Josiah Ford
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This white person has 12 related events in the database, listed at the bottom of this page.
- Identifier
- NJS-PER-00300
- Given Name
- Josiah
- Family Name
- Ford
- Sex
- Male
- Occupation
- Legal
- Biographical Description
- Josiah Ford was a resident of Middlesex County, New Jersey. He served as the Justice of the Peace for the county in the early 19th century. In this official capacity, he issued manumission certificates for residents of Woodbridge whose enslavers agreed to set them free.
- Keywords
- white person
- government official
- Places
- Woodbridge
- Record Contributor
- Isaac Guzmán
- Jesse Bayker
- Linked Events
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Additional Participant in:
- 1819-03-06 Manumission: Peter (Role: Judge)
- 1819-04-01 Manumission: Philip Dunn (Role: Judge)
- 1819-06-02 Manumission: Nancy Smith (Role: Judge)
- 1819-06-19 Manumission: Jack Demun (Role: Judge)
- 1820-01-25 Manumission: Peter Lewe (Role: Judge)
- 1820-05-22 Manumission: Samuel Brown (Role: Judge)
- 1821-06-02 Manumission: Isabella Brown (Role: Judge)
- 1821-08-14 Manumission: Ruth Dennis Ryer (Role: Judge)
- 1822-10-09 Manumission: Jack Noe (Role: Judge)
- 1823-09-20 Manumission: Rachel (Role: Witness)
- 1823-11-20 Manumission: Ann (Role: Judge)
- 1824-09-06 Manumission: Jane Stelle (Role: Judge)
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