| County | Talbot |
|---|---|
| Liber:Folio | JB4:175 |
| Date of Will (Written) | 7/26/1790 |
| Probate Date | 6/7/1791 |
| Name of Deceased/Testator | Thomas Chamberlaine |
| Heirs/Legatee | Negroes |
| Abstract | Each to have the following 50 pounds: Conway; Flora (wife of Conway); Dick ; Phillis (wife of Dick); Will. Following receive 30 pounds: Dick (called Little Dick or Dick Chase), Abraham, Roger, Pompey, Daniel, Bett, Peg, Nan, Dalph . Following receive 10 pounds: Rose, Sall, Young Dalph. Eve - 15 pounds. Phill -12 pounds. Davy 10 pounds. All male Negroes 14 years & under at time of testator's decease are to be bound out or apprenticed to profitable trades & their masters obliged to five them sufficient education & usual freedom dues. All female Negroes as arrive age 14 to be bound out to families to be industriously & religiously brought up and taught skills women do. To be educated and at age 21 paid 10 pound each by masters. |
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