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Identifier

NJS-PER-00500

Given Name

Melanthon

Family Name

Freeman

Alternate Name

Melancthon

Birth Date

1746

Death Date

1806

Sex

Male

Occupation

Medical and Funerary

Biographical Description

Historical sources variously refer to him as Dr. Melanthon or Melancthon Freeman. He was a medical doctor in Piscataway. He passed away in 1806 leaving the following instructions in his will: "My 2 eldest black people, Jack and Nanie, to continue on the farm with my family. Black man, Thomas, and his wife, Hannah, to be liberated."

Keywords

white person

enslaver

Places

Piscataway

Enslaver of

Hannah {wife of Thomas}

Thomas {husband of Hannah}

Parent of

Matthias Freeman

Abigail Freeman

Ann Hinds Freeman

Elizabeth Freeman Manning

Lydia Freeman

Mary Reed Freeman

Rebecca Freeman

Sarah Freeman

Spouse of

Sarah Freeman

References

This person is represented on the following page(s):
Find a Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/19133156

Record Contributor

Jesse Bayker

Linked Events

Additional Participant in:

• 1807-12-26 Manumission: Thomas (Role: Enslaver, Deceased)