Daughter

first name
last name
Newport
gender
female
birth, death year
-- , --
first, last year in records
--, --
confidence level
indeterminate
freed status (year freed)
always free
enslaver(s)
location(s)
place of origin

Bio

This unnamed daughter was the youngest child of Azubah and Peter Newport, Sr. They were enslaved to Joseph Billings of Hatfield, Massachusetts. The daughter was born on April 26, 1775, and died on May 13. Azubah had died on May 1, probably from complications giving birth.

Sources Consulted

 "'His Own Proper Negro Slave': Amos Newport & his Descendants in Hatfield, Williamsburg & Amherst", Eric W. Weber, 2014