I Samuel Hanson Junior of Little creek Hundred in Kent County on Delaware, Farmer do hereby manumit and set absolutely free my negro Woman named Grace aged about Thirty two years, and her children towitt, her Boy named Phil aged about thirteen years, her girl Henny aged about ten years, her boy Charles aged five years & one Month, Girl Nanny about fourteen Months old, so that henceforth they shall be deemed adjudged & taken as & for free People, that is to say Woman Grace & her child named Nanny to be free from me from this Day (the Child to be under the Power & Disposal of the Mother, the natural Guardian thereof till she shall arive to lawful age; and the other three to be & remain under my Government till they arive to lawful age, that is to say Boys Phil and Charles till they arive to twenty-one years of age, and Girl Henny till she arives to eighteen years; then they & every of them to be at their own Disposal & at Liberty to act for themselv[es] (as Woman Grace is from this Day) without the Lett, Hindrance or Molestation of Me or any Person or Persons claiming or to claim by from or under Me forever; and further I do hereby bind Myself my Heirs Exrs, Admrs, and every of us in the penal Sum of one Hundred Pounds to be recovered from such of us as may attempt to deprive them or either of them of their just & equitable Liberty granted as afsd, to be recovered by each of them on whom such attempt may be made; And further also in the like Sum to oblige every of us that may so attempt to do or perform any other or further ac or Deed that they may reasonably require or need in Order to secure their Liberty as afsd. In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my Hand & affix’d my Seal this twenty-seventh Day of ye first Month, in the Year of our Lord, one thousand seven Hundred and seventy-eight. 1778. Samuel Hanson Junr {seal}

Sealed & delivered in presence of us – Nehemiah Tilton Lydia Hanson 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 2 Jun 2026 by Nancy Maliwesky