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Elijah Metcalf

Whereas my infamous false husband, Elijah Metcalf, has been pleased to say in your former papers, that I wilfully eloped from his bed, which is altogether false, for with his approbation I came from home, which I can prove by Capt. Pratt and Wife, of…
Newspaper: Connecticut Courant
Date: February 26, 1771
Location: Suffield, CT

Benjamin Bingham and Ozias Palmer

TWENTY DOLLARS REWARD. Run away from the subscriber, on the 23d of Feb. last, Benjamin Bingham, about 20 years old, by trade a leather dresser; also Ozias Palmer, an apprentice to the hatters business, about 18 years of age, 5 feet 10 inches high;…
Newspaper: Connecticut Courant
Date: April 29, 1776
Location: Suffield, CT

Gillam

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Twenty Dollars Reward! RAN away from the Subscriber in Suffield, on the night of the 19th instant, a Negro man, named Gillam, 23 years old, about 5 feet 2 inches high, very black; had on a reddish brown Coat; new Boots, much too big for him. Said…
Newspaper: Connecticut Courant
Date: March 2, 1784
Location: Suffield, CT

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

Horace Miller

RUN away from the subscriber the night of the 23d of June, an apprentice lad, named Horace Miller, in the 18th year of his age, light complexion, dark brown hair, [...] walks with his head stooping forward, very talkative and bold, carried away with…
Newspaper: Connecticut Courant
Date: July 9, 1787
Location: Suffield, CT

Asahel Morris Scot

RAN away from the subscriber on the 11th inst. An apprentice boy named Asahel Morris scot, nineteen years old, of a light complexion, slim built. Whoever will take up and return said apprentice shall receive a reasonable reward for their trouble.…
Newspaper: Connecticut Courant
Date: September 5, 1791
Location: Suffield, CT

Jonathan Spencer

RUN away from the subscriber an apprentice boy, named Jonathan Spencer, 17 year of age, whoever will take up said boy and return him to me shall have two pence reward, but no charges paid. PHINEAS LOVEJOY. Suffield, Nov. 3. N. B. All persons are…
Newspaper: Connecticut Courant
Date: December 8, 1794
Location: Suffield, CT

Amelia White

RUN away from the subscriber on the 16th inst. Amelia White, an indented negro girl, in the 10th year of her age, pretty high colored, had on when she went away a red woollen slip and a black chip bonnet - Whoever will return said runaway to the…
Newspaper: Connecticut Courant
Date: May 6, 1817
Location: Suffield, CT

Mary Bante

NOTICE. ABSOCONDED, or ran away from the service of the subscriber, on the morning of the 9th instant, an indented apprentice by the name of MARY BANTE, about twelve years old, small of her age, of a light complexion; she left her morning chores, and…
Newspaper: Connecticut Courant
Date: October 23, 1832
Location: Suffield, CT