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

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Record #220 from Wills from Sussex County, Delaware, 1751-1883

State Delaware
County Sussex
Liber: Folio D4:41
Date (Signed) 11/22/1783
Date (Probate) 4/5/1784
Deceased Jonathan Dolbee, farmer
Heirs Constant Dolbee - wife
Abstract Negro man Sub and Negro wench Hannah and not her increase, but all her increase to the testator's 4 small children that he had "by my Last Wife." Executrix of will and instructed that Negro wench Eder and her boy Gillis and the child she is now with should be sold to pay the cash legacies mentioned [for other heirs] and to be lent out upon use until the testator's chidren come of age to receive their legacies.

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