1786-07-24 Manumission: Sip Quon
- Identifier
- NJS-EVE-01713
- Source
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Burlington County Deed Book A, Folio 164
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Burlington County Deed Book A, Folio 164. Archival location: New Jersey State Archives, Department of State. Burlington County Clerk's Office, Deeds, 1785-1901 and Indexes, 1785-1921 & 1948 (CBUCL007).
- Event Description
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Burlington County Deed Book A, Folio 164, contains a manumission record for Sip Quon, who was released from slavery on 24 July 1786 in Mansfield. Sip Quon's primary enslaver, Mary Pope, was deceased since 1783, and the manumission was performed by John Pope, who acted on behalf of the estate of Mary Pope. The manumission document states that Sip Quon was an adult between 21 and 35 years old, but the exact age was not recorded.
The document was entered into the book by the County Clerk (John Phillips) on 13 February 1787. The manumission record was signed by the Overseers of the Poor for the township (Joseph Shreeve and Abednego Wright) and Justices of the Peace for Burlington County (Thomas Fenimore and Israel Shreeve).
The source document was scanned by the New Jersey State Archives, which houses the original deed book.
Records on page 163 and 165 in the same book indicate that Sip Quon's family members, Gabriel Quon and Adam Quon, were also manumitted by the Pope family on the same day. - Event Type
- Manumission
- Keywords
- Estate (deceased enslaver)
- Date
- July 24, 1786
- Location of Event
- Mansfield (Burlington County)
- Primary Participants
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Sip Quon
Person identifier: NJS-PER-04173
Role: Manumitted Person
Age category: Adult
Status: Transition
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Mary Pope (d. 1783)
- John Pope
Verbatim description from source:
"negroe man named Sip Quon being between the ages of twenty one years & thirty five years / the bearer Sip Quon formerly a slave to the Estate of Mary Pope Decd" - Additional Participants
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Mary Pope (d. 1783)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-04064
Role: Enslaver, Deceased
Comment: original enslaver of Sip Quon, deceased in 1783John Pope
Person identifier: NJS-PER-04060
Role: Enslaver, Executor or Administrator
Comment: executor and legatee of the estate of his late mother Mary PopeJohn Phillips
Person identifier: NJS-PER-02923
Role: County ClerkJoseph Shreeve
Person identifier: NJS-PER-04062
Role: Overseer of the PoorAbednego Wright
Person identifier: NJS-PER-04063
Role: Overseer of the PoorThomas Fenimore
Person identifier: NJS-PER-02938
Role: Judge
Comment: Justice of the Peace for Burlington CountyIsrael Shreeve
Person identifier: NJS-PER-04061
Role: Judge
Comment: Justice of the Peace for Burlington County - Record Contributor
- Jesse Bayker