Indenture Agreement for Isaac and William Pharaoh

I Caleb S Loper one of the justices of the Peace in and for the County of Suffolk residing in the town of Shelter Island do certify that William Pharoah aged eight years nine months and seven days by and with the consent of Esther Pharoah his mother, his father being dead, did by Indenture executed and bearing date on the sixteenth day of November Eighteen hundred and Twenty nine bind himself a servant to Samuel S Gardiner of Shelter Island to serve him as a servant until he shall arrive at the full age of twenty one years which will be on the seventh day of February Eighteen hundred and forty two which said Indenture was executed in my presence and with my consent. Dated Shelter Island 16th November 1829

Caleb S Loper Justice of the peace

I Caleb S Loper one of the justices of the Peace in and for the County of Suffolk residing in the town of Shelter Island do certify that Isaac Pharoah aged five years nine months and twenty seven days by and with the consent of Esther Pharoah his mother, his father being dead,did by Indenture executed and bearing date on the sixteenth day of November Eighteen hundred and Twenty nine bind himself a servant to Samuel S Gardiner of Shelter Island to serve him as a servant until he shall arrive at the full age of twenty one years which will be on the twentieth day of January Eighteen hundred and forty five which said Indenture was executed in my presence and with my consent. Dated Shelter Island 16th November 1829

Caleb S Loper Justice of the peace

Certificates of Caleb S Loper justice of the peace that he consented to the binding by Indenture two Indian boys William Pharoah & Isaac Pharoah to Saml. S Gardiner

To be filed in the Town Clerks Office