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

Titus


Enslaver: Judge Samuel Wheelwright

Status (enslaved, free or both): enslaved

Town: Wells

Known dates: 1700

In his will, Judge Samuel Wheelwright left one negro servant named Titus to his wife Hesther/Hester ("Esther" per Bourne, p. 408). Probate record of 1700 lists "one Negro man, at £20."

Bibliography:

York County Probate Records, Volume One (1680-1706)

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

Maine Probate Abstracts Vol I 1687-1775 - John Eldridge Frost (1991)

York County Registry of Probate


The Will of Samuel Wheelwright - Wells - 1699

'I do give and bequeath unto Hesther my beloued Wife ... one Negro Servant named Titus'

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Samuel Wheelwright probate abstract - Wells - 1700

'1 Negro Man at L20'

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Samuel Wheelwright 1700 estate inventory

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Samuel Wheelwright 1700 estate inventory

'one Negro Man at 20L'

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