Samuel Willet

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Identifier
NJS-PER-00204
Given Name
Samuel
Family Name
Willet
Sex
Male
Occupation
Legal
Biographical Description
Samuel Willet was a resident of Middlesex County, New Jersey. He served as the Justice of the Peace for the county in the early 19th century. In this official capacity, he issued manumission certificates for residents of North Brunswick (particularly around the South River area) whose enslavers agreed to set them free.

Middlesex County records indicate that George Boice Jr. was an enslaver.
Keywords
white person
enslaver
government official
Places
North Brunswick
Enslaver of
Cuff (b. 1784)
Record Contributor
Isaac Guzmán
Jesse Bayker
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