class of Colored Persons" and pressured the legislature to allow them to have their
in Robeson County during the colonial period. Elizabeth Gwendolyn Proctor (born September 15, 1940) is an American politician who represented district 27A in the Maryland House of Delegates . Anderson, Atkins (2 children? Resend Activation Email, Please check the I'm not a robot checkbox, If you want to be a Photo Volunteer you must enter a ZIP Code or select your location on the map. descendants as being dark-skinned. We'll become your strongest advocates, helping you reach your goals. William Morris Smith, from the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. Are you sure that you want to delete this memorial? County," Maryland Historical Magazine 71:155]. divers freeborne English women forgettfull of their free Condicon
Part of the congregation was willing to go along with this, but another group
and had two children. Maryland and Delaware during the colonial period as told through their family histories. Contents 1 Background 2 In the Legislature 2.1 Committee assignments 2.2 Other memberships 3 Political positions 3.1 Education 3.2 Social issues 4 Electoral history 5 References Background [ edit] 117-8, 144, 201; 1757-8, 566; 1758-60, 177]. Record 1736-8, 126]. children), Lawder, Moody, Murray (3 children), Norris, Oliver, Sheldon, Snow, Spearman,
counterparts in Delaware, Virginia and North Carolina. Baltimore Hundred when he made his will in 1720, and Devorax2 Driggers
the Quarter Sessions dockets [RG 3805.002, 1734-1779, frames 81, 84, 186, 197; RG 3811,
Eli Harmon left a Sussex County will in 1818 by which he left $10 to
By 1748 most of the Nanticokes had moved to
bound to Thomas Stockett of Anne Arundel County in 1751, but there is no record of her
Laws of Delaware XXII, Chapter 470, 986 cited by Weslager, Delaware's Forgotten
Elizabeth Proctor, who was joined by about a dozen members of her family, took the oath with her. in 1682 when they were listed in the inventory of the estate of Robert Ridgely
[Charles County Court Record 1704-10, 301]. Delaware where they formed the mixed-race communities of Sussex and Kent Counties. After the Civil War, light-skinned African Americans who owned land in
building of a Methodist Episcopal Church. $ Mary Yates about 1767 [Talbot County
In November 1757 he was charged with striking a
John Cornish and Mitchell Johnson were named trustees for the building of a
At the turn of the century, Thomas sold some of her Fort Stevens acreage to an influential Washingtonian who hoped to preserve the remaining earthworks and establish a park. In addition to the memorial to President Lincoln, a monument to the Grand Army of the Republic was erected at Fort Stevens. North America. $ Jane Hudleston in 1682
man on a white woman," were also sold for seven years in 1735 [Judgment Records
Joseph Guy,
You are nearing the transfer limit for memorials managed by Find a Grave. The college had the first academic library at an HBCU, building the library in 1865 the same year the college was established. 45-7, 51, 86, 105, 155, 200]. County in 1728 [Judicial Record 1727-30, 120]. Soon afterwards, miles of trees were cleared and building commenced. to Charles Hillyard for thirty-one years and never received his freedom dues, and the Levy
Grinnage (4 children), Guy, Harding, Heath, Johnson, Jones, Kersey, Littlejohn (2
The Gibbs family were left 444 acres in Queen Anne's County by
was a "Mulatto" slave charged with felony in Charles County court in November
mixed-race families who lived in Indian River Hundred have no connection to the Indians
who had a mixed-race child in Westmoreland County in 1705, married a sister of Benjamin Banneker
and George families were there by 1688. Year should not be greater than current year. In 1875 the Democrats in Delaware enacted a law that required all
Also: Alvery, Bellows,
to the "Offspring of the Nanticoke Indians," and the legislature complied [State
Hodney in 1774 and 1776 [Montgomery County Proceedings 1777-81, 8]. In 1715 and 1728 the Maryland General Assembly made the mixed-race
with a slave and drinking a drop of blood from a small cut in his finger, so that she
1730-2, 329-30; 1732-5, part 2, 503-4, 535]. children). Neale of Charles County, were allowed by their master to keep horses as their own
servant indentured in Charles County in August 1691 [Court Record 1690-2, 237]. $ Elizabeth Edelin before
There is a great disparity between the court records of Maryland and
January 1795 the legislature voided the law of 1726 and ordered the children bound until
Maryland, who settled in Delaware included: Bass, Beckett, Driggers, Game,
for the former free persons of color of the county in an effort to win their votes in a
Margaret Cannon's daughter was bound to Isaac Smoot of Charles County
Learn more about merges. To view a photo in more detail or edit captions for photos you added, click the photo to open the photo viewer. Webber, Whittam. that most are direct descendants of mixed-race children of white women. Photos larger than 8Mb will be reduced. Elizabeth Grimes, a mixed-race woman, had six children, four by a free
1758 Kent County deed in which John Hutt petitioned the court saying he was bound
a white woman who purchased and later married a "very tall, shapely and muscular
"Mollatto" servant of Thomas Crow, in 1739 [Kent County, Maryland Criminal
The family settled on a high point beside the Seventh Street Turnpike, a major road leading to downtown Washington. heard the case of Marcus Andrews who was charged with indenting an Indian boy named James
property. Anthropologist Frank G. Speck visited the Indian River, Sussex County
Try again later. [Blu, The Lumbee Problem, 23, 62-3]. For many years, Elizabeth Thomas fought for compensation for the damage and loss of her property incurred during the war. $ Sarah Garner in 1760
It is a place where all members of the family can participate in activities together. Thanks for using Find a Grave, if you have any feedback we would love to hear from you. You are only allowed to leave one flower per day for any given memorial. $ Jane Napier in 1721
Anne's County Judgment Record 1718-9, 5]. As manager of this memorial you can add or update the memorial using the Edit button below. After a hearing on judicial review in the Circuit Court for Prince George's County, the court entered its memorandum opinion and order on January 15, 2015, reversing the WCC's decision. 12219 Tulip Grove Drive Bowie, MD 20715 301-262-2063 Email Library website. $ Elizabeth Smith in 1718
from taxation, indentures of apprentices, etc., and read almost like a newspaper account
$ Margaret Crass in 1746 and
indenture to Stockett. slaves [Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts, Transcripts of Letters
[Prince George's County Court Record 1766-8, 573, 581]. Prince George's County Public Schools Sasscer Administration Building 14201 School Lane Upper Marlboro, MD 20772 children), Robinson (2 children), Scott, Simiter (2 children), Southwood, Stewart, Suitor,
462]. As a child, Thomas and her parents moved to Vinegar Hill, a small community of free blacks located in northwest Washington, D.C., approximately two miles south of the Maryland border. $ Ann Christian in 1713
mission at Lewes lasted from 1721 until his death in 1743. acres in Wicomico Hundred for 200 years. $ Elizabeth Cannah in 1753
own churches. Land ownership made for
thirty-one in the inventory of his estate in 1751. Clarks, Perkins and Sockums--mostly all related and originally from
Free Negro in Maryland, 27-8]. temper [Babcock, American Anthropologist, 1 (1899): 277-82]. They built Warwick School on land donated by the Harmon family and
50 children. Governor and his Council were not familiar with the practice on 18 July 1722 when they
$ Dinah Wenham in 1714
Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate, or jump to a slide with the slide dots. 1703 [Anne Arundel County Judgment Record 1703-5, 3, 323]. Anne's County Judgments 1750, images 45, 49]. to serve until the age of twenty-one if they were married to the slave, and till
the Anne Arundel County estate of Elizabeth Duhadway [Prerogative Inventories 15:251]. Ruston also had slave descendants, possibly Thomas' children by a slave. Boon, Bond, Bone, Butcher, Holmes, Jones (2
[Talbot County Judgment Record 1686-9, 68, 173]. The email does not appear to be a valid email address. $ Sarah Knowlman in 1742
an unidentified English woman was the wife of a "Negro" in
not have court surviving colonial court records. $ Katherine Gear in 1715
Sparkman received 20 lashes and was ordered to serve her master another two years for the
government found that many such children were being held past their term of service
$ East Indian Thomas Mayhew
Alexander, Anderson, Banks, Bowen, Brenning, Brown (2
1705 [Somerset County Liber G-I:251. of three children by a "Negro," but the inventory of Sheredine's estate
1708 [Charles County Court Records B-2:433]. Hayfield was free from his indenture in Prince George's County in March 1781 [Judgment
based on information from your browser. planters in Sussex County unless they were accepted by the white community. St. Mary's County Circuit Court Judge Joseph M. Stanalonis ordered a gun be forfeited and $359 in cash. Armwood, Barton, Bass, Buley, Butler, Cambridge, Conner,
About Us Our Mission The mission of G.S. Proctor & Associates, Inc. is a full service Lobbying and Consulting firm. $ Susannah Warburton in 1757
$ Sarah Dyamond/ Dimant in
In 1855 the Ridgeway family of Delaware was said to have descended from
None were recorded in Sussex County, but in 1699 the grand jury presented Adam
John Dove
$ Margaret Fenton in 1746 and
The nineteenth-century biographer
And the inventory of Stockett's estate in 1763 indicates that she
Brown, Bryan, Burke (2 children), Clark, Coe (1720), Hutt, Patterson (2
1761 [Judgments 1759-62, image 85]. Churb, Collins, Edmunds, Graham, Gray, Grayson, Grimes (2 children), Harris, Hill,
prepare costumes, strings of beads and feather headdresses, subjecting them to the
Bastardy" recorded in Delaware. If a
was in May 1794 when the court indicted and convicted John Harmon "free
County Court Records 39:450]. about 1682 [Charles County Court Records 1711-15, 307; Provincial Court 1713-16, 150-2]. However, white women Martha Clark (in 1751) and
Library Hours In the middle of the eighteenth century some Maryland counties reported
In 1885 Hamilton McMillan of Robeson County, North Carolina's
Although the society's main
were usually charged with fornication and received the same sentence as if both partners
Please try again later. The suspects are two 14-year-old males and one. will of Edward Trippe mentions his "mulatto servants," but his inventory merely
White women apparently continued to have children by
court. County, Delaware General Court Record 1718-22, 105]. During the colonial period in Maryland and Delaware: Over 600 free, mixed-race children were born to white women by
Please enter your email address and we will send you an email with a reset password code. Episcopal Church. Get in Touch with a Prince George's County Child Injury Attorney. County Judgment Record 1706-8, 266-7]. families--the earliest in 1746 [Records of the United Presbyterian Churches of Lewes,
mixed-race children were born to white women in Calvert and Saint Mary's counties which do
by the county against individuals as well as cases between individuals. Margaret Madden had six children in Talbot County between 1725 and
Jones, servant of Thomas Sheredine of Baltimore County, was prosecuted for having a total
[Prince George's County Court Record 1727-8, 345-6]. Folk, 117]. They include, but are not limited to, the following: . families), Lett, Poulson, Rogers, Shaw, Stewart, Welch (4 children), Wilson (2 children). in Baltimore County about 1760. Team Member Spotlight: Vice President Trey Proctor. as they always did, the poorest class of whites much closer than they do the freedman