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This white person has 3 related events in the database, listed at the bottom of this page.

Identifier

NJS-PER-01341

Given Name

Thomas

Family Name

Edgar

Birth Date

1746

Death Date

1812

Sex

Male

Biographical Description

Thomas Edgar was an enslaver who resided in Woodbridge, NJ. He was the son of Alexander Edgar and Mary Smith Edgar.

He was one of the executors of the will of William Stone (1700-1788) and, on behalf of the estate of William Stone, he obtained a certificate of manumission for a Black man named Cato Stone in 1801.

Keywords

white person

enslaver

Places

Woodbridge

Enslaver of

Dinah

Jenny

Saul Edgar (b. 1787)

Parent of

David Edgar

Peter Edgar

Catharine Edgar Hampton

Isable Edgar

James Edgar

Jennett Edgar Freeman

Olivea Edgar Clarkson

Rebecca Edgar Moor

Sally Edgar Harriott

Thompson Edgar

Sibling of

James Edgar (1748-1815)

Spouse of

Elizabeth Knapp Edgar (1753-1820)

Related Person

Thomas Edgar (ca. 1774-1849)

Record Contributor

Jesse Bayker

Linked Events

Additional Participant in:

• 1801-06-13 Manumission: Cato Stone (Role: Executor or Administrator)
• 1808-04-01 Will (of Thomas Edgar): Jenny, Dinah (Role: Enslaver, Testator)
• 1818-11-28 Manumission: Saul Edgar (Role: Enslaver, Deceased)