William Philips Deare (d. 1826)
- Name
- William Philips Deare (d. 1826)
- Identifier
- NJS-PER-00008
- Given Name
- William Philips
- Family Name
- Deare
- Death Date
- February 1826
- Sex
- Male
- Description
- William Philips Deare was a lawyer in New Brunswick, NJ. He was an alumnus of Queen's College (later Rutgers), class of 1794. He was elected a trustee of the college in 1804 and served until his death in 1826; for most of that time he was the Secretary of the Board of Trustees (1807–1821). During this period he also served as the Clerk of Common Pleas for Middlesex County and was responsible for maintaining the county records related to enslaved people's births, manumissions, and removals from New Jersey.
- Organization
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Rutgers University
- Same As
- Find a Grave Memorial 137065097
- Source Resource
- https://records.njslavery.org/api/items/1225
- Source Site
- https://records.njslavery.org/s/doc/page/home
- Child of
- Jonathan Deare
- Frances Phillips Deare
- Contributor
- Jesse Bayker
Linked resources
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