Nancy Toney
Anna Nancy Toney
American Colonial
Nancy Toney was the last enslaved person in the American state of Connecticut. As a household servant, Nancy ran the kitchen, did the laundry, and help her Mistress raise the children. - AsNotedIn
Nancy Toney was the last enslaved person in the American state of Connecticut. As a household servant, Nancy ran the kitchen, did the laundry, and help her Mistress raise the children. - AsNotedIn
| Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
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| Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
| 1774/11/27 | Anna, later called Nancy, is baptized in Christ's Church in Fairfield. Born into slavery, Anna's mother, Nanny, is owned by Rev Andrew Eliot, minister of Christ's Church in Fairfield. Her father, Toney, belonged to Jeremiah Sherwood in Green Farms. | Faith | |||||
| 1785/09/00 | Hezekiah Bradley of Greenfield Hill, gives his slave, Nancy, to his daughter Charlotte and her husband, Dr Hezekiah Chaffee Jr, as a wedding present. | Work | Hezekiah Chaffee Sr House | Windsor, CT | |||
| 1810/00/00 | According to the 1810 federal census, Dr Chaffee Sr had released from bondage his last three household slaves, leaving Nancy Toney the only enslaved person in Windsor. | Work | Hezekiah Chaffee Sr House | Windsor, CT | |||
| 1821/00/00 | Abigail Chaffee Loomis inherits Nancy from her father: to my Daughter Abigail S Loomis, wife of Col James Loomis ... my negro slave Nance. | Life |
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