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Identifier

NJS-PER-00271

Given Name

Ezekiel

Family Name

Smith

Alternate Name

Ezek

Birth Date

1736

Death Date

October 1, 1804

Sex

Male

Occupation

Landowning

Biographical Description

Ezekiel Smith (1736-1804) was an enslaver who resided in West Windsor, NJ. He was part of a Quaker family associated with the early history of Princeton. He is buried in the Stony Brook Quaker Meeting House Burial Ground in Princeton.

Smith mentioned several enslaved persons in his will, which he wrote on March 20, 1804, several months before his death. The executors of his will were his son Ezekiel Smith Jr. and friend George Bullock. They were responsible for manumitting enslaved persons named in Smith's will years after his decease.

Keywords

white person

enslaver

Places

West Windsor

Princeton

Enslaver of

Violet (b. 1782)

Parent of

Margaret Haines

Ezekiel Smith Jr. (1784-1826)

Elizabeth Thomas

Martha Smith

Sarah Smith

William Smith

Spouse of

Elizabeth Jackson Smith

References

This person is represented on the following page(s):
Find a Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/8342502

Record Contributor

Isaac Guzmán

Jesse Bayker

Linked Events

Additional Participant in:

• 1817-05-03 Manumission: Violet (Role: Enslaver, Deceased)