1733-06-09 Sale: Genny
- Identifier
- NJS-EVE-01063
- Source
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Bill of sale for Genny, sold by Richard Scudder to Jonathan Dickinson
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Bill of sale for Genny, sold by Richard Scudder to Jonathan Dickinson, June 9, 1733.
- Event Description
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On June 9, 1733, Richard Scudder of Elizabethtown sold a Black girl (or woman) named Genny to Jonathan Dickinson. Genny's age at the time of the sale is uncertain.
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Transcript of the source document:
"Know all Men by these Psents that I, Richard Scudder of Elizabeth Town in the County of Essex and Provine of New Jersey Yeoman Have bargained sold and delivered unto Jonathan Dickinson of Elizabeth-Town aforsd a certain Negro Girl named Genny To Have and To Hold the sd Negro Girl unto him the sd Jonathan Dickinson and to his Heirs Executors Administrators and Assigns during her natural Life And I do hereby for my self my Heirs Executors and Administrators bargain Covenant and agree with him the sd Jonathan Dickinson and with His Heirs Executors and Administrators that I the sd Richard Scudder had at the Time of the sale of that Negro Girl a just Propriety in her & full Power to dispose of her And also that I and my Heirs will warrant and defend him the sd Jonathan Dickinson and his Heirs and Assignes in the peaceable Possession and Property of the sd Negro Girl against all manner of Persons whatsoever legally claiming a Propriety in Her as Witness my Hand and Seal this ninth Day of June one thousand seven hundred and thirty three and in the Sixth Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the second of Great Brittain & King & —
Richard Scudder
{Seal}
David Thomas
Samuel ____ton" - Event Type
- Sale
- Date
- June 9, 1733
- Location of Event
- Elizabeth (formerly Elizabethtown)
- Primary Participants
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Genny
Person identifier: NJS-PER-02418
Role: Sold Person
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Richard Scudder (1703-1785)
- Jonathan Dickinson (1688-1747)
Verbatim description from source:
"a certain Negro Girl named Genny" - Additional Participants
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Richard Scudder (1703-1785)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-02416
Role: Enslaver, SellerJonathan Dickinson (1688-1747)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-02417
Role: Enslaver, Buyer - Record Contributor
- Jesse Bayker