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ii. Debora, married Solomon Haycock, 14 December 1782 banns by the Jesuit Mission in Cordova, Maryland (no race indicated), Peter and Protase witnesses [Wright, Vital Records of the Jesuit Mission, 19].
2.   Rosamond Bently, born say 1750, recovered her freedom by a suit against Anthony Addison in Prince George's County Court. She was the ancestor of
i. Nancy Barton, born about 1768, registered as a free Negro in Prince George's County on 22 April 1813: a bright mulatto woman, about 45 years old, and 5 feet 6 inches tall... descendant of a certain Rosamond Bently who recovered her freedom in the Prince George's County Court in a suit against Anthony Addison.
ii. Eleanor/Nelly Cooper, born about 1771, registered as a free Negro in Prince George's County on 2 April 1813: Eleanor Cooper, a bright mulatto woman, about 42 years old, and 5 feet 5 inches tall She is free, being the descendant of a certain Rosamond Bently who recovered her freedom in the Prince George's County Court in a suit against Anthony Addison [Pro vine, Registrations of Free Negroes, 15, 16].
iii. Polly, born say 1773, living in Frederick Town, Frederick County, Maryland on 22 April 1811 when her son William Bentley by Edward Younger obtained a certificate of freedom. She may have married Edward Younger, the Polly who was named as his wife when his son obtained a certificate [Certificates of Freedom 1806-27,28,71].
BLAKE  FAMILY
Members of the Blake family of Maryland were
i. George, taxable in Mattopony Hundred Worcester County in 1783, "Capt. John Selby surety" [MdHR MSA SI 161-11-8, p.2]. He was head of a Worcester County household of 4 "other free" in 1790 and 4 in 1800 [MD:732].
ii. William, head of a Baltimore Town http://www.freeafricanamericans.com/Adams-Butler.htin	Page  13 of 38