Slavery  is an immoral system of forced labor where people are treated as property to be bought and sold. It was legal in the American Colonies and the United States until the Civil War.
       
   
  
    A joiner  is a  carpenter skilled in finished woodwork.
  
 
 
    
      
        Name 
        occupation 
        acres 
        horses 
        cows 
        other assets 
        remarks 
        enslaved people 
       
      
         Adams, William  
          
          
          
          
          
        single 
          
       
      
         Austin, Nicholas  
          
          
          
          
          
        single 
          
       
      
         Austin, Robert  
          
          
          
          
          
        single 
          
       
      
         Austin, Thomas  
          
        140 
        3 
        4 
        grist-mill 
          
          
       
      
         Ayers, Samuel 
          
        4 
        1 
        2 
          
          
          
       
      
         Barnes, Edward  
          
          
          
          
          
          
          
       
      
         Barnes, Robert  
          
        75 
          
        1 
          
          
        1 
       
      
         Bartle, Andrew  
          
          
          
          
          
          
          
       
      
         Bennet, Abraham 
          
          
        2 
        2 
          
          
          
       
      
         Blacklye, John 
          
        140 
        3 
        3 
          
        1 servant 
          
       
      
         Blake, John 
        joiner 
        26 
        1 
        2 
          
          
          
       
      
         Boileau,  Isaac  
          
        200 
        4 
        8 
          
          
        1 
       
      
         Boileau, Daniel  
          
        57 
        2 
        5 
          
          
          
       
      
         Boileau, Luke  
          
          
          
        11 
          
          
          
       
      
         Bond, Isaac 
          
         3  
          
          
          
          
          
       
      
         Bond, Joseph  
          
          
        3 
        4 
          
          
          
       
      
         Boor, Thomas  
          
          
          
          
          
          
          
       
      
         Boucher, John 
          
        200 
        5 
        4 
          
          
          
       
      
         Boucher, John  Jr. 
          
          
          
          
          
        single 
          
       
      
         Boucher, Joseph  
          
          
        2 
        2 
          
          
          
       
      
        Boucher , Samuel    
        200  
        3 
        8 
          
          
        2 
       
      
         Bowman, Peter  
          
          
        1  
        1  
          
          
          
       
      
         Brooks, Joseph  
          
          
          
        1 
          
          
          
       
      
         Brous, Henry 
          
          
        1 
        1 
          
          
          
       
      
         Burk, Alexander  
          
          
          
          
          
        single 
          
       
      
         Burk, John 
          
          
          
          
          
         1 servant 
          
       
      
         Butler, Joseph 
          
          
        2 
        2 
          
          
          
       
      
         Cadwallader, Isaac 
        smith 
        70 
        3 
        3 
          
          
          
       
      
         Clayton, Jonathan 
          
        150 
        5 
        5 
          
          
          
       
      
         Collins, William  
          
        28 
          
          
          
          
          
       
      
         Comely, Joseph  
          
          
          
        1 
          
          
          
       
      
         Comly, Jacob 
        innkeeper 
        18 
        2 
        2 
          
          
          
       
      
         Comly, Jonathan 
          
        105 
        3 
        3 
          
          
          
       
      
         Comly, Joseph 
          
        100 
        2 
        2 
          
          
          
       
      
         Comly, Joshua 
          
        125 
        2 
        5 
          
          
          
       
      
         Cook, John 
          
          
          
          
          
        enlisted 
          
       
      
         Corson, Richard  
          
        20 
        2 
        4 
          
          
        1 
       
      
         Craven, James  
          
        70 
        1 
        2 
          
          
          
       
      
         Crips, Philip 
        cooper 
        4 
          
        1 
          
          
          
       
      
         Daily, Cornelius  
          
          
        3 
        2 
          
          
          
       
      
         Davis,  Caleb 
          
        55 
        1 
        2 
          
        7 children 
          
       
      
         Davis, John  
          
          
          
          
          
        single 
          
       
      
         Deshong, Henry 
          
          
        2 
        3 
          
        1 servant 
          
       
      
         Dorland, Isaac  
          
          
          
          
          
          
          
       
      
         Dorland, John 
          
          
          
        1 
          
          
          
       
      
         Dorland, Lambert 
          
        2 
          
          
          
          
          
       
      
         Doughty, Thomas 
          
          
        1 
          
          
          
          
       
      
         Dubree, Jacob 
          
        39 
        2 
        2 
          
          
          
       
      
         Dubree, Rachel  
          
          
          
        1 
          
        widow 
          
       
      
         Dubree, William  
          
          
          
        2 
          
          
          
       
      
         Duffield, Edward  
          
        60 
        2 
        4 
          
        1 servant 
        1 
       
      
         Duffield, Joseph 
          
        46 
        2 
        1 
          
          
          
       
      
         Dungan, Clement 
        doctor 
          
        3 
        3 
          
         1 servant 
          
       
      
         Dyer, James 
          
        253 
        3 
        4 
          
          
          
       
      
         Dyer, Joseph  
          
          
          
          
          
        single 
          
       
      
         Eaton, Edward  
          
        44 
        2 
        2 
          
          
          
       
      
         Edwards, Jesse  
          
          
          
          
          
          
          
       
      
         Engle, John 
          
          
        2 
        2 
          
          
          
       
      
         Erwin, John 
          
          
          
          
          
        single 
          
       
      
         Farmer Edward  
          
          
          
          
          
        single 
          
       
      
         Fetters, Casper 
          
        250 
        5 
        8 
          
          
        1 
       
      
         Field, Robert ,  
        turner 
          
        1 
        1 
          
          
          
       
      
         Fisher, John 
          
          
          
        1 
          
          
          
       
      
         Fitzwater, Abel  
          
          
        1 
        1 
          
          
          
       
      
         Folwell, Joseph  
          
          
        2 
        3 
          
          
          
       
      
         Folwell, William  
          
        190 
        3 
        5 
          
          
        1 
       
      
         Foster, George 
          
          
        2 
        3 
          
          
          
       
      
         Foster, John  
          
          
          
          
          
          
          
       
      
         Foster, Joseph 
          
          
          
          
          
          
          
       
      
         Fulton, David  
          
        20 
        2 
        2 
        grist-mill 
          
          
       
      
         Fulton, James  
          
        24 
        1 
        1 
          
          
          
       
      
         George, George 
          
          
          
          
          
          
          
       
      
         Gilbert, John 
          
        77  
        2  
        3  
          
         a cripple 
        1  
       
      
         Gilbert, John  
          
          
          
          
          
        single 
          
       
      
         Gilbert, Jonathan 
          
          
          
          
          
        single 
          
       
      
         Gilbert, William  
          
          
          
          
          
        single 
          
       
      
         Hallowell, David  
          
          
          
          
          
          
          
       
      
         Hallowell, Matthew  
          
          
          
          
          
          
          
       
      
         Hallowell, Thomas  
          
        125 
        3 
        5 
          
          
          
       
      
         Harker, James  
          
          
          
        1 
          
          
          
       
      
         Hart, Joseph 
        Esq. 
        40 
          
        2 
        grist-mill 
          
          
       
      
         Hart, Josiah  
          
          
          
          
          
        single 
          
       
      
         Heaton, Benjamin  
          
          
          
          
          
        single 
          
       
      
         Heet,  John 
          
          
        3 
        4 
          
          
          
       
      
         Heterich, Charles 
          
          
        1 
        3 
          
          
          
       
      
         Hogeland, John 
          
         260 
        4 
        5 
          
          
        1 
       
      
         Ideman, Bernard  
          
          
        2 
        3 
          
          
          
       
      
         Irwin, Samuel  
        Esq. 
        209 
        4 
        5 
          
          
        1 
       
      
         Jacob Vanpelt 
          
          
          
          
          
          
          
       
      
         Jacob Warner 
          
          
          
          
          
          
          
       
      
         Janes, Jacob 
          
        148 
        3 
        4 
          
          
          
       
      
         Janes, Sarah, 
          
        88 
        2 
        2 
          
        widow 
          
       
      
         John Hillings 
          
          
          
          
          
          
          
       
      
         Johnson, Jacob  
          
          
          
        1 
          
          
          
       
      
         Jones, John  
          
          
        2 
        1 
          
          
          
       
      
         Keen, Joseph 
          
          
          
          
          
          
          
       
      
         Kennedy, John  
          
          
          
          
          
          
          
       
      
         King, Thomas 
          
        47 
        2 
        1 
          
        has eight children 
          
       
      
         Kirk, Mary 
          
        80 
        1 
        1 
          
        widow 
          
       
      
         Krewson, Derrick  
          
          
        4 
        4 
          
          
          
       
      
         Krewson, Derrick  
          
          
          
          
          
         single 
          
       
      
         Ledyard, John  
          
        60 
        1 
        2 
          
          
          
       
      
         Ledyard, Thomas 
          
        40 
        1 
        2 
          
          
          
       
      
         Lewis, Abraham  
          
          
          
          
          
          
          
       
      
         Lewis, John  
          
          
          
        1 
          
          
          
       
      
         Lewis, Joseph 
          
          
        1 
          
          
          
          
       
      
         Little, Robert  
          
        25 
          
        1 
          
          
          
       
      
         Littleton, William 
          
        200 
        4 
        7 
          
          
        1 
       
      
         Lloyd, Benjamin  
          
          
        1 
          
          
          
          
       
      
         Lloyd, John  
          
        150 
        1 
        9 
          
          
          
       
      
         Lloyd, Samuel 
          
          
        4 
        4 
          
          
          
       
      
         Lloyd, Thomas Sr. 
          
          
          
        1 
          
          
          
       
      
         Lloyd, Thomas,  Jr. 
        joiner 
        20 
        2 
        3 
          
          
          
       
      
         Longstreth, Isaac  
        tanner 
        9 
        2 
        1 
          
          
          
       
      
         Loudenberger, Lawrence  
          
          
        1 
        2 
          
          
          
       
      
         Love, Stephen  
        mason 
          
          
          
          
          
          
       
      
         Lufboro, John 
          
        130 
        3 
        4 
          
          
        1 
       
      
         Lukens, William  
          
          
          
          
          
          
          
       
      
         Marls, Alexander 
          
          
        4 
          
          
        Maris? 
          
       
      
         Marpole, Abel  
          
          
        1 
        1 
          
          
          
       
      
         Marpole, David 
          
        98 
        2 
        3 
          
          
          
       
      
         Marpole, Enoch  
          
          
        1 
          
          
          
          
       
      
         Marpole, Isaac  
          
          
          
          
          
        single 
          
       
      
         Marpole, Jacob  
          
          
          
          
          
        single 
          
       
      
         Martin, Jonathan  
          
          
          
          
          
          
          
       
      
         McClure, Hugh  
          
          
          
          
          
          
          
       
      
         McCullough, John  
          
          
          
          
          
          
          
       
      
         McGill, James  
          
        4 
          
        2 
          
          
          
       
      
         McGinnes, John  
          
          
          
          
          
        single 
          
       
      
         McNeal, Anthony  
          
        50 
        2 
        2 
          
          
          
       
      
         McNeal, William  
          
          
          
          
          
          
          
       
      
         McSwine, Colin  
          
        100 
        1 
        2 
          
        1 servant 
          
       
      
         McVaugh, Charles 
          
          
          
        1 
          
          
          
       
      
         Michenor, Thomas 
          
        160 
        2 
        4 
          
          
          
       
      
         Mitchell, Joseph  
          
        80 
        2 
        2 
          
          
          
       
      
         Mitchell, Thomas  
          
          
          
          
          
          
          
       
      
         More, John  
          
          
        1 
        1 
          
          
          
       
      
         Morgan, John 
          
          
        1 
        1 
          
          
          
       
      
         Murfits, Henry  
          
          
        1 
        1 
          
          
          
       
      
         Murray, John  
          
          
          
          
          
        single 
          
       
      
         Nesmith, John  
          
        60 
        2 
        2 
        grist and saw-mill 
          
          
       
      
         Nevil, George  
          
          
          
        1 
          
          
          
       
      
         Nixon, Thomas  
          
          
          
          
          
        single 
          
       
      
         Patrick, George  
          
          
          
          
          
        single 
          
       
      
         Patterson, William  
          
          
          
          
          
          
          
       
      
         Pennington, Thomas 
          
        130 
        4 
        7 
          
          
          
       
      
         Perry, David  
          
        36 
        2 
        2 
          
          
        1 
       
      
         Perry, Esther 
          
        60 
        1 
        2 
          
        widow 
          
       
      
         Perry, Thomas  
          
          
          
          
          
        single 
          
       
      
        Peterson, Ernst  
          
          
          
          
          
        single 
          
       
      
         Purdy, William  
          
          
          
          
          
          
          
       
      
         Ragen, Daniel 
          
        47 
        2 
        2 
        grist-mill 
          
          
       
      
         Ramsey, John 
          
        40 
        2 
        1 
          
          
          
       
      
         Randal, Comly  
          
          
          
        1 
          
          
          
       
      
        Randal, Nicholas   
          
        5 
        5 
          
          
          
       
      
         Rhode, John 
          
          
        2 
        3 
          
        1 servant, 
          
       
      
         Richardson, Jonathan 
          
          
        1 
        1 
          
          
          
       
      
         Riderpoke,  
          
        15 
        3 
        4 
          
        1 servant 
          
       
      
         Roberts, Isaac
 
          
        30 
        2 
        2 
          
          
          
       
      
         Roberts, Timothy  
          
          
        3 
        3 
          
          
        1 
       
      
         Roberts, William  
          
         200 
        1 
        1 
          
          
          
       
      
         Roberts, William,  Jr. 
          
        11 
        2 
        1 
          
          
        1 
       
      
         Robertson, Rachel  
          
        70 
        1 
        2 
          
          
          
       
      
         Rush, Jacob  ,  
          
        25  
        2  
        3  
          
          
          
       
      
         Rust, Paul  
          
          
        2 
        2 
          
          
          
       
      
         Sands, Nathaniel  
          
          
        3 
        3 
          
          
          
       
      
         Scout, William 
          
        9 
        1 
        2 
          
        infirm 
          
       
      
         Sentman, Lawrence 
          
        100 
        4 
        5 
          
        1 servant 
          
       
      
         Shillets, George  
          
          
          
          
          
          
          
       
      
         Ships, Anthony 
          
          
          
          
          
          
          
       
      
         Shoemaker, Peter  
          
          
          
          
          
        single 
          
       
      
         Shoemaker, Samuel  
        mason 
        100 
        4 
        4 
          
          
          
       
      
         Shoemaker, Samuel  
        tanner 
        75  
        4  
        2  
        tan-yard 
          
          
       
      
         Shoemaker, William  
          
        119 
        3 
        3 
          
          
          
       
      
         Sommers, John 
          
        98 
        3 
        5 
          
        2 servants 
          
       
      
         Souerman, Peter  
          
          
          
          
          
        Saurman, m. Margery Yerkes  
          
       
      
         Spencer, Jacob  
          
        147 
        3 
        4 
          
          
          
       
      
         Spencer, Jarret  
          
        70 
        1 
        2 
          
          
          
       
      
         Stickler, Peter  
          
        52 
          
          
          
        in Lower Dublin 
          
       
      
         Stoltz, Isaac 
        mason 
          
          
        1 
          
          
          
       
      
         Stoneback, George  
          
          
          
          
          
        single 
          
       
      
         Street, Daniel 
          
          
          
        1 
          
          
          
       
      
         Street, James 
          
          
          
          
          
        single 
          
       
      
         Swift, John  
          
        205 
        1 
        7 
          
        1 servant 
        1 
       
      
         Swift, Samuel 
        doctor 
        150 
        4 
        7 
          
          
        2 
       
      
         Swift, Samuel, Jr. 
          
        100 
        2 
        2 
          
          
          
       
      
         Taylor, Casper  
          
          
          
          
          
          
          
       
      
         Thomas, Daniel 
          
         73 
        2 
        2 
          
          
        1 
       
      
         Thomas, Elisha  
          
          
          
          
          
          
          
       
      
         Thomas, Mordecai 
        smith 
        90 
        3 
        3 
          
          
          
       
      
         Tillyer, William  
          
        200 
        5 
        5 
          
          
        1 
       
      
         Timbrel, Jacob  
          
          
        1 
        1 
          
          
          
       
      
         Tomlinson, Benjamin  
          
          
          
        1 
          
          
          
       
      
         Tompkins,  John 
        innkeeper 
          
        1 
        2 
          
          
          
       
      
         Tompkins, Jacob 
        shopkeeper 
        56  
        2 
        3 
          
          
          
       
      
         Trunk, George 
          
          
        1 
        2 
          
          
          
       
      
         Van Buskirk, Andrew  
          
         140  
        2 
        4 
          
          
        1 
       
      
         Van Buskirk, Garret 
          
        186 
        4 
        5 
          
          
          
       
      
         Van Buskirk, John  
          
          
          
          
          
         single 
          
       
      
         Van Buskirk, Yost  
          
          
          
          
          
         single 
          
       
      
         Vancourt, Daniel  
          
          
          
          
          
          
          
       
      
         Vancourt, Moses 
        inn-keeper 
        120 
        4 
        5 
          
          
          
       
      
         Vanhorn, John  
          
          
          
        1 
          
          
          
       
      
         Vanhorn, Peter  
          
          
        1 
        1 
          
          
          
       
      
         Vansant, Hezekieh  
          
          
        2 
        1 
          
          
          
       
      
         Vansant, James  
          
        21 
        2 
        2 
          
          
          
       
      
         Walton, Abel  
          
        33 
        1 
        2 
          
          
          
       
      
         Walton, Albertson 
          
        70 
        4 
        4 
          
          
          
       
      
         Walton, Henry 
          
        67 
        2 
        1 
          
          
          
       
      
         Walton, Jeremiah 
          
        48 
        2 
        2 
          
          
          
       
      
         Walton, Jeremiah  
          
        180 
        3 
        4 
          
          
          
       
      
        Walton, Nathaniel    
        30 
        2 
        1 
          
          
          
       
      
         Walton, Thomas  
          
        220 
        3 
        5 
          
          
          
       
      
        Walton , Thomas    
        100 
        2 
        3 
          
        old and decrepit 
          
       
      
         Walton, William 
          
          
        5 
        3 
          
          
          
       
      
         Warner, Isaac 
          
        19 
        2 
        2 
        grist and saw-mill 
          
          
       
      
         Warner, Michael  
          
          
          
          
          
          
          
       
      
         Watkins, James  
          
          
          
          
          
          
          
       
      
         Whitton, Richard  
          
        163 
        3 
        2 
          
          
          
       
      
         Willard, James 
          
        4 
        1 
        1 
          
          
          
       
      
         William Walton 
          
          
          
          
          
          
          
       
      
         Williamson, William  
          
          
          
          
          
          
          
       
      
         Wood, John 
          
        90 
        1 
        2 
          
          
          
       
      
         Wood, Thomas  
          
        100 
        2 
        3 
          
        married Rebecca Yerkes  
          
       
      
         Wynkoop, Garret  
          
        340 
        4 
        5 
          
          
        1 
       
      
         Wynkoop, John 
          
        212 
        5 
        5 
          
          
        1 
       
      
         Yerkes , Harman  
          
          
          
          
          
        single 
          
       
      
        Yerkes ,  Josiah   
        6 
        2 
        2 
          
          
          
       
      
        Yerkes, Anthony    
        230 
        3 
        7 
          
        son a cripple 
          
       
      
        Yerkes, Anthony, Jr.   
          
        2 
        2 
          
          
          
       
      
        Yerkes , Elias    
        150 
        4 
        7 
          
          
          
       
      
        Yerkes , Elias    
          
        1 
        2 
          
          
          
       
      
         Yerkes , Jacob   
          
        1 
        1 
          
          
          
       
      
        Yerkes , Silas    
        100 
        3 
        5 
        grist-mill 
         9 children and 1 idiot 
          
       
      
        Yerkes , Stephen   
        150 
        4 
        4 
          
          
          
       
    
       
      
  
    Cattle  were vital to a household and an important legacy. calves. heifers  and cows  (had a calf).
      steers  (castrated) and bulls .
   
  
     A tanner  treats animal skins to produce leather. After the tanning process, the currier   dresses, finishes and colors  the tanned hide.  
  
     
  
    
  A cooper  makes wooden barrels and casks. 
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    An early American tavern ordinary ) was an important meeting place and they were  strictly supervised. Innkeepers were respectable members   of the community. Taverns offered food and drink. An inn  also offered accommodation.