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Essex County Massachusetts Freedom Case Participants 1760 - 1783

Stephen Buxton Yeoman (-)

Reading

Biography: On 1771 Voting Rolls for Reading, MA.

Comments: Summonsed for Taylor vs Casar, SCJ Nov 1771 but no record of attendance.

Casar vs. Samuel Taylor (1772) Sworn signed testimony for Defendant

Sources

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• 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.

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• 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.

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• Dated Nov. 12, 1771. Stephen Buxton's sworn, signed statement that in July 1768, Casar was convicted of threatening Capt. Edward Hurcum and Samuel Taylor had to pay his fine and stand for his good behavior. Also, Casar promised to repay Taylor or he would be willing to be resold.
  Citation: Samuel Taylor vs Casar, Superior Court of Judicature June 1772, 15. Suffolk # 132190.