Complex sentence: He began to learn the printer and bookbinder trades in 1763, but emigrated to Connecticut as a redemptioner in 1764; to pay his debt, he worked for Jabez Bacon, a farmer and merchant in Woodbury.
Split into simpler sentences: He began to learn the printer and bookbinder trades in 1763, but emigrated to Connecticut as a redemptioner in 1764. To pay his debt, he worked for Jabez Bacon, a farmer and merchant in Woodbury.