18th Century Enslaved People in Deerfield, Massachusetts Listed by Enslaver

John Williams (1664-1729)
  • Robert Tigo (d. 1695)
  • Frank and Parthena (married ca. 1703, d. 1704)
  • Mescheck
  • Kedar
Ebenezer Hinsdale (1707-1763)
  • Mescheck (formerly owned by John Williams)
    • In colonial pay at Ft. Dummer
    • Ran Hinsdale’s store when Hinsdale was absent
    • Baptized and admitted to communion in 1747
    • Involved in court case against Peter Evans in 1748
    • Had an account at Elijah Williams’ store in 1752
  • Cesar
    • Served in French & Indian War
    • Had an account at Elijah Williams’ store in 1753
  • Jockton (mulatto)
Ebenezer Sheldon (1691-1774)
  • Pompey
    • Baptized in 1741
Jonathan Hoyt (1688-1779)
  • Cesar
    • Served in French & Indian War
    • Baptized in 1741
    • Had an account at Elijah Williams’ store 1756-1757
Samuel Childs (1679-1756)
  • Cesar
    • Served in French & Indian War
Samuel Barnard (1684-1762)
  • Titus
Daniel Arms (1719-1784)
  • Titus
    • Had an account with Dr. Thomas Williams in 1764
    • Sold in 1771
Dr. Thomas Williams (1718-1775)
  • Female slave
Sarah Williams (1716-1736/7)
  • Male mulatto slave
Samuel Dickinson (1687-1761)
  • “A Negro wench”
  • two children
Nathaniel Dickinson (1734-after 1786)
  • Cesar
    • 1771 charged by John Williams for stealing
Samuel Dickinson (1736-1780)
  • Cesar (formerly owned by Nathaniel Dickinson)
  • Hager 
    • married Cesar in 1788
  • Fortune 
    • Baptized in 1737
Thomas Dickinson (1718-1814)
  • Ishmael 
    • Had an account at Elijah Williams’ store (1753-1757)
Jonathan Ashley (1712-1780)
  • Cato (died 1825) 
    • Baptized 1739
    • Served in French & Indian War
    • Had an account at Elijah Williams’ store (1755-1756)
  • Jinny (died 1808)
  • Titus 
    • Had an account at Elijah Williams’ store (1753-1756)
Thomas Wells (1678-1750)
  • Adam
    • Baptized 1735
  • Peter
    • Baptized 1735
    • Appears in inventory 1750
  • Pompey
    • Had an account at Elijah Williams’ store 1750
John Wells (1700-1746)
  • Titus
    • Baptized 1737
Jonathan Wells (1684-1735)
  • “Negro woman cloathing ” mentioned in inventory
  • “A Negro boy”
  • Pompey
    • Baptized 1735
  • Cesar
Mary Hoyt Wells (died 1750, widow of Jonathan Wells)
  • Cesar (formerly owned by Jonathan Wells)
    • Baptized in 1741
Timothy Childs (1686-1776)
  • Cesar (formerly owned by Mary Hoyt Wells)Served in French & Indian Wars
    • Served in French & Indian Wars
    • Had an account at Elijah Williams’ store (1753-1755)
  • Humphrey
    • Baptized 1752
Ebenezer Wells (1691-1758)
  • Cesar
    • Baptized 1735 & admitted to communion 1736
  • Lucy Terry
Abigail Williams Hinsdale Silliman (died 1787)
  • Jockton (formerly owned by Ebenezer Hinsdale)
  • Chloe

Free African Americans

Abijah Prince (1706-1794)
  • Brought to Northfield, MA 1717
  • Freed in 1751
  • Obtained 10 acres of land in Northfield 1753
  • Owned land in Sunderland, VT
  • Owned 100 acres in Guilford, VT 1764
  • Had accounts with Jonathan Ashley, Salah Barnard, Dr. Thomas Williams, Elijah Williams
Lucy Terry Prince (died 1821)
  • Brought to Deerfield from Rhode Island at age 5 
  • Owned by Ebenezer Wells
  • Baptized 1735 & admitted to communion 1744
  • Wrote “Bars Fight” 1746
  • Had an account at Elijah Williams’ store 1755
  • Her freedom was purchased by Abijah Prince
  • She married Abijah Prince
Heber Honestman (died 1768)
  • Appears in Elijah Williams’ account book (1749-1775) often Heber Huntstown 
  • One of the first settlers of Ashfield, MA (Huntstown) between 1740 and 1743
  • One of the fifteen original members of the Congregational Church founded in 1763
  • Freed in 1722 by Elizabeth Pratt of Easton, MA
Caleb Sharp(1729-1799)
  • Appears in Elijah Williams’ account book (1749-1775) 
  • Possibly half Indian and half Negro
  • Built and operated the first mill (a gristmill) in Conway, MA in 1767

Unknown African Americans

Peter Ladieu
  • Appears in Thomas Williams’ account book (1756-1757)
“Town Negro”
  • Appears in Elijah Williams’ account book (1759-1769)
Titus
  • He testified against Cesar (owned by Nathaniel Dickinson) who was accused by John Williams of stealing
Boston
  • Had a store account in 1761
Onesimus 
  • Slave of Maj. Williams
  • Baptized 1766
Pompey and wife Rebecca
  • Admitted to communion 1736