Melanthon Freeman (1746-1806)
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- Record Title
- Melanthon Freeman (1746-1806)
- 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
- Place of Significance
- Piscataway
- Parent of
- Matthias Freeman
- Elizabeth Freeman Manning
- Mary Reed Freeman
- Abigail Freeman
- Lydia Freeman
- Sarah Freeman
- Rebecca Freeman
- Ann Hinds Freeman
- Spouse of
- Sarah Freeman
- Record Contributor
- Jesse Bayker
- Linked Events
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Additional Participant in:
- 1807-12-26 Manumission: Thomas (Role: Enslaver, Deceased)
Part of Melanthon Freeman (1746-1806)
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