The Database for Black, Indigenous, and People of Color in Wells, Kennebunk, Kennebunkport and Arundel

Sharper


Enslaver: Dr. Joseph Sawyer

Status (enslaved, free or both): enslaved

Town: Wells

Known dates: before 1774

"Dr. Sawyer who died in 1774, says in his will, 'I give to my daughter Eunice, one-third part of the schooner Prosperous, also my negro girl Phillis.' Previously he owned two others, Scipio and Sharper." - Bourne, p. 408

Bibliography:

The History of Wells and Kennebunk from the Earliest Settlement to the Year 1820 - by Edward Bourne (1875)

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