Chloe

first name
Chloe
last name
gender
female
birth, death year
-- , --
first, last year in records
1779, 1883
confidence level
confirmed identity
freed status (year freed)
enslaved
enslaver(s)
Sheldon, John;
location(s)
Deerfield, MA  
place of origin

Bio

Zadock Hawks (1731-1821) was a shoemaker in Deerfield, Massachusetts. Between 1777 and 1783, are entries in his account book for making and mending shoes for Chloe. The entries appear on the debtor page for John Sheldon (1710-1793). He had no daughter by that name.

Entries in Dr. William Williams' day book for 1793 show that "Chloe Negro" paid for something with cash and was given "Ungm Lythargm", probably an ointment for warts. There were at least two African American women by the name of Chloe in Deerfield. These entries might refer to Chloe Spencer Freeman, who had once been enslaved by Abigail Silliman (1708-1787).

Primary Source Entries for Chloe

Entry Source Vol Name Date entry id
Hampshire Js August 7th 1790
     by virtue of the within warrant I have warned & given notice unto each of the within Named persons that they depart the Limits of this Town with all theirs respectively as the Law directs
Solomon Jepherson ecepted who had moved out of Town previous to my receiving this warrant
            Seth Nims Constable of Deerfield

 

Town of Deerfield, MA, Warnings out of town Box 4 1790 Aug 7 2137
To mending Cloes Shoe 0-2-2 Zadock Hawks Account Book 1757-1790 1782 805
To mending Clois Shoes 0-3-8 Zadock Hawks Account Book 1757-1790 1783 Oct 1780
To mending [Clois?] Shoes 0-2-2 Zadock Hawks Account Book 1757-1790 1883 Feb 806
Febury To mending Cloes Shoes  0 14 6 Zadock Hawks Account Book 1768-1783 1777 Jan 3401
Dec To a pair of Shoes for Cloe  1 18 0 Zadock Hawks Account Book 1768-1783 1777 Jan 3400
To mending Cloes Shoe 0-14-0 Zadock Hawks Account Book 1768-1783 1779 Feb 1407
1780 Jany To a pair of Shoes for Cloe 2 - 5 - 0 Zadock Hawks Account Book 1768-1783 1780 Jan 2038
Februy To mending Cloes Shoes 0-14-0 Zadock Hawks Account Book 1768-1783 1780 Feb 1401
To a pair of pumps for Cloe 2-5-0 Zadock Hawks Account Book 1768-1783 1780 Apr 1400
To mending Cloes Shoes 0-5-6 Zadock Hawks Account Book 1768-1783 1780 Dec 693
March To a pair of Shoes for David & Cloe 4-2-0 Zadock Hawks Account Book 1768-1783 1781 Mar 1403
To mending Chloes Shoes 0 - 15 - 0 Zadock Hawks Account Book 1768-1783 1781 May 2037
July To a pair of pumps for Cloe 2-6-0 Zadock Hawks Account Book 1768-1783 1782 Jul 1406
Dec To a pair of Shoes for Cloe 2-0-0 Zadock Hawks Account Book 1768-1783 1782 Dec 1405

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