1787-03-17 Manumission: Phillis
- Identifier
- NJS-EVE-01733
- Source
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Burlington County Deed Book A, Folio 248
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Burlington County Deed Book A, Folio 248. 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 248, contains a manumission record for Phillis, who was released from slavery on 17 March 1787 in Springfield. Phillis was manumitted by Samuel Hough. The manumission document states that Phillis was an adult between 21 and 35 years old, but her exact age was not recorded.
The document was entered into the book by the County Clerk (John Phillips) on 27 November 1787. The manumission record was signed by the Overseers of the Poor for the township (Caleb Earl and Benjamin Hough) and Justices of the Peace for Burlington County (Thomas Reynolds and Peter Stretch). Additionally, John Lacey and Job Lippincott signed the deed of manumission as witnesses.
Page 247 in the same book indicates that, on the same day, Samuel Hough and his brother Daniel Hough filed manumission documents for a man named Peter Thorn, who had formerly been enslaved by their late brother Jonathan Hough Jr.
The source document was scanned by the New Jersey State Archives, which houses the original deed book. - Event Type
- Manumission
- Date
- March 17, 1787
- Location of Event
- Springfield
- Related Event
- 1787-03-17 Manumission: Peter Thorn
- Primary Participants
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Phillis
Person identifier: NJS-PER-04196
Role: Manumitted Person
Age category: Adult
Status: Transition
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Samuel Hough (1746-1815)
Verbatim description from source:
"female slave named Phillis" - Additional Participants
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Samuel Hough (1746-1815)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-04117
Role: Enslaver, ManumitterJohn Lacey
Person identifier: NJS-PER-04193
Role: WitnessJob Lippincott
Person identifier: NJS-PER-04118
Role: WitnessJohn Phillips
Person identifier: NJS-PER-02923
Role: County ClerkCaleb Earl
Person identifier: NJS-PER-04084
Role: Overseer of the PoorBenjamin Hough
Person identifier: NJS-PER-04085
Role: Overseer of the PoorThomas Reynolds
Person identifier: NJS-PER-02936
Role: Judge
Comment: Justice of the Peace for Burlington CountyPeter Stretch
Person identifier: NJS-PER-02937
Role: Judge
Comment: Justice of the Peace for Burlington County - Record Contributor
- Jesse Bayker