Alexander Mccay of Cedar Creek hundred in the County of Sussex on Delawa do hereby manumit and set absolutely free all my Negroes as hereafter particularly named to wit Woman named Esther (whom I manumitted some Time ago) and her three children Viz her Girl Esther aged seven years, her Girl named Alice aged five years her Boy named John aged three years: that that henceforth they shall be deemed adjudged taken as & for free People to all Intents & Purposes that is to say, Woman Esther (who has been at her own Disposal as afsd) from this Day: but believing it just & equitable to reserve the time of the young ones ‘till they shall arive of lawfull age, do therefore reserve the Government & Direction of the Girls viz Esther & Alice till they shall arive to eighteen years of age, & of the Boy John till he shall arive to twenty one years of age: then they and each of them (when arived to the afsd ages) to be at their own Disposal & at Liberty to act for themselves without the Lett, Hindrance or Molestation of Me or any Person or Persons claiming by, from or under Me forever In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my Hand & affixed my Seal this third Day of the third Month in the Year of our Lord one thousand Seven hundred seventy seven 1777. Alexander Mccay {seal}. Naomi Mccay her mark

Witness present Isaiah Rowland Warner Mifflin

Record Examined Warner Mifflin

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

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Transcribed 11 Apr 2026 by Nancy Maliwesky