Hello Everyone, I am somewhat new to the list. My purpose is to try and find any of the children of Adguary and Polla ( Poli) Dore De Wolf. These are people of color who were slaves on the De Wolf Family Plantation. Polla (Poli) Dore De Wolf and Adguary were married in Bristol, RI on 16 April 1826. Believe they had 5 or 6 daughters and would like information on them if possible. Gathered quite a few names but without knowing who the parents are can't connect the dots so to speak. Have contacted both the Bristol Town Clerks Office for any town records that would give a clue. They do have records back to the inception of Bristol but, would have to travel there to view them. I live in New Jersey so it would be a little hard to do. Contacted the Bristol Historical Society but on the wrong day. They are only open starting on Wednesday. So tomorrow will give them another call to see what can be found. No death date for Adguary but have found that she is buried in the De Wolf Cemetery in Bristol, RI. No information on Polla (Poli ) Dore De Wolf his death or where he is buried. Was wondering if anyone on this list might be able to help me with this information or give me direction on where I might look to find that information. Also would anyone know the names of the ships that the De Wolf's owned in their slave trade? Have been told that there may have been as many as 50 vessels. Certainly praying that someone might have researched some of this line. Thanks so very much, Beatrice Klash-Jeffries

You might try getting in touch with Claire DeWolf Dewolf2323@cs.com<mailto:Dewolf2323@cs.com> I remember seeing her answer a lot of Queries You could also check out the Archives below. Good Luck, Marge http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/?list=RIGENWEB<http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/?list=RIGENWEB> http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/?list=RINEWPOR<http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/?list=RINEWPOR> **For God so loved the world that He sent His only son that all who believe in Him shall not perish but have eternal life. John 3:16**

Back in March, the Providence Journal newspaper ran a digital series about the Slave Trade in RI It should still be there. Go to www.projo.com and look for the link to Digital Extra If it's not there, search for Slave trade in the search box. They usually leave the digital extra pieces on their site for quite a while. There was a whole section on the DeWolfes Lisa ----- Original Message ----- From: <BeaKlashje@aol.com> To: <RIGENWEB-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, April 25, 2006 7:10 PM Subject: [RIGENWEB] Re: Looking for Information on the DeWolf Line > Hello Everyone, > > I am somewhat new to the list. > > My purpose is to try and find any of the children of Adguary and Polla ( > Poli) Dore De Wolf. These are people of color who were slaves on the De Wolf > Family Plantation. Polla (Poli) Dore De Wolf and Adguary were married in > Bristol, RI on 16 April 1826. Believe they had 5 or 6 daughters and would like > information on them if possible. > > Gathered quite a few names but without knowing who the parents are can't > connect the dots so to speak. Have contacted both the Bristol Town Clerks > Office for any town records that would give a clue. They do have records back to > the inception of Bristol but, would have to travel there to view them. I > live in New Jersey so it would be a little hard to do. Contacted the Bristol > Historical Society but on the wrong day. They are only open starting on > Wednesday. So tomorrow will give them another call to see what can be found. > > No death date for Adguary but have found that she is buried in the De Wolf > Cemetery in Bristol, RI. No information on Polla (Poli ) Dore De Wolf his > death or where he is buried. > > Was wondering if anyone on this list might be able to help me with this > information or give me direction on where I might look to find that information. > > Also would anyone know the names of the ships that the De Wolf's owned in > their slave trade? Have been told that there may have been as many as 50 > vessels. > > Certainly praying that someone might have researched some of this line. > > Thanks so very much, > Beatrice Klash-Jeffries >