1800-05-10 Manumission: Harry Laing

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Identifier
NJS-EVE-00045
Source
Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 13

Manumission of Harry Laing (certificate dated 1800-05-10), recorded in Manumissions and Removals Book, p. 13. Middlesex County (N.J.) Records, 1688-1929, Vol. XI (MC 784.1). Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University Libraries.
Event Description
Harry Laing was manumitted by Thomas Laing of Woodbridge, Middlesex County, New Jersey. The certificate of manumission was signed by the Overseers of the Poor of Woodbridge (Richard Wright, Ezekiel Ayers) and Justices of the Peace for Middlesex County (Henry Marsh, Ichabod Potter) on May 10, 1800. The document stated that Harry Laing was examined in court and met the eligibility requirements for manumission in New Jersey, i.e. the person was 21 to 40 years old and was "sound in mind and not under any bodily incapacity" of obtaining a livelihood. Harry Laing's exact age was not recorded in the document. This manumission was recorded by the Middlesex County Clerk on May 14, 1800.

Dick Laing and Huff Laing were manumitted on the same day by other Laing relatives in what appears to be a group manumission undertaken by the Laing family of Woodbridge.
Event Type
Manumission
Date
May 10, 1800
Location of Event
Woodbridge
Related Event
1800-05-10 Manumission: Huff Laing
1800-05-10 Manumission: Dick Laing
Primary Participants

Harry Laing
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00440
Role: Manumitted Person
Age category: Adult
Status: Transition
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Thomas Laing
Verbatim description from source:
"slave named Harry Laing"
Additional Participants

Henry Marsh
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00038
Role: Judge

Ichabod Potter
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00032
Role: Judge

Richard Wright
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00037
Role: Overseer of the Poor

Ezekiel Ayers
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00028
Role: Overseer of the Poor

Thomas Laing
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00039
Role: Enslaver, Manumitter
Record Contributor
Isaac Guzmán
Jesse Bayker
Resource class
Event