Abner
Birth Date: Unknown
Death Date: Unknown
Listed as “Negro Abner” on 1780 Tax List for Stepney at 1 Head £18 (Source: CSL Archives RG62, Box 13, Tax Abstracts 1774-1789)
Abro, Cato
Birth Date: 3/5/1773
Death Date: Unknown
“Abro, Cato, s. Jabe & Jenny, b. Mar. 5, 1773” (Source: Wethersfield Vital Records); 1783: “I give to my said son Elisha my servant Boy named Cato” (Source: CSL Archives, Elisha Williams Will, Nov. 28, 1783); 1785: Cato listed in Elisha Williams’s inventory and valued at £50 (Source: CSL Archives, Elisha Williams Inventory, 1785); Ran away on May 11, 1793 “a clumsy negro boy, named Cato, about 19 years old, of a yellowish complexion, had on a short light brown homespun Coat, black Vest, and linen Trowsers, a brown homespun great Coat.” Ad said that whoever captured Cato would be “generously rewarded” and added that Cato “is supposed to be in company with a negro named Jack, who went off with him” (Source: Connecticut Courant, 5/13/1793, p. 2); Ran away 7/30/1796, accompanied by Salem, ad. states that Cato was “a stout built clumsy lad, not quite so black as Salem”, “20 or 21 years of age”, “very particular about [his] hair”, “Cato had two home made shirts, one butternot coloured great coat, one brown coat, two pair trowsers, one or two vests, had very large feet”, “seen in West-Springfield early last Sunday morning with large packs travelling towards Boston with a design to go to sea”, $10 reward for capture plus “all necessary charges paid”, “born in this country” (Source: Connecticut Courant, 8/8/1796, p. 2)
Abro, Charles
Birth Date: Unknown
Death Date: Unknown
May 13, 1758 – Nov. 15, 1758: Charles Abro served in Capt. Eliphalet Whittelesey’s 4th Company 1st Regiment French and Indian War (Source: CHS Collections Vol X: French and Indian War Rolls VoII 1758-1762, p. 113)
Abro, Jabe
Birth Date: ca. 1740
Death Date: 4/26/1798
Abro, “Jabe, d. Apr. 27, 1798” (Source: Wethersfield Vital Records)
Abro, Jenny
Birth Date: ca. 1746
Death Date: 12/9/1808
1785: “One negro servant named Jenny” valued at £20 (Source: CSL Archives, Elisha Williams Inventory, 1785)
Abro, Lettice
Birth Date: 7/21/1780
Death Date: 3/15/1785
Abro, “Lettice, d. Jabe & Jenny, b. July 21, 1780; d. Mar. 15, 1785” (Source: Wethersfield Vital Records); 1783: “I give to my Daughter Mehetabel […] my Servant Girl named Lettice” (Source: CSL Archives, Elisha Williams Will, 1783)
Abro, Sampson/Samson
Birth Date: 1/1/1775
Death Date: 11/11/1801
Abro, “Sampson, s. Jabe & Jenny, b. Jan. 1, 1775” (Source: Wethersfield Vital Records); Listed as a slave ca. 1800 on board Ship Eliza (Source: Ship Lists, Blount Library Mystic Seaport)
Abro, Tenor
Birth Date: 11/30/1770
Death Date: 4/5/1795
Abro, “Tenor, s. Jabe & Jenny, b. Nov. 30, 1770; d. Apr. 5, 1795” (Source: Wethersfield Vital Records); 1783: Willed by Elisha Williams to Samuel Williams: “I give to him my Servant Boy named Tenor” (Source: CSL Archives, Elisha Williams Will, Nov. 28, 1783); 1785: “Tenor” listed in inventory and valued at £50 (Source: CSL Archives, Elisha Williams Inventory, 1785); “In memory of | Tenor Abro, who | died April 5th 1795 | in the 25th year | of his age.” (Source: Tenor Abro Gravestone, Wethersfield Ancient Burying Ground & Village Cemetery)