Edward H. Nabb Research Center for Delmarva History & Culture Enduring Connections: Exploring Delmarva's Black History

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Record #245 from Abstracts of Worcester Orphans Court Proceedings (Volumes 1-3), 1780-1832

County Worcester
Volume Number Volume 2:133
Book Number 11
Original Page Number MH7:75-76 1806-1809
Date of Court Session June 1806
Enslaved or Free Slave
Abstract of Record John Bishop & Sewell Turpin Esqs., to distribute estates of Parker Selby, Sen., & Glippery Selby, his deceased widow, in hands of Charles Hammond; 1) to Milby Selby Purnell, legacies bequeathed to hm by his grandfather Parker Selby; list 2) to Anne Purnell; 1/2 of negroes; LIsh 23 yo, Levin 7 mos., Jacob 9 yo, Milby 4 yo, Abel 9 yo; list 3) to Isaac & Nancy Selby, chldren of William Selby, deceased, & grandchildren of Parker & Glippery: 1/2 of negroes; Bob 23 yo, Levin 10 yo, Hetty 7 yo, Gatty 3 yo; list 4) to Isaac Selby, a still left in hands of Chas. hammond, guardian, a legacy from his grandfather Parker Selby, Sen. 5) articles left in hands of Charles Hammond, adm.; list; includes 190 lb. of pork at David Bowen's.

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