Marriage of Charles Taylor, 1836
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Title
Marriage of Charles Taylor, 1836
Subject
Slave Marriage; Georgetown College; Holy Trinity Church; Catholic Marriage; Sacramental Records
Description
The marriage of Charles Taylor, a man enslaved at Georgetown College, to Mary Ann Boarman, a free woman of color, took place on September 22, 1836 at Holy Trinity Church in Georgetown. Taylor appears to have been sold to the college by the Jenkins family in the 1840s, but may have been hired to the college earlier. This is likely the reason he is listed as a "slave to Georgetown College" in his marriage record despite the earlier date. Taylor and Boarman had at least seven children who were baptized at Holy Trinity. Taylor worked at the college until at least the 1850s. In 1853 a note in Taylor's account marks a payment for his freedom papers.
Worthy of note is the fact that the witnesses to the marriage included Henry Johnson, possibly the same man who would purchase many of the Maryland Jesuit slaves two years later.
Worthy of note is the fact that the witnesses to the marriage included Henry Johnson, possibly the same man who would purchase many of the Maryland Jesuit slaves two years later.
Creator
Holy Trinity Church
Publisher
Georgetown Slavery Archive
Date
22-09-1836
Contributor
Julia Bernier
Rights
Georgetown University Library
Relation
Format
PDF
Language
English
Type
Sacramental Record
Identifier
GSA269
Text Item Type Metadata
Text
September 22 Charles Taylor (colored) a slave to Georgetown College
+ Mary Ann Boarman, (col'd) daughter of Nathaniel
Boarman + Matilda Grave, both Col'd) + free, were joined
in the Holy Bands of matrimony, in the presence of
Henry Johnson, Benj. Johnson, Stephen Shorter,
William Dunkinson + others, by Jas. F.M. Lucas.
Original Format
Sacramental Record
Files
Collection
Citation
Holy Trinity Church , “Marriage of Charles Taylor, 1836,” Georgetown Slavery Archive, accessed September 20, 2024, http://slaveryarchive.georgetown.edu/items/show/291.