John Ellet
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This white person has 1 related event in the database, listed at the bottom of this page.
- Identifier
- NJS-PER-04776
- Given Name
- John
- Family Name
- Ellet
- Sex
- Male
- Biographical Description
- John Ellet was the husband of Sarah Ellet née English, and son-in-law of Mercy English, a Quaker woman in Burlington, New Jersey. Along with his wife Sarah and Sarah's siblings, John was involved in a sale transaction in 1820 whereby Mercy English's heirs sold a young black woman named Fanny Pursue to Rowland Jones for a nominal price, with the explicit instructions that Rowland Jones should manumit Fanny and set her free.
- Keywords
- white person
- Places
- Burlington
- Spouse of
- Sarah English Ellet
- Record Contributor
- Jesse Bayker
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Additional Participant in:
- 1820-09-10 Sale / Promise to Manumit: Fanny Pursue (Role: Seller)
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