1822-03-27 Transfer: Charlotte Titus
- Identifier
- NJS-EVE-00481
- Source
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Will of Gerardus Beekman, South Brunswick, NJ
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Will of Gerardus Beekman, South Brunswick, NJ, August 18, 1814.
- Event Description
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Upon the death of her husband Gerardus Beekman in March 1822, the widow Jane Beekman took legal ownership of Charlotte, as was stipulated in Gerardus Beekman's will written in 1814. The will was proved on March 27, 1822, shortly after Gerardus Beekman's death.
Charlotte would be 16 years old at this time, and she had 5 years of service remaining until she would be emancipated under New Jersey's gradual abolition law. - Event Type
- Transfer
- Date
- March 27, 1822
- Date Certainty
- Inferred
- Location of Event
- South Brunswick
- Primary Participants
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Charlotte Titus (b. 1805)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00920
Role: Transferred Person
Age: 16
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Gerardus Beekman (1736-1822)
- Jane Beekman (1755-1841)
Verbatim description from source:
"negro girl Charlotte" - Additional Participants
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Gerardus Beekman (1736-1822)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00282
Role: Enslaver, Deceased
Comment: original legal owner of CharlotteJane Beekman (1755-1841)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-01293
Role: Enslaver, Heir or Beneficiary
Comment: surviving spouse and new legal owner of Charlotte - Record Contributor
- Jesse Bayker