Edited by Azizi Powell
This pancocojams post provides an excerpt of a list of enslaved people who were owned by George Washington, the first President of the United States those who were controlled by him as part of his wife's dowry, and those who were rented by him in 1786 by contract with Mrs. Penelope French at the time he acquired her life rights to land that she owned.
I'm most interested in documenting the types of names that were used by [given to or self-selected by?] these Black American enslaved people, particularly names that can be traced to West African languages.
Part I of this post presents some of the names from a paper which is said to have been written by George Washington around 1799.
The Addendum to that post showcases the names that I believe are of West African origin. That Addendum also highlights names (or nicknames) that would be considered unusual now, but may have been relatively common for Black people and non-Black people in the 18th century and also highlights what I consider to be other unusual names which may not have been common in the 18th century.
Part II presents additional names from a paper which is said to have been written by George Washington around 1799. The Addendum to that post showcases the names that I believe are of West African origin. That Addendum also highlights names (or nicknames) that would be considered unusual now, but may have been relatively common for Black people and non-Black people in the 18th century. [These lists are divided into two posts because of space considerations only.]
Thanks to the government archives for sharing this information online.
RIP all those who are named in these lists.
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PANCOCOJAMS EDITOR’S NOTE:
The information from this paper is reformatted to only include the people’s name, age [when given], marital status (when given for adults), and gender/mother’s name [when given].
In addition to that information, these paper includes notation about the people’s occupation [given as “Labour”], their disabilities, whether people [such as older people] were able to work, and where their spouse lived if they weren’t on the same farm/had the same owner. Some of that information is given under the heading of “Remarks” which I’ve left out of this reformatted list.
George Washington used the word “Ditto” instead of written the same words that were used in that list before that name. For instance, “His wife” is given as “Ditto” if the words “His wife” were given before that name. Sometimes GW didn’t write either “His wife” or Ditto, but merely wrote the name of the wife.] For both of these entries, I’m writing “His wife” in brackets [Example: “George [His wife] Lydia”.
I added a hyphen to separate the name from the marital information/name or the mother's name.
When there wasn’t a space, I also added a space between the words “His wife” and the wife’s name.
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It’s interesting to note how many of George Washington’s enslaved people were married (since the USA history that I remembering learning in school/college indicated that enslaved Black people in the USA couldn’t be married). It’s also interesting to read how many of the married couples that are listed in this paper had to live apart from each other on another farm and/or with another owner.
It's also interesting to note that most of the names that were given to or selected by Black people on George Washington's farms and the farm that he had control of were considered to be "standard" American names in the late 18th century, and most of those names are still standard American names now (in 2020).
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WASHINGTON'S SLAVE LIST, JUNE 1799
[extracted from] “Washington’s Slave List, June 1799,” Founders Online, National Archives, accessed September 29, 2019, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/06-04-02-0405. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Retirement Series, vol. 4, 20 April 1799 – 13 December 1799, ed. W. W. Abbot. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1999, pp. 527–542.]
“Washington’s Slave List, June 1799
[June 1799]
Editorial Note
The list of Mount Vernon slaves which GW drew up, probably some time in June 1799, included those slaves owned by him outright, those who were controlled by him as part of Martha Washington’s dowry, and a number who were rented by him in 1786 by contract with Mrs. Penelope French at the time he acquired her life rights to land that she owned on Dogue Run.
The slaves Washington owned in his own right came from several sources. He was left eleven slaves by his father’s will; a portion of his half brother Lawrence Washington’s slaves, about a dozen in all, were willed to him after the death of Lawrence’s infant daughter and his widow; and Washington purchased from time to time slaves for himself, mostly before the Revolution.
Washington also hired for varying periods of time individual slaves, usually skilled artisans, from neighbors and acquaintances. These do not appear on this slave list.
Only one other complete roll of the slaves at Mount Vernon has been found. In February 1786 Washington recorded in his diary all the Mount Vernon slaves, dower and personal, the farms on which they lived, and their jobs. The total at that time came to 216; it did not include Mrs. French’s slaves, the use of whom Washington acquired later in the year.
There are also in the Washington Papers at the Library of Congress Washington’s lists of his tithables in Truro and Fairfax parishes (where Mount Vernon lies) for every year from 1760 through 1774. These have been printed in the Papers, Colonial Series. These lists name slaves living at Mount Vernon but do not include children under the age of sixteen and a few elderly slaves who were not tithed. The lists of tithables also include the names of indentured white servants and other whites living on the farms, including GW’s overseers and managers. For further information on GW’s slaves, see Charles Lee to GW, 13 Sept. 1786, and especially note 4 to that document, GW to William Triplett, 25 Sept. 1786, and notes 3 and 5 (Papers, Confederation Series, 4:247–49, 268–74), Memorandum: Division of Slaves [1762] and note to that document (Papers, Colonial Series, 7:172–74), Division of Slaves, 10 Dec. 1754 (ibid., 1:227–31), and Diaries, 4:277–83.
Negros Belonging to George Washington in his own right and by Marriage
GW TRADESMEN &CA
Names ages
Nat - His Wife Lucy
George- [His wife] Lydia
Isaac- [His wife] Kitty
James- 40 -[His wife] Darcus
Sambo - [His wife] Agnes
Davy- [His wife] Edy
Joe - [His wife] Dolshy
Tom- [His wife] Nanny
Moses- No Wife
Jacob- No Wife
George- His wife Sall
Harry- No wife
Boatswain- His wife Myrtilla
Dundee- His wife [no name, a location given]
Charles- [His wife] Fanny
Ben- [His wife] Penny
Ben- [His wife] Sinah
Forrester- No Wife
Nathan - Wife Peg
W. Muclus
Juba - No wife
Matilda
Frank- Wife Lucy
Will- no wife
amount 24
MANSION HOUSE
Passed Labour
Frank- 80 -No Wife
Gunner - 90 -Wife Judy
Sam - 40 -[Wife] Alce
amount 3
Trades &ca not engagd in Cropping 24
Total 2[7] not cultivators of the Soil3
DOWER TRADESMEN &CA
Names ages
Tom Davis -Wife [no name given]
Simms - [Wife] Daphne
Cyrus- [Wife] Lucy
Wilson- 15 -no wife
Godfrey -Wife- Mima
James - [Wife] Alla
Hanson - No wife
Peter - [No wife]
Nat - [no wife]
Daniel- [no wife]
Timothy- [no wife]
Sla[min] Joe -Wife Sylla
Chriss-[Wife, no name given]
Marcus- no Wife
Lucy- Husband Ho[use] Frank
Molly- No Husband
Charlotte -No husband
Sall- [no husband]
Caroline- Husb[an]d Peter Hardman
Kitty- [husband] Isaa.
Alce - [husband] Charles Freeman
Betty Davis- [husband] Mrs Washington’s—Dick
Dolshy - Husbd Joe
Anna- [husband, no name given]
Judy- 21- No Husband
Delphy -[no Husband]
Peter- No wife
Alla- Husbd James
amount 28
MANSION HOUSE
Will Wife Aggy
Joe [Wife] Sall
Mike No wife
Sinah- Husbd Ben
Mima- [Husband] Godfrey
Lucy- No Husband
Grace- Husbd Mr Lear’s Juba
Letty- No husband
Nancy- [No husband]
Viner- [No husband]
Eve- 17 [No husband]
Delia- 14
Children
Phil- Son to Lucy
Patty- daughter to [Lucy]
Rachel- 12 daughter to Caroline
Jemima- 9 [daughter to Caroline]
Leanthe- 8 [daughter to Caroline]
Polly- 6 [daughter to Caroline]
Peter—B. 4 [daughter to Caroline]
Emery- Son to Alce
Tom- Son to Alce
Charles - Son to Alce
Henriette- Daughr [to Alce]
Barbara- 10 [daughter] to Kitty
Levina- 6 [daughter to Kitty]
Elvey- [daughter] to Charlotte
Jenny- [daughter to Charlotte]
Eliza- [daughter to Charlotte]
Nancy- 9- [daughter] to Betty D[avis] (Pancocojams Editor: This name written this way in that list)
Oney- 6- [daughter to Betty D[avis]
Lucinda- 2- [daughter to Betty D[avis]
Daniel- 6- Son to Anna
Anna- 4- daugh. [to Anne]
Sandy- 1½ -Son [to Anne]
Sucky- 5- daughr to Dolshy
Dennis- 2 mo.- Son [to Dolshy]
John - [Son]- to Mima
Randolph- [Son to Mima]
Nancy- daughr to Sinah
Burwell- Son to Lucy
Passed labour
Doll- No husband
Jenny- [No husband]
Old 2
Workers 12
Children 28
Amount 42 Mansion House
House Serts Spinners &ca &ca 28
Total 70 Not employed in the Crops &ca
Geo: Washington 2[7]
Dower 70
In all 9[7] not employed in the Crops
GW MUDDY HOLE F[ARM]
Names age
Gabriel 30 Wife Judy
Uriah 24
Moses 19 Son to Darcus
Kate old Husbd Will
Nanny [old] [Husband] Tom
Sacky 40 No Husband
Darcus 36 Husbd James
Peg 34 [Husband] Nathan
Alce 38 [Husband] Sam
Amie 30 No Husband
Nancy 28 Husbd Abram
Molly 26 No Husband
Virgin- 24- Husbd Gabl
Letty- 19- No husband
Kate long -18- daughr of Kate
Kate sht-[sht="short"] - 18 [daughter of Alce]
Isbel 16 [daughter] Sarah—dead
Townshend 14 Son to Darcus
Children
Alce -8 -Daughr to Darcus
Nancy -2 -[daughter to Darcus]
Lucy -11- Daughr to Peg
Diana- 8- [Daughr to Peg]
Alexander 3 Son [to Peg]
Darcus- 1- Daughr [to Peg]
Oliver- 11- Son to Nancy
Siss -8- Daughr [to Nancy]
Martin- 1 -Son [to Nancy]
George- 8- [Son] to Alce
Adam- 7- [Son to Alce]
Cecelia- 2- Daughr [to Alce]
Sylvia- 10- [Daughter] to Molly
James -7 -Son [to Molly]
Rainey- 8 -Daughr to Amie
Urinah- 2- [Daughter to Arnie]
Billy- 2- Son to Letty
Henry- 1- Son to Letty
Workers 18
Children 18 together 36
DOWER MUDDY HOLE F[ARM]
Names age
Davy- 56- Wife Molly
Will—Mink -60 -[Wife] Kate
Molly -76- Husband Davy
Patience -14- Daughtr Dolly
Mary- 11- [daughter] Betty
Workers 3
Does nothing 1
Young 1 In all 5
Altogether at this Farm 41.
GW RIVER FARM
Names age
Robin- 80 nearly passed
Natt -55 -Wife Doll
Ned -56 -[Wife] Hanh
Ben -22
Peg 56 -Husbd old Ben
Judy- 55- [Husband] Gunna
Cloe- 55- No husband
Suckey- 50 =[No husband]
Suckey—Bay -46 husbd- [no name given]
Sall- 30- [husband] Postn Joe
Rose- 28- No husband
Penny- 20- Husbd Ben
Lucy- 18- [Husband] Cyrus
Hannah- 12- daughr [to?] Daphne dead
Daniel- 15- Son to Suckey
Henry- 11- Son to Sall
Nancy- 11- daugh. to Bay Suke
Children
Elijah- 7 -Son to Sall
Dennis- 5 -[Son to Sall]
Gutridge- 3 -[Son to Sall]
Polly- 1- daughr [to Sall]
Hagar- 6 -[Daughter] to Rose
Simon- 4- Son [to Rose]
Tom- 2 -[Son to Rose]
Joe- 1- {Son to Rose]
Nancy- 4 -Daughr to Bay Suke
Passed labour
Ruth 70 husbd Breechy
Workers 17
Children 9
Passed labr 1 together 27
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ADDENDUM
NAMES FROM THIS LIST THAT MAY BE FROM TRADITIONAL AFRICAN LANGUAGES OR FROM ARABIC
[given in no particular order and numbered for referencing purposes only]
1. "Juba" -found in various traditional West African languages
2. "Nanny" - from Twi (Ghana/Ivory Coast) name/title "nana".
3. Mink - [in the name Will-Mink] from the name "Mingo"?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandingo_people_of_Sierra_Leone
"Mandinka people of Sierra Leone (commonly referred to as the Mandingo, Mandinka or Malinke) is a major ethnic group in Sierra Leone and a branch of the Mandinka people of West Africa"...
4. Sambo -found in various traditional West African languages
5. Sina; Senah- given in this list as a female name; These names may have come from the Arabic female name "Sena"http://muslimbabynames.hawramani.com/sena/
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NAMES/NICKNAMES FROM THIS LIST THAT ARE UNUSUAL IN THE 21st CENTURY (but were probably common in the 18th century for Black and non-Black people)
[given in no particular order and numbered for referencing purposes only]
1. Sukey, a nickname for the female name "Susan". https://nameberry.com/babyname/Sukey
The word "bay" in the name "Bay Sukey" probably refers to a geographical location, and probably was used to distinguish that woman from the other "Sukey".
The female names "Suckey" and "Sacky" in this list are probably variant spellings of the nickname "Suckey".
2.Dolshy, a variant form of the Latin female name/nickname Dulce/Dulcina http://www.thinkbabynames.com/meaning/0/Dulcina
3. Myrtilla, a variant form of the Greek name "Myrtle"? https://nameberry.com/babyname/Myrtle
4. Letty- a nickname for the female name "Leticia" [in the 20th/21st century the spelling Letisha may be more common-especially among African Americans- than the spelling "Leticia".]
6. Darcus - a variant form of the Greek name "Dorcus" [?] https://www.sheknows.com/baby-names/name/dorcas/
7. Hagar -https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hagar
"Hagar (Hebrew: הָגָר, Hāḡār, of uncertain origin;[1] Arabic: هَاجَر Hājar; Greek: Ἁγάρ, Hagár; Latin: Agar) is a biblical person in the Book of Genesis. She was an Egyptian slave of Sarah,[2] who gave her to Abraham to bear a child. The product of the union was Abraham's firstborn, Ishmael, the progenitor of the Ishmaelites. Various commentators have connected her to the Hagrites, perhaps as their eponymous ancestor.[3][4][5][6]
The name Hagar originates from the Book of Genesis; she is acknowledged in all Abrahamic religions. Hagar is alluded to in the Quran, and Islam considers her Abraham's second wife."...
8. Viney - perhaps a female form of the male name "Vincent" [?], Click https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vinie_Burrows for information about the African American Broadway actress Vinie Burrows [Born Vinie Harrison November 15, 1924 (age 95)[1]
9. Elvey- a female name which may be a shortened form of "Elvira"
10. Burwell -given as a male name in that paper, now only used as a surname
11. Leanthe -a form of the female name "Leana"? http://www.thinkbabynames.com/meaning/0/Leana
12. Gab1 = may be the male name "Gabe". The one might be a mistake.
13. Mima= perhaps a shortened form of the feamle name "Jemima"https://nameberry.com/babyname/Jemima
14. Hanson= probably a name which is now used only used as a surname.
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Common Names [in the 20th/21st century USA] that are spelled differently in George Washington's 1799 paper:
1. Alce is probably the female name "Alice".
2. Hanh - is probably a short form of the female name "Hannah".
3.Amie - is probably the female name "Amy".
4. Gutridge -probably the name "Guthridge"that is now only used as a surname.
5. Townshend - probably the name "Townsend" that is now only used as a surname
6. Natt = the male nickname "Nat" (from "Nathaniel" or "Nathan")
7. Siss may be a nickname for the female name "Cecilia"; also given as "Sissy"
8. Sall= form of the nickname "Sally", a nickname for "Sara[h]"
9.Virgin, probably a variant form of the name "Virginia"
10. Isbel - probably a form of the female name "Isabelle"
11. Forrester - given as a male name, now used mostly as a surname
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OTHER NAMES THAT UNUSUAL NAMES/NICKNAMES ON THIS LIST (which may not have been common in the 18th century.)
1. Breechy [given as a male name]
2. W. Muclus [given as a male name]
3. Rainey [given as a female name]
4. Urinah [given as a female name]
5. Oney - from the word "one"?
6. Gunna - ?
7. Alla [given as a female name, from "Allah?" or a variant form of the "Olivia"?
8. Delphy - probably a nickname for the Latin name "Delphinia" or the French female name "Delphine"
9. Boatswain- a noun that is rarely used as a personal name - "the officer on a ship who is responsible for taking care of the ship's equipment"https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/boatswain
10. Dundee- [used in that paper as a male name, from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dundee"Dundee is Scotland's fourth-largest city and the 51st-most-populous built-up area in the United Kingdom.
11. Sla[min] Joe - Salmon [?]
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This pancocojams post provides an excerpt of a list of enslaved people who were owned by George Washington, the first President of the United States those who were controlled by him as part of his wife's dowry, and those who were rented by him in 1786 by contract with Mrs. Penelope French at the time he acquired her life rights to land that she owned.
I'm most interested in documenting the types of names that were used by [given to or self-selected by?] these Black American enslaved people, particularly names that can be traced to West African languages.
Part I of this post presents some of the names from a paper which is said to have been written by George Washington around 1799.
The Addendum to that post showcases the names that I believe are of West African origin. That Addendum also highlights names (or nicknames) that would be considered unusual now, but may have been relatively common for Black people and non-Black people in the 18th century and also highlights what I consider to be other unusual names which may not have been common in the 18th century.
Part II presents additional names from a paper which is said to have been written by George Washington around 1799. The Addendum to that post showcases the names that I believe are of West African origin. That Addendum also highlights names (or nicknames) that would be considered unusual now, but may have been relatively common for Black people and non-Black people in the 18th century. [These lists are divided into two posts because of space considerations only.]
Thanks to the government archives for sharing this information online.
RIP all those who are named in these lists.
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PANCOCOJAMS EDITOR’S NOTE:
The information from this paper is reformatted to only include the people’s name, age [when given], marital status (when given for adults), and gender/mother’s name [when given].
In addition to that information, these paper includes notation about the people’s occupation [given as “Labour”], their disabilities, whether people [such as older people] were able to work, and where their spouse lived if they weren’t on the same farm/had the same owner. Some of that information is given under the heading of “Remarks” which I’ve left out of this reformatted list.
George Washington used the word “Ditto” instead of written the same words that were used in that list before that name. For instance, “His wife” is given as “Ditto” if the words “His wife” were given before that name. Sometimes GW didn’t write either “His wife” or Ditto, but merely wrote the name of the wife.] For both of these entries, I’m writing “His wife” in brackets [Example: “George [His wife] Lydia”.
I added a hyphen to separate the name from the marital information/name or the mother's name.
When there wasn’t a space, I also added a space between the words “His wife” and the wife’s name.
**
It’s interesting to note how many of George Washington’s enslaved people were married (since the USA history that I remembering learning in school/college indicated that enslaved Black people in the USA couldn’t be married). It’s also interesting to read how many of the married couples that are listed in this paper had to live apart from each other on another farm and/or with another owner.
It's also interesting to note that most of the names that were given to or selected by Black people on George Washington's farms and the farm that he had control of were considered to be "standard" American names in the late 18th century, and most of those names are still standard American names now (in 2020).
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WASHINGTON'S SLAVE LIST, JUNE 1799
[extracted from] “Washington’s Slave List, June 1799,” Founders Online, National Archives, accessed September 29, 2019, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/06-04-02-0405. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Retirement Series, vol. 4, 20 April 1799 – 13 December 1799, ed. W. W. Abbot. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1999, pp. 527–542.]
“Washington’s Slave List, June 1799
[June 1799]
Editorial Note
The list of Mount Vernon slaves which GW drew up, probably some time in June 1799, included those slaves owned by him outright, those who were controlled by him as part of Martha Washington’s dowry, and a number who were rented by him in 1786 by contract with Mrs. Penelope French at the time he acquired her life rights to land that she owned on Dogue Run.
The slaves Washington owned in his own right came from several sources. He was left eleven slaves by his father’s will; a portion of his half brother Lawrence Washington’s slaves, about a dozen in all, were willed to him after the death of Lawrence’s infant daughter and his widow; and Washington purchased from time to time slaves for himself, mostly before the Revolution.
Washington also hired for varying periods of time individual slaves, usually skilled artisans, from neighbors and acquaintances. These do not appear on this slave list.
Only one other complete roll of the slaves at Mount Vernon has been found. In February 1786 Washington recorded in his diary all the Mount Vernon slaves, dower and personal, the farms on which they lived, and their jobs. The total at that time came to 216; it did not include Mrs. French’s slaves, the use of whom Washington acquired later in the year.
There are also in the Washington Papers at the Library of Congress Washington’s lists of his tithables in Truro and Fairfax parishes (where Mount Vernon lies) for every year from 1760 through 1774. These have been printed in the Papers, Colonial Series. These lists name slaves living at Mount Vernon but do not include children under the age of sixteen and a few elderly slaves who were not tithed. The lists of tithables also include the names of indentured white servants and other whites living on the farms, including GW’s overseers and managers. For further information on GW’s slaves, see Charles Lee to GW, 13 Sept. 1786, and especially note 4 to that document, GW to William Triplett, 25 Sept. 1786, and notes 3 and 5 (Papers, Confederation Series, 4:247–49, 268–74), Memorandum: Division of Slaves [1762] and note to that document (Papers, Colonial Series, 7:172–74), Division of Slaves, 10 Dec. 1754 (ibid., 1:227–31), and Diaries, 4:277–83.
Negros Belonging to George Washington in his own right and by Marriage
GW TRADESMEN &CA
Names ages
Nat - His Wife Lucy
George- [His wife] Lydia
Isaac- [His wife] Kitty
James- 40 -[His wife] Darcus
Sambo - [His wife] Agnes
Davy- [His wife] Edy
Joe - [His wife] Dolshy
Tom- [His wife] Nanny
Moses- No Wife
Jacob- No Wife
George- His wife Sall
Harry- No wife
Boatswain- His wife Myrtilla
Dundee- His wife [no name, a location given]
Charles- [His wife] Fanny
Ben- [His wife] Penny
Ben- [His wife] Sinah
Forrester- No Wife
Nathan - Wife Peg
W. Muclus
Juba - No wife
Matilda
Frank- Wife Lucy
Will- no wife
amount 24
MANSION HOUSE
Passed Labour
Frank- 80 -No Wife
Gunner - 90 -Wife Judy
Sam - 40 -[Wife] Alce
amount 3
Trades &ca not engagd in Cropping 24
Total 2[7] not cultivators of the Soil3
DOWER TRADESMEN &CA
Names ages
Tom Davis -Wife [no name given]
Simms - [Wife] Daphne
Cyrus- [Wife] Lucy
Wilson- 15 -no wife
Godfrey -Wife- Mima
James - [Wife] Alla
Hanson - No wife
Peter - [No wife]
Nat - [no wife]
Daniel- [no wife]
Timothy- [no wife]
Sla[min] Joe -Wife Sylla
Chriss-[Wife, no name given]
Marcus- no Wife
Lucy- Husband Ho[use] Frank
Molly- No Husband
Charlotte -No husband
Sall- [no husband]
Caroline- Husb[an]d Peter Hardman
Kitty- [husband] Isaa.
Alce - [husband] Charles Freeman
Betty Davis- [husband] Mrs Washington’s—Dick
Dolshy - Husbd Joe
Anna- [husband, no name given]
Judy- 21- No Husband
Delphy -[no Husband]
Peter- No wife
Alla- Husbd James
amount 28
MANSION HOUSE
Will Wife Aggy
Joe [Wife] Sall
Mike No wife
Sinah- Husbd Ben
Mima- [Husband] Godfrey
Lucy- No Husband
Grace- Husbd Mr Lear’s Juba
Letty- No husband
Nancy- [No husband]
Viner- [No husband]
Eve- 17 [No husband]
Delia- 14
Children
Phil- Son to Lucy
Patty- daughter to [Lucy]
Rachel- 12 daughter to Caroline
Jemima- 9 [daughter to Caroline]
Leanthe- 8 [daughter to Caroline]
Polly- 6 [daughter to Caroline]
Peter—B. 4 [daughter to Caroline]
Emery- Son to Alce
Tom- Son to Alce
Charles - Son to Alce
Henriette- Daughr [to Alce]
Barbara- 10 [daughter] to Kitty
Levina- 6 [daughter to Kitty]
Elvey- [daughter] to Charlotte
Jenny- [daughter to Charlotte]
Eliza- [daughter to Charlotte]
Nancy- 9- [daughter] to Betty D[avis] (Pancocojams Editor: This name written this way in that list)
Oney- 6- [daughter to Betty D[avis]
Lucinda- 2- [daughter to Betty D[avis]
Daniel- 6- Son to Anna
Anna- 4- daugh. [to Anne]
Sandy- 1½ -Son [to Anne]
Sucky- 5- daughr to Dolshy
Dennis- 2 mo.- Son [to Dolshy]
John - [Son]- to Mima
Randolph- [Son to Mima]
Nancy- daughr to Sinah
Burwell- Son to Lucy
Passed labour
Doll- No husband
Jenny- [No husband]
Old 2
Workers 12
Children 28
Amount 42 Mansion House
House Serts Spinners &ca &ca 28
Total 70 Not employed in the Crops &ca
Geo: Washington 2[7]
Dower 70
In all 9[7] not employed in the Crops
GW MUDDY HOLE F[ARM]
Names age
Gabriel 30 Wife Judy
Uriah 24
Moses 19 Son to Darcus
Kate old Husbd Will
Nanny [old] [Husband] Tom
Sacky 40 No Husband
Darcus 36 Husbd James
Peg 34 [Husband] Nathan
Alce 38 [Husband] Sam
Amie 30 No Husband
Nancy 28 Husbd Abram
Molly 26 No Husband
Virgin- 24- Husbd Gabl
Letty- 19- No husband
Kate long -18- daughr of Kate
Kate sht-[sht="short"] - 18 [daughter of Alce]
Isbel 16 [daughter] Sarah—dead
Townshend 14 Son to Darcus
Children
Alce -8 -Daughr to Darcus
Nancy -2 -[daughter to Darcus]
Lucy -11- Daughr to Peg
Diana- 8- [Daughr to Peg]
Alexander 3 Son [to Peg]
Darcus- 1- Daughr [to Peg]
Oliver- 11- Son to Nancy
Siss -8- Daughr [to Nancy]
Martin- 1 -Son [to Nancy]
George- 8- [Son] to Alce
Adam- 7- [Son to Alce]
Cecelia- 2- Daughr [to Alce]
Sylvia- 10- [Daughter] to Molly
James -7 -Son [to Molly]
Rainey- 8 -Daughr to Amie
Urinah- 2- [Daughter to Arnie]
Billy- 2- Son to Letty
Henry- 1- Son to Letty
Workers 18
Children 18 together 36
DOWER MUDDY HOLE F[ARM]
Names age
Davy- 56- Wife Molly
Will—Mink -60 -[Wife] Kate
Molly -76- Husband Davy
Patience -14- Daughtr Dolly
Mary- 11- [daughter] Betty
Workers 3
Does nothing 1
Young 1 In all 5
Altogether at this Farm 41.
GW RIVER FARM
Names age
Robin- 80 nearly passed
Natt -55 -Wife Doll
Ned -56 -[Wife] Hanh
Ben -22
Peg 56 -Husbd old Ben
Judy- 55- [Husband] Gunna
Cloe- 55- No husband
Suckey- 50 =[No husband]
Suckey—Bay -46 husbd- [no name given]
Sall- 30- [husband] Postn Joe
Rose- 28- No husband
Penny- 20- Husbd Ben
Lucy- 18- [Husband] Cyrus
Hannah- 12- daughr [to?] Daphne dead
Daniel- 15- Son to Suckey
Henry- 11- Son to Sall
Nancy- 11- daugh. to Bay Suke
Children
Elijah- 7 -Son to Sall
Dennis- 5 -[Son to Sall]
Gutridge- 3 -[Son to Sall]
Polly- 1- daughr [to Sall]
Hagar- 6 -[Daughter] to Rose
Simon- 4- Son [to Rose]
Tom- 2 -[Son to Rose]
Joe- 1- {Son to Rose]
Nancy- 4 -Daughr to Bay Suke
Passed labour
Ruth 70 husbd Breechy
Workers 17
Children 9
Passed labr 1 together 27
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ADDENDUM
NAMES FROM THIS LIST THAT MAY BE FROM TRADITIONAL AFRICAN LANGUAGES OR FROM ARABIC
[given in no particular order and numbered for referencing purposes only]
1. "Juba" -found in various traditional West African languages
2. "Nanny" - from Twi (Ghana/Ivory Coast) name/title "nana".
3. Mink - [in the name Will-Mink] from the name "Mingo"?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandingo_people_of_Sierra_Leone
"Mandinka people of Sierra Leone (commonly referred to as the Mandingo, Mandinka or Malinke) is a major ethnic group in Sierra Leone and a branch of the Mandinka people of West Africa"...
4. Sambo -found in various traditional West African languages
5. Sina; Senah- given in this list as a female name; These names may have come from the Arabic female name "Sena"http://muslimbabynames.hawramani.com/sena/
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NAMES/NICKNAMES FROM THIS LIST THAT ARE UNUSUAL IN THE 21st CENTURY (but were probably common in the 18th century for Black and non-Black people)
[given in no particular order and numbered for referencing purposes only]
1. Sukey, a nickname for the female name "Susan". https://nameberry.com/babyname/Sukey
The word "bay" in the name "Bay Sukey" probably refers to a geographical location, and probably was used to distinguish that woman from the other "Sukey".
The female names "Suckey" and "Sacky" in this list are probably variant spellings of the nickname "Suckey".
2.Dolshy, a variant form of the Latin female name/nickname Dulce/Dulcina http://www.thinkbabynames.com/meaning/0/Dulcina
3. Myrtilla, a variant form of the Greek name "Myrtle"? https://nameberry.com/babyname/Myrtle
4. Letty- a nickname for the female name "Leticia" [in the 20th/21st century the spelling Letisha may be more common-especially among African Americans- than the spelling "Leticia".]
6. Darcus - a variant form of the Greek name "Dorcus" [?] https://www.sheknows.com/baby-names/name/dorcas/
7. Hagar -https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hagar
"Hagar (Hebrew: הָגָר, Hāḡār, of uncertain origin;[1] Arabic: هَاجَر Hājar; Greek: Ἁγάρ, Hagár; Latin: Agar) is a biblical person in the Book of Genesis. She was an Egyptian slave of Sarah,[2] who gave her to Abraham to bear a child. The product of the union was Abraham's firstborn, Ishmael, the progenitor of the Ishmaelites. Various commentators have connected her to the Hagrites, perhaps as their eponymous ancestor.[3][4][5][6]
The name Hagar originates from the Book of Genesis; she is acknowledged in all Abrahamic religions. Hagar is alluded to in the Quran, and Islam considers her Abraham's second wife."...
8. Viney - perhaps a female form of the male name "Vincent" [?], Click https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vinie_Burrows for information about the African American Broadway actress Vinie Burrows [Born Vinie Harrison November 15, 1924 (age 95)[1]
9. Elvey- a female name which may be a shortened form of "Elvira"
10. Burwell -given as a male name in that paper, now only used as a surname
11. Leanthe -a form of the female name "Leana"? http://www.thinkbabynames.com/meaning/0/Leana
12. Gab1 = may be the male name "Gabe". The one might be a mistake.
13. Mima= perhaps a shortened form of the feamle name "Jemima"https://nameberry.com/babyname/Jemima
14. Hanson= probably a name which is now used only used as a surname.
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Common Names [in the 20th/21st century USA] that are spelled differently in George Washington's 1799 paper:
1. Alce is probably the female name "Alice".
2. Hanh - is probably a short form of the female name "Hannah".
3.Amie - is probably the female name "Amy".
4. Gutridge -probably the name "Guthridge"that is now only used as a surname.
5. Townshend - probably the name "Townsend" that is now only used as a surname
6. Natt = the male nickname "Nat" (from "Nathaniel" or "Nathan")
7. Siss may be a nickname for the female name "Cecilia"; also given as "Sissy"
8. Sall= form of the nickname "Sally", a nickname for "Sara[h]"
9.Virgin, probably a variant form of the name "Virginia"
10. Isbel - probably a form of the female name "Isabelle"
11. Forrester - given as a male name, now used mostly as a surname
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OTHER NAMES THAT UNUSUAL NAMES/NICKNAMES ON THIS LIST (which may not have been common in the 18th century.)
1. Breechy [given as a male name]
2. W. Muclus [given as a male name]
3. Rainey [given as a female name]
4. Urinah [given as a female name]
5. Oney - from the word "one"?
6. Gunna - ?
7. Alla [given as a female name, from "Allah?" or a variant form of the "Olivia"?
8. Delphy - probably a nickname for the Latin name "Delphinia" or the French female name "Delphine"
9. Boatswain- a noun that is rarely used as a personal name - "the officer on a ship who is responsible for taking care of the ship's equipment"https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/boatswain
10. Dundee- [used in that paper as a male name, from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dundee"Dundee is Scotland's fourth-largest city and the 51st-most-populous built-up area in the United Kingdom.
11. Sla[min] Joe - Salmon [?]
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