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Emancipation of Candace by Hooker Bartlett

Emancipation of Candace by Hooker Bartlett et al

Guilford Grantor – Grantee Property Records

Volume 14, page 233 (Transcribed)

 

Hooker Bartlet, (et al) Their Letter of 

Emancipation to Their Negro Girl Candace

 

To all People to whome these Presents shall come Greeting

Know ye that we the Subscribing Authority being apply’d to by Hooker

Bartlet Samuel Bartlet Nathaniel Bartlet & John Elliot Jun’r all of

Guilford the County of New Haven & State of Connecticut do Exam-

Ine into the State of Health and age of their Negro Servant & Slave

Candice as also her Disposition Respecting being made free do Certify

that an Actual Examination the said Candace is in good Health and is

not of Greater Age than forty five years or less age Twenty five

Years and is desirous of being made free ————————-

 

Given under our Hands & Seals in said Guilford this 18th

Day of January Anno Domini 1793

Tho’s Burgis Jun’r (Seal) Justices of the Peace

for the County

William Starr       (Seal) of New Haven

 

Know all men by these Presents that we Hooker Bartlet Samuel Bartlet

Nath’l Bartlet and Jon Elliot Jun’r all of Guilford in New Haven

County and State of Connecticut being Jointly & Severally Masters and

And owners of a certain Negro Woman Named Candace a Slave for life

Impowered for the Purpose by one certain Statute law of said State Intitled

an Act in addition to an alteration of an act concerning Indian Mulattos

& Negro Servants & Slaves having thus far conformed to the Act and Previous-

Ly obtained a Certificate from under the Hands of two of the Civil authority

Within and for s’ County as required by said Act Now we the said Hooker

Bartlet Samuel Bartlet Nathaniel Bartlet and John Elliot Jun’r

do by this present writing or letter of Emancipation from the date

Of these presents forever hereafter Emancipate and make free our said Negro

Woman Candace and for our Selves our Heirs Executors & Administrators do

renounce give up and forever Quitclaim all right and Title to the whole or

any part of her Services & Earnings Emoluments also all right to Control the person of

her the said Candace Either directly or indirectly in any matter whatever. And

furthermore we the said Hooker Samuel Nath’l & John for ourselves our Heirs

Executors Administrators and assigns do Covenant & Grant to and with the

Said Candace her Executors Administrators and assigns that the s’d Candace her

Executors Administrators & assigns shall & may from Time to Time and at all

Times hereafter Lawfully Peaceably & Quietly have hold receive take and enjoy

To her & their own proper use & behoof the advantage of all her S’d Services

Earnings and Emoluments and all or any the Proceeds & Profits thereof with out

Let trouble Molestation or Interruption of or by us the said Hooker Bartlet Samuel

Bartlet Nathaniel Bartlet John Elliot Junior our Executors Adm’r  or assigns or

(Any others Persons or Persons whatsoever Lawfully claiming from by or under us)  or any of us or by

any or either of our Acts means or procurements — In Witness whereof we have here-

Unto Set our Hands & Seals this 18th Day of January Anno Domini 1798

Signed in the presence of Hooker Bartlet (seal)

William Starr {Rec’d for record Jan’y 19th 1793   } Samuel Bartlet (seal)

Joseph Cruttenden {& is truly Entered –       } John Elliott Jun’r (seal)

Nathaniel Graves Jun’r {Test. Tho’s Burgis Jun’r Jun’r Reg’} Nathaniel Bartlet (seal)

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