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Job

Job

Job is an unfree person, described as Indian, who was in Stonington, Connecticut in 1693. He was the child of John and was enslaved by William Denison.

History of the Town of Stonington

  • Will
  • November 20, 1693
  • [711] The Will of Capt. George Denison

    ...

    [712] Unto my son William Denison, I have formerly given him one hundred and thirty acres of land, be it more or less, to wit, all of the land to the eastward of Mistuxet brook which did originally belong unto my new mansion place, and is p…

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History of the Town of Stonington (pp. 711–712, 731, 734). (1900). Press of the Day Publishing Comapny; Yale University. https://hdl.handle.net/2027/yale.39002003062560?urlappend=%3Bseq=11 [Stolen Relations project at Brown University.]

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