John Van Nuis
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This white person has 14 related events in the database, listed at the bottom of this page.
- Record Title
- John Van Nuis
- Identifier
- NJS-PER-00054
- Given Name
- John
- Family Name
- Van Nuis
- Alternate Name
- John Van Nuys
- John Van Neus
- Sex
- Male
- Occupation
- Government
- Biographical Description
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John Van Nuis was an enslaver who resided in North Brunswick, Middlesex County, New Jersey. His family name is spelled variously as Van Nuys, Van Nuis, and Van Neus in the historical records.
He served as the Overseer of the Poor of North Brunswick in the early 19th century. In this official capacity, he issued manumission certificates for residents of North Brunswick whose enslavers agreed to set them free. - Keywords
- white person
- enslaver
- government official
- Place of Significance
- North Brunswick
- Related Person
- Arietta Smock (d. 1814)
- Record Contributor
- Jesse Bayker
- Linked Sources
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Author:
- Overseer of the Poor of North Brunswick seeks to bind out 8 abandoned Black children, by John Van Nuis (Overseer of the Poor of North Brunswick seeks to bind out 8 abandoned Black children, by John Van Nuis, Trenton Federalist, May 22, 1809, p. 3.)
- Linked Events
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Additional Participant in:
- 1802-07-03 Manumission: Sarah (Role: Government Official)
- 1803-12-21 Manumission: Robert Campton (Role: Government Official)
- 1804-05-02 Manumission: Peter (Role: Government Official)
- 1804-07-02 Manumission: Lenah (Role: Government Official)
- 1804-12-12 Birth: Aaron (Role: Enslaver)
- 1805-06-01 Manumission: Nelly Stevens (Role: Government Official)
- 1806-03-08 Manumission: Elizabeth (Role: Government Official)
- 1806-03-08 Manumission: Sarah (Role: Government Official)
- 1806-05-19 Manumission: Dinah (Role: Government Official)
- 1809-04-29 Manumission: Abraham Glasgow (Role: Government Official)
- 1809-05-13 Abandonment: 8 Black children, including Aaron, Oliver, Sarah, Jude (Role: Enslaver, Government Official)
- 1811-06-12 Manumission: Cuff (Role: Government Official)
- 1811-09-07 Manumission: Jack (Role: Government Official)
- 1814-09-16 Manumission: Betty (Role: Executor or Administrator)
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