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Butler Place (Philadelphia) was a suburban villa and working farm in the Branchtown section of North Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.[1] From 1810 to 1916, it served as a country retreat for five generations of the Butler family, including actress Fanny Kemble and author Owen Wister. The buildings were demolished in 1925, and 500 rowhouses were built on the Butler Place property.[2]
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Name/Dates | Image | Employment | Parentage | Spouse/Children | Enslaved status | Notes | Sources |
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William Costin (c.1780 - May 31, 1842) |
Mother: Ann Dandridge-Costin (half-sister of Martha Washington) Father: unknown |
Wife: Philadelphia "Delphy" (half sister of Oney Judge) Children: 2 sons 4 daughters, including Louisa Parke Costin 3 adopted daughters |
Dower slave? (debated by scholars) |
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Oney Judge Ona Judge Staines (c.1773 – Feburary 15, 1848) |
personal servant to Martha Washington |
Mother: Betty Father: Andrew Judge (White indentured servant) Half-siblings: Austin (father unknown) Tom Davis Betty Davis Philadelphia "Delphy" (father unknown) |
Husband: Jack Staines (free-Black man from Greenland, NH) Children: Eliza Staines Will Staines Nancy Staines |
Dower slave Fugitive slave (until death) |
Servant in presidential households in New York & Philadelphia Escaped to New Hampshire from Philadelphia, May 1796, after learning that she was to become a wedding gift to Martha Washington's granddaughter, Elizabeth Custis & Thomas Law Married, widowed & died in Greenland, New Hampshire Interviewed by abolitionist newspapers, 1840s |
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Will Lee "Billy" Lee (c.1750 – 1810) |
personal servant to George Washington |
Wife: Margaret Thomas (free-Black woman from Philadelphia, PA) Children: none |
Washington slave Purchased 1768 Only person immediately freed by George Washington's will |
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Hercules Posey (1748 - May 15, 1812) |
Cook at Mansion House Cook at President's House, Philadelphia, 1790-1796 |
Wife: Alice Children: Richmond (b. 1777) Evey (b. 1782) Delia (b. 1785) |
Washington slave Purchased |
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Fanny Kemble, Abolitionist, Memorial Park, at North 17th Street and West Olney Avenue, was part of the former farm.