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There is an unfree person, who was in Northampton, New Jersey in 1721. They were enslaved by Samuel Lippincott.

Documents Relating to the Colonial History of the State of New Jersey. Volume XXIII.

  • Will
  • August 29, 1721

  • [294] 1721 Aug. 29. Lippincott, Samuel, of Northampton Township, Burlington Co., yeoman; will of. Wife Ann. Children—Job, Samuel, Patience, Ann, Elizabeth. Farm in Springfield Township, bo't of George Shinn. Home farm. Personal property (two Indians). Executors—the wi…

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Documents Relating to the Colonial History of the State of New Jersey. Volume XXIII. (p. 662). (1901). The Press Printing and Publishing Co. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.c006012019&seq=11&q1= [Stolen Relations project at Brown University.]

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