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Identifier
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NJS-PER-00604
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Given Name
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Hannah
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Sex
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Female
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Biographical Description
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Hannah was an enslaved woman who lived in New Jersey in the early 19th century. She was married to an enslaved man named Thomas. Both Thomas and Hannah were enslaved to Dr. Melanthon Freeman (1746-1806) of Piscataway, NJ. The last will and testament of Melanthon Freeman stated that both Thomas and Hannah should be liberated.
In December 1807 (over a year after Melanthon Freeman died), the executors of Dr. Freeman's estate completed the manumission process for Hannah's husband Thomas by obtaining a certificate of manumission signed by two Overseers of the Poor of Piscataway and two Justices of the Peace of Middlesex County. A certificate of manumission for Hannah has not been found in the Middlesex County Book of Manumissions and Removals, and it is unclear whether she ever gained freedom.
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Keywords
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African descent person
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Record Contributor
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Jesse Bayker