The Free and Enslaved People of Color in Marblehead Online Database

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Phillis Skinner

Phillis Bourn, Phillis Barjona,

Status (enslaved, free or both): free

Known dates: 1777-1810

Phillis Skinner and Cesar Bourn were married by the Rev. Isaac Story of the Second Congregational Church on August 3, 1777. There is no record of Cesar's death, but in September 25, 1791, Phillis Bourn was married to Cato Barjona. Barjona likely died before 1810, when Phillis Barjona appears in the United States Census as the head of a household of two. No records of her death exist.

Bibliography:

1810 United States Federal Census of Marblehead.

Marblehead, Early Vital Records of Massachusetts: From 1600 to 1850, https://ma-vitalrecords.org/.

Records of the Second Congregation Church of Marblehead.

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