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Essex County Massachusetts Freedom Case Participants 1760 - 1783
Abraham Shelden (-)
Reading
Biography: 1771 Voter in South Parish, Reading.
Comments: Summonsed to Casar vs Taylor (1772) ECCP Sept. 1771 and SCJ Nov. 1771. No record of attendance or reimbursement.
Sources
- List of 1771 Voters in Second Parish of Reading
Citation: Eaton, Lilley. Genealogical History of the Town of Reading, Mass., Including the Present Towns of Wakefield, Reading, and North Reading, with Chronological and Historical Sketches, from 1639 to 1874. Boston: A. Mudge & Son, Printers, 1874.
- Dated Sept. 20 1771 Summons to Sept. ECCP 1771. A. Shelden, E. Hircom, T. Russell, M. Rolf
Citation: Samuel Taylor vs Casar, Superior Court of Judicature June 1772, 15. Suffolk # 132190.
- Dated September 30 1771. Bond for Appeal to SCJ.
Citation: Samuel Taylor vs Casar, Superior Court of Judicature June 1772, 15. Suffolk # 132190.
- Dated Oct 15, 1771. Summons to SCJ Nov. 1771. E. Hircom, A. Shelden, M. Rolf, S. Buxton, E. Damon, D. Rolf, J. Felt.
Citation: Samuel Taylor vs Casar, Superior Court of Judicature June 1772, 15. Suffolk # 132190.
- Dated Nov. 12, 1771. A. Sheldon's sworn testimony that Casar threatened Capt. Edward Hurcum, was tried, found guilty and Samuel Taylor paid his fine of 4 pounds.
Citation: Samuel Taylor vs Casar, Superior Court of Judicature June 1772, 15. Suffolk # 132190.