their DNA and we conjecture descend from John Carrow who is in Virginia by 1643.A typical "one went North and one went South" tale of brothers. While doing this I found a blog on free persons of color and other persons of color which I will follow in the next blog today.
1822- 1826 Ruth Gibbs in account with Tho. R. Gibbs, minor, Mentions hire of Negro Frank and keeping Dorcas
and her 3 children
August 1823 Ruthy Gibbs of Hyde Co. Probate: None Listed
Son: Thomas R. Gibbs to have one Negro man named Jonas and one Negro woman
named Sarah and her 3 children, Green, Sophia and Cassandra
Account of sales of the Negroes of Tucker Spencer, dec'd., sold 22nd
March 1821 Tony sold to Saml. Spencer Sr. for $20.00 Joe sold to Saml. Spencer,
Senr. for $225.00 Lyza sold to Aquilla Spencer for $117.00
16th June 1821 Account of sales of the perishable property of Washington Gibbs, Junr., dec'd Mentions Negro Quash
21st June 1821An inventory and account of sales of the property of Wm. Jordan, widow Matilda. Acct. of Negroes hired out: Mike,Sampson, Poladore?, Risiah, Patt, Anthony, Ceagon, Will, Albert, Jude,
July 1821 Wm. M. Gibbs in account with Ambrose Gibbs, guardian .Mentions hire of Negro Margaret
6 June 1821 /Proved: November Term 1821 .Elizabeth Tooley of Hyde County. Negro man named Prince,Negro woman named Pat,Negro woman named Patt, Negro boy named Bill,Negro girl named Millis.
29 October 1817/Probate: November Term 1821 Mary Jordan of Hyde Co.Executors: 3 sons, Whyriott Ormond to have Willis, Violet and Sam, Daniel W. Martin to have Reuben, Robt., Vester, ______, ______, & Clarisy, and Seth B.Jordan to have Solomon, Andrew, Edy &
Luck.
17 Oct 1820/Probate: November Term 1820
Benjamin GIBBS of Hyde Co.,Wife Mary Gibbs 4 Negroes, viz: Jack, Chane, Bet and old Jinny. Son Benjamin Gibbs 1/2 of 7 Negroes named Milly, Moriah, Bartlet, Seth, Gibbs, Easter & Becca. Also Negro man Sharper and old Adam. Daughter Nancy Gibbs Negro boy Aaron and 1/2 of 7 Negroes above. Daughter Mandy Gibbs 4 Negroes Bob, Dinah,Edney and Minra. Son Lockhard Gibbs, 4 Negroes Elijah,Wilson , Lydia & Elizar.
Wit. John Carrow
The baptismal certificate of Mary Agnes was the first document I ever saw for my direct matrilineal line, sent to all of us in the family by her grandson my cousin Donald Ulmer. Her daughter, Margaretta Schubert Swanson, my grandmother, died young and tragically when my mother was three years old. Don's mother, my Great Aunt Bessie, her sister was close to her in age.
I could write volumes about this line, so important to my cousins and I. Possibly the most important fact is that all of us who are descended in the straight maternal line share her mitochondrial DNA haplogroup. This twisted strand holds together generations of our family. My daughter has passed it on to her sons, where it stops for my children, female to female is how it is passed. The term for that is to "daughter out".
My mother Elizabeth Louise Faunt passed this to me from her mother Margarettta. Retta is her turn received it from Mary Agnes; Mary Agnes from her mother Margaret Lynch who we knew was from Cork.Her origin place is practically all we did know, except that Margaret met and married Charles Rementer a whaler from Philadelphia in New England. The tale got sort of twisted and murky as it was passed down from to us;Aunt Bessie, the family historian may or may not have ever met her grandmother as she was the youngest daughter of many children.
Charles Rementer, a whaler who survived his ship being wrecked in the Atlantic, in later years turned back to his Philadelphia family's occupation as gardener. Margaret Lynch Rementer, widow, on his death in September 1900 took over his business. We are not sure where she dies, her only son and daughter remained in the Burlington County area so it is possible she return to NJ from Rhode Island.
Another cousin, Danny Ulmer, who spent summer vacations with Aunt Bessie, his grandmother told me that Margaret was a cousin to John L. Sullivan. Hmmm.
Imagine my surprise, when I first tested my mitochondrial DNA, and matched another family from Cork. This family and mine not only had a "rare" haplogroup but we share a "private mutation" and the entire coding region. This means that it originated and was shared by a very small group of folks. Tom H. my mito cousin and I have explored this to the nth degree. Experts in the fields have weighed in on our private mutation. Our haplogroup is called J2b1a1a and the last bit is shared by only the other family as well as our own, at least so far as we have yet discovered.
What else has DNA shown us, you might ask? We have a great number of cousins on this line, all of them from West Cork;Sullivans are matches as of course is Lynch and occasionally O'Shea. John L.Sullivan could easily be a cousin as John McDermot my intrepid Irish researcher has proven to me. John McD. and my DNA cousins have pointed to the Beara Peninsula as our matrilineal origin place. Specifically the Sullivans are from Kerry on the Cork borders.
Just a little cheek swab and some money for research has opened a window into our past.Yes, Aunt Bessie, they came into Canada first.Nova Scotia is most likely.
