Caleb Tonge

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Biography

Slave-owner on Jamaica, apparently resident. Despite his unique name, he has not been reliably traced, but he appears to have been connected with William Sheriffe Tonge (q.v.), and with a Nova Scotia family.


Associated Estates (3)

The dates listed below have different categories as denoted by the letters in the brackets following each date. Here is a key to explain those letter codes:

  • SD - Association Start Date
  • SY - Association Start Year
  • EA - Earliest Known Association
  • ED - Association End Date
  • EY - Association End Year
  • LA - Latest Known Association
1809 [EA] - 1817 [LA] → Owner
1820 [EA] - → Other

Sold enslaved people to this estate.

1817 [EA] - → Owner

Relationships (1)

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Online genealogical sources connect Caleb Tonge (d. 1826) and William Sheriffe Tonge (d. 1816) with the Tonge family of Nova Scotia, as sons of Winckworth Tonge and Martha Cottnam. If this correct,...