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I don't think we know the names of the 14 free colored persons or their descendents yet.

1840 Census - 14 "free colored persons"

The 1840 Census has a page listing the inhabitants on the Gibbons Estate in Madison, NJ that year.  The Internet Archive has a digitized version of this Census, from which the image below was taken

 

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The entry for the Gibbons has a red rectangle around it.  William Gibbons is the head of the family.  There is a section in the right where "Free colored Persons" are to be numbered.  In the entry, there are 6 males ages 10 to 23, one female under 10, 4 females aged 24-35, 1 female aged 36 to 54, and 2 females aged 55 to 100 [rather amazing, that].  That equals 14.  People who aren't "free colored persons" are listed out the same way.