The Study of Racialism

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KENDALL FAMILY

Members of the Kendall family in Virginia were

i. James, head of a Stafford County household of 11 "other free" in 1810 [VA:137].

ii. Jack, born about 1772, head of a King George County household of 9 "other free" in 1810 [VA:206]. He may have been identical to John Kendall who registered as a free Negro in Washington, D.C., on 10 June 1830: a bright mulatto man about fifty-eight years old ... Kendall's mother was born free ... his father was also free ... Elizabeth Kendall, John's wife ... was born free [Provine, District of Columbia Free Negro Registers, 178].

iii. Toney, head of a King George County household of 5 "other free" in 1810 [VA:206].

iv. Rachel, head of a Stafford County household of 4 "other free" in 1810 [VA:137].

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KENT FAMILY

1. Priscilla Kent, born say 1740, was a white servant woman living in Carteret County in March 1759 when her "Molato Child" David was bound apprentice to James Williams until the age of thirty-one years [Minutes 1747-64, 244]. She had five illegitimate children for which she was made to serve her master a total of five additional years [Minutes 1764-77, 373, 388, 391]. Her children "born of her body by a Negro" were

i. David, born say 1758 [Minutes 1747-64, 244].

ii. Shadrack, born about 1760, Priscilla's four-year-old son bound to James White to be a ship carpenter in May 1764 [Minutes 1747-64, 302].

iii. Abraham, born in October 1766, a three-year-old child of Priscilla's bound to Caleb Bell in September 1770 until the age of thirty-one years [Minutes 1764-77, 388].

iv. Anthony, born say 1770, bound an apprentice cooper to Andrew Bell in March 1775 [Minutes 1764-77, 443].

v. Rachel, born say 1772, bound to Robert Read in March 1775 [Minutes 1764-77, 447].