Colonial Roots

Free African Americans of Maryland and Delaware by Paul Heinegg

From the Colonial Period to 1810. Some relationships are very tentative, nonetheless a major work. Of the many families discussed by the author the following are those of the Eastern Shore of Maryland and Delaware: Anderson (Kent), Armwood (Somerset), Bantum (Caroline & Talbot), Bardley (Kent), Barrett (Kent Co., DE), Bass (Somerset), Beckett (Sussex), Berry (Kent Co., MD), Bishop (Dorchester), Black (Kent Co., MD), Blake (Worcester), Bond (Talbot), Bowser (Queen Anne’s), Brown (Kent Co., MD), Bryan (Kent Co., DE), Buley (Somerset), Burk (Kent Co., DE), Burton (Sussex), Butcher (Dorchester), Cannady (Queen Anne’s), Carney/Karney (Kent Co., DE), Carr (Kent Co., MD), Carty (Talbot), Case (Accomack and Dorchester), Chambers (Kent Co., MD), Clark (Sussex), Clayton (Kent Co., MD), Collick/Kollock (Worcester), Conner (Worcester), Consellor/Gonseala (Kent Co., DE), Cornish (Dorchester) ... too many to mention. 392 pp. Publ. 2000.