Runaway Connecticut

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David Ensign

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WHEREAS David Ensign, of Lanesborough, in the county of Berkshire, was on the 15th inst. taken by me by virtue of a warrant issued against him for breach of the peace and held in my custody by virtue of a mittimus for his commitment to prison, until…
Newspaper: Connecticut Courant
Date: August 8, 1785
Location: Pittsfield, MA

Gale Goodwin Rockwell

April 19, 1785. Suffield
Run-away from the subscriber some time hace [hence] an indented servant, named Gale Goodwin Rockwell, 16 years of age, small stature, very talkative. Whoever will take up and return said runaway, shall have six pence reward…
Newspaper: Connecticut Courant
Date: April 26, 1785
Location: Suffield, CT

Thomas Mix

RUN away from the subscriber the third of July last, an apprentice Boy, named Thomas Mix, 16 years of age. Whoever will take up said boy and return him to the subscriber, shall have Six Pence reward. ASA WHITNEY. N. B. All persons are forbid…
Newspaper: Connecticut Courant
Date: August 22, 1785
Location: Salisbury, CT

Sipeo

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RUN from the subscriber last winter, a negro fellow named SIPEO, belonging to the estate of Nathan Chapman, now delirious. Said negro is about 18 years old, about 5 feet 8 inches high, wore or carried off a pair of old woollen shirts, one pair…
Newspaper: Connecticut Gazette
Date: July 22, 1785
Location: Colchester, CT

Negro Man

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Stratford, March 2, 1785. Ran away from Ebenzer Hurd, a NEGRO MAN, about 30 years old, is short and thick set, has large legs, much pitted with small-pox, has a bald spot on his head, occasioned by a scald when young; had on and took with him when he…
Newspaper: Connecticut Journal
Date: March 2, 1785
Location: Stratford, CT

Jack

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On Tuesday evening the 25th instant, ran away from my Tan Works, my Negro man JACK, aged about 24 years, about 5 feet high and half high, marked with a large gash or cross on each cheek, and part of his scalp taken off the back part of his head, he…
Newspaper: Connecticut Courant
Date: November 14, 1785
Location: Wethersfield, CT

Joseph Dickerman, Ezra Davis, Abel Kidder, Abel Tilletson, and Andrew Broga

LAST night the following prisoners made their escape from the goal in this city, viz. Joseph Dickerman, committed for house-burning; Ezra Davis, Abel Kidder, Abel Tilletson and Andrew Broga, committed for passing counterfeit money. Whoever will…
Newspaper: Connecticut Courant
Date: March 8, 1785
Location: Hartford, CT

Jere

NOTICE is hereby given to the creditors to the estate of TABITHA BIGELOW, late of Hartford, deceased, that the Hon. Court of Probate for the district of Hartford has allowed three months from the date for said creditors to exhibit their claims for…
Newspaper: Connecticut Courant
Date: October 31, 1785
Location: Hartford, CT