Samuel De Graw

move to Nova Scotia 1783

~• vessel: Ship Nisbett, bound for Port Matton, Wilson, Master (note: Port Matton = Port Mouton)

Samuel DeGraw, 24, stout fellow, (Wagon Master General Department). Formerly slave to Land DeGraw of Tapan, New Jersey; left him 5 years ago. GMC.

Slave Owner "Land DeGraw?

Is likely: Leendert DeGrauw (1721–1814) who was married to Elizabeth Haring.
BIRTH 05 SEP 1721 • Tappan, Rockland, New York
DEATH 02 MAR 1814 • Bergen, New Jersey
~• This couple figures in the history of the "Tappan Patent" , original land grant of the late 17th century