Joseph Freeman Sr. (1709-1797)
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This white person has 1 related event in the database, listed at the bottom of this page.
- Identifier
- NJS-PER-00499
- Given Name
- Joseph
- Family Name
- Freeman
- Birth Date
- 1709
- Death Date
- 1797
- Sex
- Male
- Biographical Description
- Joseph Freeman Sr., born circa 1709, was an enslaver who resided in Woodbridge. He was the husband of Susannah Freeman. In the final years of his life, in 1795, he signed paperwork promising to manumit an enslaved man named Gabriel, but stating that Gabriel "shall be set free" only "after the decease of me and my wife Susannah." Freeman died in 1797.
- Keywords
- white person
- enslaver
- Places
- Woodbridge
- Enslaver of
- Gabriel
- Parent of
- Joseph Freeman Jr.
- Spouse of
- Susannah Freeman
- Record Contributor
- Jesse Bayker
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Additional Participant in:
- 1795-03-10 Manumission: Gabriel (Role: Enslaver, Deceased)
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