Name/Title
Deposition about Enslaved Person Hadly by Mary Sisson (ca1777)Entry/Object ID
2025.01.24.04Tags
Grant, LegalDescription
Deposition about enslaved personMade/Created
Date made
circa 1777Place
City
WarrenState/Province
Rhode IslandRegion
NortheastContinent
North AmericaInscription/Signature/Marks
Type
InscriptionLocation
Front of itemTranscription
Thee Deposition of Marry Sisson wife of John Sisson of lawful
age who ? ? faith I heard Cpt. Barton say
that he would give thee negro boy hadly to his two daughters
Anne and Susannah If they would take care of him
and his mother in this time of her dying in to which I can
Declare they did bring there every day a fortnit
thee first fortnit by reason of sickness in the house at the
same time. I action the first, asked by Benjamin Barton
Did Cpt. Barton call you to take notice that he gave
said hadly to said two daughters' answer no.
? was there any body ? present when Cpt. Barton
said he would give hadly to his Daughters answer
no not as I remember.
Mary Sisson
Back of Item: From Barton Papers inMaterial/Technique
PencilLexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Secondary Object Term
DepositionNomenclature Primary Object Term
TestimonyNomenclature Sub-Class
Legal DocumentsNomenclature Class
Documentary ObjectsNomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication ObjectsLocation
Location
Area
Revolutionary DisplayDate
April 18, 2025Location
Container
Display Case 104Room
Charles Whipple Greene Historical CollectionBuilding
George Hail Free LibraryDate
April 18, 2025Location
Box
Document Box 11Area
Museum Floor LandingBuilding
George Hail Free LibraryDate
January 24, 2025Exhibition
Warren During the Revolutionary WarCreate Date
January 24, 2025Update Date
August 11, 2025
