I Mary Nock of Duck Creek Hundred in Kent County on Delaware do hereby manumit & set absolutely free all my Negroes as hereafter particularly named towitt: Isaac young Man aged ____ and Hampshire a Boy born in ye 9th Mo. 1765, and Patience a girl aged ___ so that henceforth they shall be deemed Adjudged & taken as and for free People, but to remain with Me & under my government and Direction as Apprentices ‘till they arrive to lawful Age, that is to say; Isaac & Hampshire till they arrive to twenty one years of age, and Girl Patience ‘till she drives to eighteen years of age, then to be at their own Disposal & at Liberty to act for themselves, as free Men and Woman without the Lett, Hindrance or Molestation of Me or any other Person or Persons claiming by from or under Me forever. And further, I do bind myself my Heirs, Ex’rs Admrs and every of us in the penal Sum of one Hundred Pounds lawful Money of this Government to each the aforesaid Negroes, to be recovered from such of us as may attempt to deprive them or either of them of their just Liberty granted afsd; by either of them on whom such attempt shall be made And do further bind every of us in the like Sum to do or Executed any other or further act as they or either of them may reasonably require or need to further confirm their Liberty as afsd that is from such of us as may attempt as afsd.

In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affix’d my Seal this __ Day of the 12th Mo. in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred seventy & seven. 1777. Mary Nock {seal}

Sealed & deliv’d in presence of us John Cowgill John Lamborn Isaiah Rowland Mary Swayne Ann Holliday

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 21 May 2026 by Nancy Maliwesky