James T. Dunn
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This white person has 4 related events in the database, listed at the bottom of this page.
- Identifier
- NJS-PER-00303
- Given Name
- James T.
- Family Name
- Dunn
- Sex
- Male
- Biographical Description
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James T. Dunn was an enslaver who resided in Piscataway, NJ. He was the husband of Phebe Fitz Randolph (b. 1763), daughter of Samuel Fitz Randolph of Piscataway. James T. Dunn was the executor of the estate of his father-in-law Samuel Fitz Randolph, together with John Smalley Jr. (husband of Phebe's sister Margaret).
On April 8, 1816, James T. Dunn and John Smalley Jr. each went to the Court of Common Pleas to file manumission documents. Dunn manumitted a man named Tom, while Smalley manumitted a man named Jack at the same time. He also manumitted a man named Richard in 1824. - Keywords
- white person
- enslaver
- executor or administrator for estate of enslaver
- Places
- Piscataway
- Parent of
- Alexander Dunn
- Drake Dunn
- Fanny Dunn
- Sally Dunn
- Spouse of
- Phebe Fitz Randolph Dunn (b. 1763)
- Record Contributor
- Isaac Guzmán
- Jesse Bayker
- Linked Events
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Additional Participant in:
- 1811-05-07 Manumission: Primus (Role: Executor or Administrator)
- 1811-05-07 Manumission: Sesor (Role: Executor or Administrator)
- 1816-04-08 Manumission: Tom (Role: Enslaver, Manumitter)
- 1824-11-29 Manumission: Richard (Role: Enslaver, Manumitter)
- Resource class
- Agent