An unknown "Negro girl" was enslaved by Capt. John Fairfield and included in his estate. It is presumed that she was inherited by his widow Hannah Fairfield.

Frost's abstract of the probate record for John Fairfield states that "the inventory of the estate of Capt. John Fairfield of Arundel ... valuation attested by appraisal ... [includes] a Negro girl, at £20." The abstract does not indicate who inherited this girl.

"A few of the inhabitants of Arundel were able to hold slaves. Mr. Prentice bought the first one owned in town, in 1734. Mr. Hovey also owned one, and probably sold him in 1747. Robert Cleaves, Thomas Wiswall, Samuel Hutchins, John Fairfield, Gideon Walker, Andrew Brown, and Jonathan Stone each owned a slave. Several of them were living in the town, but a few years since, the last two of whom died in the poor house, or which the son of the former master of one of them was an inmate." - Bradbury, p. 158

Fairfield's Estate Inventory drafted Nov 3, 1778 and finalized June 4, 1779 notes that Fairfield "Deceast Intestate" and does not provide any indication of who might inherit this estate, including the Negro girl.

Bibliography:

Maine Probate Abstracts Vol II 1775-1800 - John Eldridge Frost (1991)

History of Kennebunk Port from its First Discovery (1602-1837) - Charles Bradbury

York County Registry of Probate