Demas (sometimes spelled Dimmis or Demis) Cape was among four persons enslaved by Israel Proctor, a major landowner in Killingly in the 1700s. The others were Charles, Cape, and Phillis. In 1754, Proctor made a bequest “in consideration of ye Love & good will that I bare to Cape a negro Man and Phillis a negro woman & Dimis a molato Girl who was formerly my servants.” To all three he gave “two certain tracts of land lying & being in s’d Killingly.” The first track included described his “homestead with a mansion house & Barn orchards primarily improved.” In his 1757 will, Proctor wrote the following: “I give to Cape a Negro Man and to Phillis a Negro Woman and to Dimmis a Molatto Girl all formerly servants of mine one Certain acre of Land and a Barn thereon ye land and I give in Equal Proportions all round Said Barn of ye acre of land of s’d Barn is no ye first and fore going Legacy…. I also give to ye above s’d Cape Phillis and Dimmis all my Stock of Creatures of all Kinds and Sorts. .. I also give to s’d Cape all my farming tools I also Give to the above s’d Phillis and Dimmis all my household Goods Indoors to be their own Perfect Estate and their heirs for Ever.”