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Essex County Massachusetts Freedom Case Participants 1760 - 1783
Juno (-1816)
Beverly
Biography: Mother was a "North Carolina Indian" purchased in Portsmouth New Hampshire by Captain Henry Herrick of Beverly. Later willed to Herrick's daughter Mary Larcom wife of David Larcom. Married Jethro Thistle in 1751 and had eleven children. After Larcom's death, returned to Larcom's household but "claimed her freedom" for herself and her children.
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Juno vs. David Larcom (1775) PlaintiffSources
- Transcription made approx. 1910 of Juno's statement.
Citation: Notebook, William Fitzhale Abbott papers, 1150-1915, New England Historic Genealogical Society.
- ECCP July 1775 Record of Juno vs Larcom's caase being dismissed because Larcom had died.
Citation: Juno vs Larcom (1775) Essex County Court of Common Pleas July 1775 Record, 43.