Jonathan Freeman
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This white person has 13 related events in the database, listed at the bottom of this page.
- Identifier
- NJS-PER-00334
- Given Name
- Jonathan
- Family Name
- Freeman
- Sex
- Male
- Occupation
- Government
- Biographical Description
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Jonathan Freeman was a resident of Middlesex County, New Jersey. He served as the Overseer of the Poor of Woodbridge in the early 19th century. In this official capacity, he issued manumission certificates for residents of Woodbridge whose enslavers agreed to set them free.
He is also documented as an enslaver in Woodbridge. - Keywords
- white person
- enslaver
- government official
- Places
- Woodbridge
- Enslaver of
- Pamela Brown (b. ca. 1786)
- Record Contributor
- Isaac Guzmán
- Jesse Bayker
- Linked Events
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Additional Participant in:
- 1814-03-27 Manumission: Sarah Bogert (Role: Overseer of the Poor)
- 1820-05-22 Manumission: Samuel Brown (Role: Overseer of the Poor)
- 1820-08-09 Manumission: Oliver Johnston (Role: Overseer of the Poor)
- 1821-04-09 Manumission: Dublin Halsey (Role: Overseer of the Poor)
- 1821-06-02 Manumission: Isabella Brown (Role: Overseer of the Poor)
- 1821-08-14 Manumission: Ruth Dennis Ryer (Role: Overseer of the Poor)
- 1823-05-20 Manumission: Philip St. Clair (Role: Witness)
- 1823-06-23 Manumission: Cornelius Jaques (Role: Overseer of the Poor)
- 1823-11-20 Manumission: Ann (Role: Overseer of the Poor)
- 1823-12-13 Manumission: Rosetta Trunley (Role: Overseer of the Poor)
- 1824-03-27 Manumission: George Ross (Role: Overseer of the Poor)
- 1824-09-06 Manumission: Jane Stelle (Role: Overseer of the Poor)
- 1825-07-09 Manumission: Pamela Brown (Role: Enslaver, Manumitter)
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