Inspection Roll of Negroes

British inspection rolls documenting persons formerly enslaved by Loyalists departing New York

MilitaryRevolutionaryNational2,520 records

Book	Year	Vessel	Where Bound	Name	Age	Description	In Possession Of	Remarks
1	1783	Grand Dutchess of Russia	St John	Juliet Tyng	3	mulatto	Colonel Tyng	Slave bred in his service
1	1783	Grand Dutchess of Russia	St John	Lewes Carter	20	Mustee	Colonel Tyng	formerly servant to Archibald Gilbert Virginia left his service about 4 years ago and came with the troops to New York
1	1783	Grand Dutchess of Russia	St John	Effee Douglass	24	Mulatto	Colonel Tyng	free woman
1	1783	Grand Dutchess of Russia	St John	John Banter	2	Mulatto boy	Colonel Tyng	free man
1	1783	Grand Dutchess of Russia	St John	Thomas Banter	24	Stout Black	Colonel Tyng	formerly slave to Albert Banter Paramus New Jersey left him about six years ago GBC
1	1783	Grand Dutchess of Russia	St John	Moses Simson	20	ditto	Geo Leonard Esqr	formerly slave to William Sheppard Virginia left him about five years ago and came to New York with the troops. GBC
1	1783	Grand Dutchess of Russia	St John	Lieutn Berry	42	ditto	Geo Leonard Esqr	formerly slave to James Berry Frederick town Virginia left him about six years ago GBC
1	1783	Grand Dutchess of Russia	St John	Ishmael Colley	23	ditto	Geo Leonard Esqr	formerly slave to Ebenezer Colley Connecticut town Fairfield left him about six years ago GBC
1	1783	Grand Dutchess of Russia	St John	Sarah Caesor	45	Squat Wench	Geo Leonard Esqr	free formerly slave to Jonathan Vallantine Hamstead plains made her free at his death
1	1783	Grand Dutchess of Russia	St John	Sucey Sykes	24	ditto	Geo Leonard Esqr	formerly slave to John Woodward New Jersey taken from thence about six years ago by Capt Robinson commanding a Galley GBC
1	1783	Grand Dutchess of Russia	St John	George Kint	30	Tall Stout fellow	Geo Leonard Esqr	formerly slave to Mr Lockart Antigua GBC
1	1783	Grand Dutchess of Russia	St John	Joseph Talbot	20	stout do	James Sutter	formerly slave to Job McPherson charlestown lefthim about 7 years ago came to NYork with General Patterson GBC
1	1783	Grand Dutchess of Russia	St John	Nancy Talbot	21	Health Seemingly sound	James Sutter	formerly slave to Danl Strooger of Charlestown left him about four years ago cam to NYork ditto GBC
1	1783	Polly	Roseway	Simon Garway	26	stout man	Willm Johnson	Served Jenkin Philips Pennsylvania 21 years when he got his freedom left him about four years ago GBC
1	1783	Polly	Roseway	Jack Smith	31	tall Stout man	John McNeal	formerly Slave to Jacomiah Smith of Elizabethtown who he left about five years ago
1	1783	Polly	Roseway	Willm Williams	25	Middle sized man	Willm Johnson	formerly slave to Sam Williams of Pennsylvania left him about three years ago GBC
1	1783	Polly	Roseway	Jacob Lawson	30	Stout man	Mr Demit	formerly slave to Colo Lawson of Princess Ann Virginia GBC
1	1783	Polly	Roseway	Ruth Lawson (his wife)	—	do	—	formerly slave to Henry Corneck Virginia left him about 6 years ago.
1	1783	Polly	Roseway	Luke Brian	25	Stout man	William Johnson	says he was born free in the family of Mr. Warrington Seabrook Connecticut left him two years ago
1	1783	Polly	Roseway	Harry Gray	30	ditto	John Stoke	formerly slave to Bery.a Churchwell of Rappahannock Virginia left him 6 years ago
1	1783	Polly	Roseway	Abby Gray (his Wife)	20	Stout Wench 3 scars in her face	Do	formerly slave to Captain Tennent Norfolk Virginia ditto GBC
1	1783	Polly	Roseway	Sam Dickinson	24	Stout tall man	Robert French	formerly slave to Thomas Hunt Philips's Manor in the year 1776 taken in arms by Capt Danl Kippe
1	1783	Polly	Roseway	Thos Foster	28	do scar in his forehead	Francis Hunter	formerly slave to John Harberk of NYork his master left him there in the year 76 since which he has serv'd & done duty in the black compy
1	1783	Polly	Roseway	Jack Gordon	40	do middle size blemish left Eye	John Miller	formerly slave to Berya Gordon Charlestown
1	1783	Polly	Roseway	Fanny	33	stout wench 3 scars in each Cheek	James Fraser	formerly slave to Mr. Cunningham who died in England where she got her freedom six years ago

1...5 6 7...101