Stephen Johnes
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This white person has 1 related event in the database, listed at the bottom of this page.
- Identifier
- NJS-PER-02475
- Given Name
- Stephen
- Family Name
- Johnes
- Alternate Name
- Stephen Jones
- Sex
- Male
- Biographical Description
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Stephen Johnes was the son-in-law of David Williamson of South Brunswick, NJ, by marriage to Williamson's daughter Lydia Williamson. Johnes was one of the executors of his father-in-law's will. In 1799, he signed a bill of sale for a Black woman named Lydia on behalf of Williamson's estate.
Stephen Johnes served in the United States troops that were deployed to put down the Whiskey Rebellion in Pennsylvania. Letters that he wrote to his wife Lydia while in service in 1794 have been preserved by Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections.
His last name is sometimes written Jones in historical literature, but he signed his name as Johnes. - Keywords
- white person
- enslaver
- executor or administrator for estate of enslaver
- Places
- South Brunswick
- Related Person
- David Williamson (d. 1797)
- References
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Will of David Williamson, abstracted with a biographical note. See p. 413 in: Hutchinson, Elmer T., ed. Documents Relating to the Colonial, Revolutionary and Post-Revolutionary History of the State of New Jersey. Archives of the State of New Jersey, 1st series. Vol. 38. Calendar of Wills, Vol. 9, 1796-1800. Trenton, NJ: New Jersey Law Journal, 1944. https://archive.org/details/calendarofnewjer00unse_3.
Letters from Stephen Johnes to Lydia Johnes, October 8, 1794, and October 21, 1794. Location: I-BellW-1964-1. Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections. https://archives.dickinson.edu/archives-people/johnes-stephen
- Record Contributor
- Jesse Bayker
- Linked Sources
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Author:
- Bill of Sale for Lydia (Bill of Sale for Lydia, January 19, 1799.)
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Additional Participant in:
- 1799-01-19 Sale: Lydia (Role: Seller)
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- Agent