Whereas Anthony Woodcock & his wife Elizabeth late the widow of Jonathan Molleston did, by a Deed of marriage Settlement duly made & executed bearing Date the 17th Day of 7 month 1775 (passed unto Isaiah Rowland) among other things therein mentioned, transfer in trust for her the afsd Elizabeth eight Negroes whose Names are particularly hereafter cited & expressed, and in said Deed is a Paragraph as follows viz And it is hereby agreed that if the said Anthony Woodcock & Elizabeth Molleston (now Woodcock) should agree to set the said Negroes free that then the sd Isaiah Rowland shall in such case give the sd Negroes a full Discharge anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding: And Whereas it is agreed by each the Parties that is to say Anthony Woodcock & Elizabeth his Wife (Isaiah Rowland thereunto consenting by signing his Name for that Purpose hereunto) to accordingly set all the sd Negroes free, Now to all whom this may come Know ye that Anthony Woodcock & Elizabeth his Wife of muspilion Hundred in Kent County on Delaware do hereby manumit & set absolutely free the following named Negroes, that is Mingo aged about seventy years, Peter aged about fifty two years, Solomon aged about forty six years; Mariah aged about sixty years; Hannah aged about twenty-two years; Jack a Boy aged about seven years; Mariah Junr a Girl aged about five years; & Phillis a Girl aged about two years: so that henceforth the ^afsd Negroes shall be deemed adjudged and taken as & for free People, that is to say, Mingo, Peter, Solomon, Mariah & Hannah from this Day to be free at Liberty to act for themselves, & Jack when he arrives to twenty one & Girls Mariah Junr. & Phillis when they arrive to eighteen years of age then to be also at their Liberty & free to act for themselves as free Men & Women to all Intents & Purposes without the Lett Hindrance or Molestation of them the sd Anthony Woodcock & Elizabeth his wife or of Isaiah Rowland by Virtue of any claim from any Right derived as afsd, or of any or either of their Heirs, Executors Admrs or any other Person or Persons claiming by from or under them or either of them forever. And further they the said Anthony Woodcock & Elizabeth his Wife do covenant & agree to do their best Endeavors to teach or cause to be taught the young ones to read the Bible.

In Witness whereunto the Parties above named have hereunto set their Hands and affixed their Seals this fifteenth Day of the eleventh Month in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred & seventy six. 1776. N.B it is further covenanted that a Boy called Jacob aged one month, the Child of Negro Hannah above named, be free as the others on his arival to twenty one years of age & to be educated as the other young ones. Anthony Woodcock {seal} Elizabeth Woodcock {seal} Isaiah Rowland {seal}

Witness present unto Anthony Woodcock’s & Isaiah Rowlands signing Warner Mifflin Baptist Lay

Witness present unto Elizabeth Woodcocks signing Warner Mifflin Thomas Bowman

Record Examined Warner Mifflin

U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935, Delaware, Kent County, Manumissions 1774-1792

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Transcribed 10 Apr 2026 by Nancy Maliwesky