Essex County Massachusetts Freedom Case Participants 1760 - 1783

Timothy Russell (-)

Reading

Biography:

Comments: ECCP Reimbursed for Travel: 70 miles; Attendance: 5 days. 0-18-0 SCJ Nov 1771 Reimbursed for Travel: 30 miles; Attendance 7 days.0-15-0

Casar vs. Samuel Taylor (1772) Supported Bond for SCJ Appeal
Casar vs. Samuel Taylor (1772) Sworn signed testimony for Defendant

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 March 24, 1768. Bill of Sale of Casar from Hircom to Taylor.
Citation: Samuel Taylor vs Casar, Superior Court of Judicature June 1772, 15. Suffolk # 132190.

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 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 November 12, 1771. Timothy Russell's sworn deposition that at his (Russell's) house, Casar asked Samuel Taylor to buy him, offering to pay him back over six years. Taylor agreed that Casar would then be free. The purchase amount discussed was 80 pounds. Taylor concluded "the intention of this transaction was Casar's Liberty" if Casar kept to the agreement.Peter Frye, JP Salem
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.