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Essex County Massachusetts Freedom Case Participants 1760 - 1783

Timon (1744-)

Andover

Biography: Negro man Labourer

Comments: "Absent" when June 4, 1776 Bill of Sale from Chadwick to Osgood was signed.

Timon vs. Peter Osgood (1777) Plaintiff

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• Dated June 4 1776 Bill of Sale of Tymon 32 years old from Thomas Chadwick to Peter Osgood Junior. "which said servant is now absent & the said Osgood is to take him wherever he can find him"
  Citation: Timon vs Peter Osgood, Jr. (1777) Essex County Court of Common Pleas September 1777 Record.

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• Back of the writ for Timon vs. Osgood dated September 13, 1777
  Citation: Timon vs Peter Osgood, Jr. (1777) Essex County Court of Common Pleas September 1777 Record.

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• Writ dated September 13, 1777 in Timon vs Osgood.
  Citation: Timon vs Peter Osgood, Jr. (1777) Essex County Court of Common Pleas September 1777 Record.

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• Sheriff's note dated September 15, 1777 that he had delivered Timon vs Osgood writ.
  Citation: Timon vs Peter Osgood, Jr. (1777) Essex County Court of Common Pleas September 1777 Record.

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• Osgood's defense written by Pynchon dated October 3, 1777 saying that Timon is Osgood's "proper negro servant" but not making a plea of "not guilty."
  Citation: Timon vs Peter Osgood, Jr. (1777) Essex County Court of Common Pleas September 1777 Record.

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• Dated October 3, 1777 Indenture agreement between Peter Osgood Jr. nnd Timon "a free negro who hath no Master" to two years of obedient service in return for meat, drink, lodging, apparel, in sickness and health and for six pounds at the end a a good strong homemade suit of wearing apparels.
  Citation: Timon vs Peter Osgood, Jr. (1777) Essex County Court of Common Pleas September 1777 Record.

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• Dated October 3 1777 Timon's response (via Parsons) to Osgood's defense claiming it is insufficient. Osgood's reply to that via Pynchon is that his original reply was good and Timon;s action "may be barred."
  Citation: Timon vs Peter Osgood, Jr. (1777) Essex County Court of Common Pleas September 1777 Record.