Last year I became quite involved in gathering local information on the earliest black families in Rutland and the area. One was the Abijah Prince and Lucy Terry Prince. Lucy was born abroad and brought here as a slave, educated and raised as a Christian and bought by Abijah. He died in 1794 and Lucy lived to 1821. She lived in Southern Vermont, areas of Windham and Bennington counties. She was a poet and writer, and she argued a case before the Vt. Supreme Court and she won it. She was an extraordinary women. Their children were: Tatnai, Cesar(fought in Rev. War), Drucille, Durexa, Alijah Jr. and Festus. Evidence was found in more northern territory (still in Vt.) that at least one of the sons travelled that way. The individual looking for the information in the old book and ledgers at the Rutland Historical Society was not able to find much to help to contribute to a book being written on the family. I have a folder at the Rutland Historical Society with what little we found. If your Job Prince is a black free man, he might be a grandchild of Lucy and Abijah. _________________________________________________________________ Invite your mail contacts to join your friends list with Windows Live Spaces. It's easy! http://spaces.live.com/spacesapi.aspx?wx_action=create&wx_url=/friends.aspx&mkt=en-us

Patty, There is a lot online about this family. They weren't listed in the VT 1791 census, but I'm sure they were living in Guilford at the time, and I believe owned property. I am including them in the project I am doing on the "other free persons" who were heads of household in the 1791 VT census. For some reason they must have been missed. There was a Benjamin Wheaton in Brattleboro who was missed as well. I'll be speaking at the GSV meeting about these two as well as many from Orange and Windsor Counties. I also have a couple from Rutland County. Joann Patty Pickett wrote: > Last year I became quite involved in gathering local information on the earliest black families in Rutland and the area. One was the Abijah Prince and Lucy Terry Prince. Lucy was born abroad and brought here as a slave, educated and raised as a Christian and bought by Abijah. He died in 1794 and Lucy lived to 1821. She lived in Southern Vermont, areas of Windham and Bennington counties. > She was a poet and writer, and she argued a case before the Vt. Supreme Court and she won it. She was an extraordinary women. > Their children were: Tatnai, Cesar(fought in Rev. War), Drucille, Durexa, Alijah Jr. and Festus. Evidence was found in more northern territory (still in Vt.) that at least one of the sons travelled that way. > The individual looking for the information in the old book and ledgers at the Rutland Historical Society was not able to find much to help to contribute to a book being written on the family. > I have a folder at the Rutland Historical Society with what little we found. > If your Job Prince is a black free man, he might be a grandchild of Lucy and Abijah. > _________________________________________________________________ > Invite your mail contacts to join your friends list with Windows Live Spaces. It's easy! > http://spaces.live.com/spacesapi.aspx?wx_action=create&wx_url=/friends.aspx&mkt=en-us > > List administrator > [email protected] > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >