Phebe Johnson
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This person of African descent has 2 related events in the database, listed at the bottom of this page.
- Identifier
- NJS-PER-04454
- Given Name
- Phebe
- Family Name
- Johnson
- Sex
- Female
- Biographical Description
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Phebe was a Black woman who lived in New Jersey in the early 19th century. She was at one time in her life enslaved by Robert Kennedy, the owner of the Kennedy House and Mill in Greenwich, Sussex County (now in Warren County). By 1808, she was living in the household of James Matlack in Woodbury (then part of Deptford Township), Gloucester County. She was still considered legally the property of Robert Kennedy at that time, according to a birth certificate for her son Edward Bellwood who was born in 1808. How Phebe came to Matlack's house is uncertain, and it is possible that she was living with Matlack pursuant to a long-term indenture or purchase agreement between Kennedy and Matlack. Phebe and her son are not mentioned in Robert Kennedy's will in 1812.
In 1820, James Matlack reported the birth of a daughter named Emaline S. B. Johnson to a woman named Phebe Johnson. This was probably the same Phebe, and her profile in the New Jersey Slavery Records database has been created with the assumption that the mother of Edward Bellwood and the mother Emeline S. B. Johnson is the same woman.
James Matlack had several other Black persons with the last name Johnson in his household. - Keywords
- African descent person
- Record Contributor
- Kemy Rodriguez
- Jesse Bayker
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Primary Participant in:
- 1808-10-14 Birth: Edward Bellwood (Role: Parent)
- 1820-02-21 Birth: Emaline S. B. Johnson (Role: Parent)
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