I Jonathan Hunn of mispillion Hundred in Kent County on Delawa do hereby manumit & set free all my Negroes hereafter particularly named To witt my negro Man named Caesar aged about fifty years (who has been at Liberty about eight years) negro Man named Caro (who has been at Liberty about one year) aged about sixty years; Woman named Phebe aged upwards of thirty years (who has been at Liberty about three years) & her Girl named Amey aged about fourteen years, her 2nd Girl Phebe aged about nine years; her 3d Girl Mariah aged about six years & her Boy John aged about two years & her ___ aged about two Months: also Woman named Thene, aged about twenty two years & her Son Caro aged about four years; also Boy Anthony judged twelve years of Age; Boy Daniel judged to be ten years of Age; so that henceforth the afsd Negroes shall be deemed adjudged & taken as and for free People to all Intentes and Purposes, that is to say, Caesar, Caro, Phebe and Thene from this Day to be at their own Disposal; and the children of Phebe to be under her Government & her Disposal ‘till they arive to lawfull age that is Girls Amey Phebe Mariah till they arive to eighteen years of age & Boy John till he arives to twenty one years of Age: as also Woman Phone to likewise have the disposing Power of her Son Caron till he shall arive to twenty one years of age: then all of them to be at Liberty to act as free Men and Women without the Lett Hindrance or Molestation of Me or any Person or Persons claiming by from or under me forever And in like manner also the Boys Anthony & Daniel, (whose Time I reserve ‘till they arive to twenty one years of Age) then to be free as aforesaid, In Witness whereof I do hereunto set my Hand & affix my Seal this 21st Day of the second Month in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred & seventy seven. 1777. Jonathan Hunn {seal}

Sealed & acknowledged in the presence of Robert Holliday Ezekiel Cowgill 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