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Identifier

NJS-PER-05376

Given Name

Jacob

Family Name

Stokes

Death Date

1805

Sex

Male

Biographical Description

Jacob Stokes was a white man who resided in Newton Township, Gloucester County (in the area of present-day Camden County), and died sometime before May 1805. His heirs inherited two enslaved people named Fanny Smothers and Pero Fisher and then manumitted them.

Keywords

white person

enslaver

Places

Newton (Gloucester & Camden County)

Enslaver of

Fanny Smothers (b. ca. 1780)

Mina (b. ca. 1786)

Nences Fisher

Pero Fisher (b. ca. 1783)

Spouse of

Abigail Stokes

Related Person

John Stokes

Jacob Stokes

Record Contributor

Jesse Bayker

Linked Events

Additional Participant in:

• 1805-05-14 Manumission: Fanny Smothers, Pero Fisher (Role: Enslaver, Deceased)