1811-06-06 Manumission: Nences Fisher

Identifier
NJS-EVE-01952
Source
Transcriptions of Early County Records of New Jersey: Gloucester County Series Slave Documents

New Jersey Historical Records Survey Project, Division of Professional and Service Projects, Works Progress Administration. Transcriptions of Early County Records of New Jersey: Gloucester County Series Slave Documents. Newark: Historical Records Survey, 1940.
Event Description
The following manumission record from Gloucester County was transcribed by the Historical Records Survey Project of the Works Progress Administration. The transcript was originally published in 1940 in the book titled Transcriptions of Early County Records of New Jersey: Gloucester County Series Slave Documents. The transcript is reproduced below as it appeared in that book.

Note that the name of the person being manumitted was transcribed as "Nences Fisher" in one place and "Nenus Fisher" in another section of the document.

The manumission was performed jointly by Abigail Stokes and John Stokes. Although this document does not clarify the relationship between Abigail and John Stokes, other manumission records indicate that Abigail was the widow of a man named Jacob Stokes, and John Stokes was one of the heirs and co-executors of the estate of Abigail's deceased husband.


GLOUCESTER COUNTY DOCUMENT NUMBER: 36

TRANSCRIPT:

Gloucester County to wit. We do hereby Certify that on this sixth Day of June one thousand Eight hundred and Eleven John Stokes - and Abigail Stokes - of the township of Newton and County of Gloucester Brought before us two of the Overseers of the Poor of said township, and two of the Justices of the peace of said county their Slave, Name Nences Fisher, who on view and examination appears to us to be sound in mind and not under any Bodily Incapacity of Obtaining a support, and also is not under the age of twenty one years; nor above the age of forty years.

In witness whereof we have hereunto set our hands the Day and Year above written.

Isaac Webster )
Joseph Middleton ) Overseers of the Poor

Benjamin Burrough)
Joseph Sloan ) Justices of the Peace

[Verso]

Certificate of the Freedom
of Nenus Fisher
Recorded in the Clerks Office of Gloucester
County Lib A of manumission June 10, 1812

Recorded C. Ogden Clk
Event Type
Manumission
Date
June 6, 1811
Location of Event
Newton (Gloucester & Camden County)
Primary Participants

Nences Fisher
Person identifier: NJS-PER-05406
Role: Manumitted Person
Age category: Adult
Status: Transition
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- John Stokes
- Abigail Stokes
Verbatim description from source:
"their Slave, Name Nences Fisher / Nenus Fisher"
Additional Participants

John Stokes
Person identifier: NJS-PER-05377
Role: Enslaver, Manumitter

Abigail Stokes
Person identifier: NJS-PER-05389
Role: Enslaver, Manumitter

Charles Ogden
Person identifier: NJS-PER-04439
Role: County Clerk

Isaac Webster
Person identifier: NJS-PER-05379
Role: Overseer of the Poor

Joseph Middleton
Person identifier: NJS-PER-05403
Role: Overseer of the Poor

Benjamin Burrough
Person identifier: NJS-PER-05404
Role: Judge
Comment: Justice of the Peace for Gloucester County

Joseph Sloan
Person identifier: NJS-PER-05405
Role: Judge
Comment: Justice of the Peace for Gloucester County
Record Contributor
Kemy Rodriguez
Resource class
Event