1817-11-27 Will (of Joseph Cooper): Cornelia McLaughlin Kennedy
- Identifier
- NJS-EVE-01965
- Source
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Will of Joseph Cooper Esq, Newton Township, Gloucester County, NJ (now Camden)
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Will of Joseph Cooper Esq, Newton Township, Gloucester County, NJ (now Camden), November 27, 1817.
- Event Description
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Joseph Cooper Esq. wrote his will on 27 November 1817 in Newton Township, Gloucester County (present-day area of Camden and its surroundings in Camden County). The will was probated on 3 December 1818, shortly after Cooper died.
The will mentions one enslaved person and stipulates that she should be free at age 21:
"Item I give and bequeath unto my Slave Cornelia McLaughlin a coloured woman her absolute Freedom from Slavery when she shall attain the age of twenty one Years so that she and her Issue shall be and remain free from Slavery for ever."
The executors named in the will were wife Elizabeth Cooper, nephew William Cooper (son of Joseph's brother Samuel), and Richard M. Cooper (a more distant cousin). - Event Type
- Will
- Date
- November 27, 1817
- Following Event
- 1819-07-27 Manumission: Cornelia McLaughlin Kennedy
- Primary Participants
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Cornelia McLaughlin Kennedy (b. ca. 1798)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-05467
Role: Person Listed in Will
Age: 19
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Joseph Cooper (1735-1818) {Esq}
Verbatim description from source:
"Slave Cornelia McLaughlin a coloured woman"
Comment: to be free at age 21 - Additional Participants
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Joseph Cooper (1735-1818) {Esq}
Person identifier: NJS-PER-04407
Role: Enslaver, Testator - Record Contributor
- Jesse Bayker