1790-12-20 Will (of Nathan Leake): Jack Leake
- Identifier
- NJS-EVE-01968
- Source
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Will of Nathan Leake, Deerfield, Cumberland County, NJ
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Will of Nathan Leake, Deerfield, Cumberland County, NJ, December 20, 1790. Archival location: New Jersey State Archives, Department of State. Secretary of State Wills and Inventories, ca. 1670-1900. Probate file 1019F.
- Event Description
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Nathan Leake of Deerfield, Cumberland County, wrote his will on 20 December 1790, a few days before his death. He left his plantation to his son David. He mentioned one enslaved person by name: Jack. Nathan Leake instructed that Jack should be set free.
The following is a transcript of the relevant passage from the will:
"Further it is my will that my servant man Jack be set at Liberty immediately after my decease." - Event Type
- Will
- Date
- December 20, 1790
- Location of Event
- Deerfield
- Following Event
- 1791-11-21 Sale / Promise to Manumit: Tubel Leake
- 1793-04-18 Sale / Manumission: George Leake
- 1799-06-14 Manumission: Hannah Leake
- 1810-06-27 Term Indenture / Promise to Manumit: John Leake
- 1814-03-21 Term Indenture: Thomas Leake
- Primary Participants
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Jack Leake
Person identifier: NJS-PER-04423
Role: Person Listed in Will
Age category: Adult
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Nathan Leake (1728-1790)
Comment: to be set at liberty - Additional Participants
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Nathan Leake (1728-1790)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-04424
Role: Enslaver, Testator - Record Contributor
- Jesse Bayker