Abraham Barentsen Van Horn

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GEDCOM Note

VANHORN, Abram. Northampton. April 2, 1773. 3.205. (Will - Bucks co., PA)

Slaveholder Name: Vanhorne, Isaac City or Township: Northampton Occupation: Farmer Slaveholder Notes: Son of Abraham Vanhorne. Isaac probably gained ownership of Ceasar from his father's will, dated 1770, probated 1773. Though the will does not mention the disposition of any slaves, three slaves are counted in the estate inventory. Those slaves are Ceasar, another unnamed man, and a woman named Subiah (not sure of spelling). Isaac Vanhorne registered only Caesar in 1780. The fate of the other two slaves is not known at this time.

The 1790 Federal census appears to show a single slave for Isaac Vanhorne. No slaves are enumerated in his household by the time of the 1800 Federal census, nor does he show up in the list of slaveholders in the 1800 Septennial Census for Bucks County. (E-mail correspondence, Tim Conrad to Afrolumens Editor, December 16, 2002:

Caesar would likely be the slave of his father, Abraham Vanhorn. In the estate records for Abraham (will dated 7 Feb 1770, probated 7 Apr 1773), there is an inventory that lists 3 slaves:

man called Caesar, woman called Subiah (? difficult to read), and another slave man (not named).

I would think that Caesar was probably passed on to his son Isaac who inherited part of the estate in the will (there is no mention of slaves in the will).

I didn't see anything that looked like "Subiah" in your PA listings.

Isaac Vanhorn married his second (maybe third) in 1786 at a Presbyterian Church, but he later became a Quaker at the Friend's Meetinghouse in Wrightstown (and is to be buried there). So I'm guessing that he wouldn't have been able to keep a slave while there. In the 1790 census, there's a couple of entries for Isaac Vanhorn, but I'm pretty sure the one for this Isaac has numbers "2-2-4-1-0", the last one indicating one slave. In the entry for 1800, he doesn't have a slave.

Feel free to pass this on to anyone researching slaves in Bucks County.

Tim Conrad, tconrad"at"alum.bucknell.edu)

GEDCOM Note

GEDCOM Source

@R-848899903@ Ancestry Family Trees Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.

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Ancestry Family Tree http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=62029728&pid...

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