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

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Record #34 from Wills from Dorchester, Somerset, Worcester & Wicomico Counties of Maryland, 1783-1919

County Worcester
Folio Number MH4:77
Probate Date 14 Jul 1807
Name of Deceased Esme Purnell
Heirs Dolly Purnell - wife
Black Individuals Mentioned in Will Negro woman Tabb. "I will that my negro man Jacob free by serving my wife Dolly twelve months or paying forty dollars on condition his wife will bind her sons James & Jacob to my wife until they are the age of twenty-one.

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