To all whom this may come Know ye that Whereas my Grand-father Joshua Clayton of Kent County on Delaware did among other devise that his negro Boy named Richard should serve ‘till he was twenty five years of Age and then to be free: And Whereas the said Negro Richard by sundry Ways & Means fell into my Hands, last by Virtue of Administration on the Estate of my my beloved Husband Jonathan Ozbourne wherein the Time aforsd of him the said Negro Richard was appraised and inventory’d: And a Concern prevailing on my Mind with Regard to detaining him above lawfull Age, & therefore believing it will be most productive of Peace to my Mind and consistent with strict Justice to discharge him when arrived to lawfull age I Eunice Ozbourne of the County of Kent above said do hereby manumit & sett absolutely free the said Negro called Richard so that he shall be deemed adjudged and taken as and for a free Man, but he being not yet of lawfull age I do therefore reserve his Time ‘till the thirteenth Day of the eighth Month now next ensuing at which Time he (it is judged) will be the Age of twenty one, then to be at his own Disposal to act for himself as a free Man to all Intents and Purposes without the Lett, Hindrance or Molestation of Me my heirs Exrs Administrators or any other Person or Persons Whatsoever In Testimony which I do hereunto set my Hand and affix my Seal this third Day of third Month in the Year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred & seventy five. 1775. Eunice Ozbourne {seal}

Witness present Warner Mifflin Benja Davison William Gibson

Record Examined Warner Mifflin

U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935, Delaware, Kent County, Duck Creek Monthly Meeting, Manumissions 1774-1792, Image 6, Page 5

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Transcribed 1 Feb 2026 by Nancy Maliwesky