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Philip
Place
Bradley
Epithet
enslaved servant to the Meynell family
Dates
fl1680s-1721
Gender Identity
Male
Cultural Heritage
African
Biography
Philip was born at Cutumbe on the river Niger in Africa. He was enslaved and transported to Barbados and brought from there into England by Lady Booth. In 1721 he was baptised at All Saints, Bradley, where he was described as servant to Mr Meynell. Mr Meynell would be Littleton Poyntz Meynell (1699-1752) who in 1720 married Judith Alleyne (d1740), the daughter of a wealthy plantation owner of Barbados.
Authorised Form of Name
Philip (fl1680s-1721); enslaved servant to the Meynell family
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