I Lydia Sipple of murtherkiln Hundred in Kent County on Delaware do hereby from an apprehension of its being there equitable Right, manumit & set absolutely free all my Negroes towitt, Anthony aged nineteen years the tenth Day of last Month; negro Woman named Barbara aged about seventeen years & three Months, & her child called Nanny aged abt 10 Months; so that henceforth they shall be deemed adjudged & taken as & for free People to all Intents and Purposes, that is to say, Anthony when he arives to the Age of twenty one; Barbara when she arrives to eighteen years of age; then to be at their own Disposal, to act for themselves as free Man & Woman without the Lett Hindrance or Molestation of me my Heirs or any other Person or Persons whatsoever claiming or to claim by from or under Me; and also the Child Nanny to be with its’  Mother & under her Disposal (as if free born) when she (that is the mother} arives to age as afsd. And further I do hereby oblige myself my Heirs Exrs Admrs & every of us under the Penalty of one hundred Pounds lawfull Money of this Government ???? of them the afsd Negroes to do or execute any other or further Act or Deed that the ??????? by need or require to further confirm their Just Liberty granted as afsd. ???????? In witness I do hereunto set my hand and affix my Seal this 3d Day of the 6th Month in the Year of our [Lord one thousand] seven hundred & seventy six. 1776. Lydia Sipple {seal}

Witness present. Mary Caldwell John Cowgill Warner Mifflin

Record Ex[amined] [Warner] Mifflin

U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935, Delaware, Kent County, Duck Creek Monthly Meeting, Manumissions 1774-1792, Image 11, Page 16

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Transcribed 8 Feb 2026 by Nancy Maliwesky