Ruth Thompson
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This white person has 1 related event in the database, listed at the bottom of this page.
- Identifier
- NJS-PER-05484
- Given Name
- Ruth
- Family Name
- Thompson
- Sex
- Female
- Biographical Description
- Ruth Thompson was a white woman who lived in Deerfield, Cumberland County, in the early 19th century. She and her husband Samuel Thompson had a Black indentured servant named Thomas Leake, who was bound out to serve in their household from the age of 11 until the age of 21 years old. Ruth Thompson signed an indenture agreement with Thomas's father, a freedman named Jack Leake, in 1814.
- Keywords
- white person
- Places
- Deerfield
- Related Person
- Thomas Leake (b. ca. 1803)
- Record Contributor
- Jesse Bayker
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Additional Participant in:
- 1814-03-21 Term Indenture: Thomas Leake (Role: Employer)
- Resource class
- Agent