Judy Black (abt. 1745)

Problems/Questions Profile manager: Sacha Heath [send private message]

Biography

Judy Black is a part of US Black heritage.

Judy has Native American ancestors.

Judy Black was born around 1745.^[1]

Judy was the daughter of Peggy Black, who was in the same family as James Black and Peter Black, though it is unclear how they were related.^[1]

Judy's daughter Mary Black, who was born around 1766. ^[2][1]

In a Virginia Independent Chronicle abstract of May 13, 1789, Judy's daughter Mary, about 23 years old, claimed to be free born in Essex County, Virginia, and the daughter of a "free yellow woman named Judy whose mother was Peggy Black and whose grandmother was an Indian"^[2][1]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} Heinegg, Paul. 2009. Free African Americans of North Carolina, Virginia, and South Carolina from the Colonial Period to About 1820. Fifth Edition. 2 vols. xiv 1355 pp. ISBN: 9780806352800. Black Family, transcribed at http://www.freeafricanamericans.com/Beverly_Brogdon.htm
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Virginia Independent Chronicle, May 13 1789, transcribed from Headley Jr., Robert K. 2007. Genealogical Abstracts from 18th-century Virginia Newspapers. Genealogical Publishing Company, Inc. Baltimore, Maryland. p 28. Reprint from 1897 edition.