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Catherine Blaikley

Catherine Blaikley

midwife
A midwife who delivered 3,000 babies.

Sarah "Sally" Charlton

Sarah "Sally" Charlton

housewife
Wife of Richard Charlton.

Edith Cumbo

Edith Cumbo

domestic servant
A free black woman living in Williamsburg.

Anne Geddy

Anne Geddy

housewife, businesswoman
Wife of James Geddy Sr.

Grissell Hay

Grissell Hay

housewife, proprietor
Wife of the apothecary Peter Hay.

Barbara Hoy

Barbara Hoy

housewife
Wife of Alexander Hoy, a resourceful woman who struggled to support her family.

Annabelle Powell

Annabelle Powell

housewife
Wife of Benjamin Powell.




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