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

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Record #2458 from Wills from Caroline, Kent, and Talbot Counties of Maryland, 1688-1886

County Kent
Liber:Folio 6:110
Date of Will (Written) 3/10/1773
Probate Date 2/18/1779
Name of Deceased/Testator Roger Hales, farmer
Heirs/Legatee Mary Hales - wife
Abstract 3 negroes - Isaac, Abraham, and Bet during her life and then to be set free. If the law will not permit them then to be sold to masters that they choose and 1/2 the money shall be divided amongst my sister Jane's children and the other 1/2 amongst my sister Ann's children.

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