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BATES FAMILY
1.   Benjamin Bates, born say 1731, was a "Mullatto Bastard Child" who the Charles County, Maryland Court sold to Peter Harrant on 9 November 1731 [Court Record 1731-4, 41]. He may have been the ancestor of the members of the Bates family who were living in nearby Virginia counties in 1810:
i. John, head of a Prince William County household of 9 "other free" in 1810 [VA:508].
ii. Cyrus, head of a Prince William County household of 5 "other free" in 1810 [VA:508].
iii. Fanny, head of a Prince George County, Virginia household of 7 "other free" in 1810 [VA:545].
iv. Hetty, head of a Prince George County, Virginia household of 7 "other free" in 1810 [VA:545].
v. Archibald, head of a Prince George County, Virginia household of 1 "other free" in 1810 [VA:545].
BECKETT FAMILY
The Beckett family originated in Northampton County, Virginia. They descend from Peter Beckett, a "Negro slave," and a white servant woman named Sarah Dawson. Members of the family in Delaware were
i. Peter, born say 1767, married Betty Drigas (Driggers) on 27 November 1788 in Sussex County, Delaware [Records of the United Presbyterian Churches of Lewes, Indian River and Cool Spring, Delaware 1756-1855, 302], He was a taxable in Nanticoke Hundred, Sussex County in 1791 and 1795 and taxable in Little Creek Hundred, Sussex County on a horse, cow & calf, and a shoat in 1796. He was a "Negro" head of a Delaware household of 3 "other free" in 1800 [DE:342] and 2 in 1810 [DE.-161&364].
ii. Isaac, head of a Dover County household of 3 "other free" in 1800 [DE:41].
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