Black Family Record, Philadelphia

BLACK FAMILY RECORD PHILADELPHIA COntributed功ノAaron Goodu)in 珊蒜,器霊器電器芸荒島器書誌霊豊富 Nor does he appear by name in the 1790 federal census. Since the record StateS that Thomas lived with the Widow Marshall, Marshall households in Philadelphia and environs were searched as well. Only a few contain other free persons,, and none contain more than two, SuggeSting that the entire family probably did not live together, eVen Prior to the parents, deaths. A single sheet of paper found in the Pennsylvania Abolition Society PaPerSl reconstructs this family unit, Otherwise invisible in commonly し1Sed records of the period. The recording of the births was likely a response to the 1780 Act for the Gradual Abolition of Slavery. Mulattos and Negroes bom in Pennsylvania on or after l March 1780 would not be Slaves for life but would be free after a period of indentured servitude to last until the age of 28・2 Birth records like these helped clarify when that SerVitude would end. CERTIFICATE OF THE CHILDREN OFTHO,s BLACK WHOM LrvES W,H THE WIDOW MARSHALL Rachel Black Daughter ofThomas Black, and Leah his wife was bom the 20 day ofthe 4 month Apri1 1772. Free and discharged. Anthony Black was born the 20 day ofOctober 1778・ Bound to Casper Haines. John Black was bom th [sic] July 1781. bound to Cap工Scarf/Sears?]. Joseph Black was bom the 31 ofMarch 1784. Bound to DavidJones, Hatter. Patience Black Daughter ofThos. & Leah Black was bom 13 Octor 1786. Bound to John Thomas. Henny Black Daughter ofThos. & Leah Black was bom 20 Apri1 1790 Aaron Goodwin is coeditor of the Pemtylz,ania Ceneal(擁CalM優a之ine Pennsylvania Abolition Society Papers a〔 the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, CoJ」ecfjon 490, Mammjssjons・ Jndenfures & o庇r Jegal papers, Serjes JV Box 3B, Rce1 23・ B庇」教Cc「碓c徴でcs ofB」acks教790‑98餌d上804 Ioldc「. 2 patrICla Law軸er言《Ac血the Gradl‑à AboIitjon of S̀averyJ780,,・肋ngiva‑ nia Genealqgicczl 。gazine 44(2 005 ‑ 2006):229‑ 34. Pemty所ノania Genealc擁calMcnga之ine Vol. 47 (201 1) 1 77 1 78 Pemeylz,ania Geneal(培ical Mczgaz・ine Vol. 47 their Mother Leah Died in the Sickness of 1793 their Father Thomas Died in the Sickness of 1798 ̀̀I WoN T TELL,, COnかibuted砂Sandra M HeuノIeが 畔霊霊蕊詰霊霊薄黒聖書蒜荒 MacPherson.4 The latter indicates that some form of identity theft was a COnCern for certain residents more than two hundred years ago. SuRNAMES BEGINNING WITH I (INTERMIXED WITHの p・72 I shall not give my name, p.73 43, Stamper I won t tell you, 3, Maiden I won t tell it: 1う, Sugar‑alley s‑alley s‑lane ̀̀I won t tell you my name, 160, Newmarket‑Street I won t have it numbered, 478, Green‑Street I won t te11 you, 8, Brown‑Street ̀̀I won t tell my name, 185, St.John I won t tell my name, 188, ditto s‑Street Sandra M Hewlett is proofreader for the Pemeylz/ania GenealogicalMagazine. うFrancis White, Philadeゆhia Directo,y (Philadelphia: Young, Stewart, and McCul‑ lodl, 178う). John MacPherSOn, MacPheタでOn :s Directoり/ jbγ偽e C砂。nd Subul●bs Qr Philadel‑ phia (Philaddphia: Francis Bailey, 178う), 72‑73. Both directories are available at 3Fold.com (formerly Footnote.com), but are electronica11y interleaved, making it diffi‑ Cult to differentiatc. between the two versions. A typescript at Historical Socicty of Pennsylvania, With minor trallSCription errors, darifies that the pertinent pages are MacPherson s.