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Essex County Massachusetts Freedom Case Participants 1760 - 1783
Primus (-)
Middleton
Biography: Enslaved in Middleton by John Flint. John Flint owned grist and sawmills on Ipswich River between (now) North Reading and (now) Peabody. Primus was married to Pegg, also owned by Flint, on March 24, 1749. Primus was bequeathed in Flint's will dated 1773 to Jeremiah Flint. Pegg was bequeathed in will to Flint's wife Huldah and three other enslaved people, Jack, Kate and Cloe, were bequeathed in will to Flint children. Primus gave sworn testimony in 1771 on discussion with Taylor on Taylor's arrangement with Casar.
Comments: SCJ Nov 1771 Reimbursement for Travel: 50 miles; Attendance: 3 days: 0-16-6 For Oath: 0-0-6
Casar vs. Samuel Taylor (1772) Sworn signed testimony for PlaintiffSources
- Dated October 30, 1771. Summons to SCJ November 1771 held in Salem. Sixteen names, five towns.
Signatures on reverse
Timothy Fuller Gentleman
Primus a negro man living with John Flint all of Middleton in the County of Essex.
T. Russell & M. Russell, E. Hirchcom all of Reading;
Tamar,
J. Beverly
S. Poor &
C.Furbush all of Andover;
R. Thomas,
A. Smith ,
B.Guilford &
A.Putnam all of Danvers;
M. Hart of Lynn;
P. Chandler & J. Bryant.
Citation: Samuel Taylor vs Casar, Superior Court of Judicature June 1772, 15. Suffolk # 132190.
- Dated Nov. 12, 1771. Primus testifies that in the summer of 1770 Taylor said he did have a deal with Casar, that Casar was "pretty well like where he was then (which was in Danvers) & seemed to be in a pretty good way of making money, & he was loth to take him away, tho he did not know but the Law-Suit with Fuller would oblige him to do it
Citation: Samuel Taylor vs Casar, Superior Court of Judicature June 1772, 15. Suffolk # 132190.
- Clerk's tally of oourt costs for SCJ November 1771 and June 1772
Citation: Samuel Taylor vs Casar, Superior Court of Judicature June 1772, 15. Suffolk # 132190.