Thomas Wildes {or Wiles}
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This person of African descent has 1 related event in the database, listed at the bottom of this page.
- Identifier
- NJS-PER-00457
- Given Name
- Thomas
- Family Name
- Wildes
- Alternate Name
- Thomas Wiles
- Sex
- Male
- Biographical Description
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Thomas Wildes was an enslaved man who was manumitted by Joseph Hutchinson of East Windsor, NJ, on April 8, 1802. Hutchinson manumitted another man named Samson Jeters on the same day.
He was likely related to Susan Wiles who was manumitted by Joseph Hutchinson 5 years later in 1807. Wildes and Wiles may have been alternate spellings of the same family name as recorded by Middlesex County officials. - Keywords
- African descent person
- Places
- East Windsor
- Enslaved by
- Joseph Hutchinson
- Related Person
- Susan Wiles (b. 1781)
- Record Contributor
- Jesse Bayker
- Linked Events
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Primary Participant in:
- 1802-04-08 Manumission: Thomas Wildes (Role: Manumitted Person)
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