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

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Record #3156 from Wills from Caroline, Kent, and Talbot Counties of Maryland, 1688-1886

County Kent
Liber:Folio 9:353
Date of Will (Written) 7/22/1816
Probate Date 8/29/1816
Name of Deceased/Testator Henry Kennard
Heirs/Legatee Negroes
Abstract Negro girl Harriet free 1/1/1830 and her children 1/1/1839, my boy Alfred free 1/1/1831, girl Jenny 1/1/1834, boy Joe 1/1/1838. The servitude of my girl Harriett to my daughter Mary and the servitude of my girl Jenny to my daughter Metilda and their children to the age of 25.

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