1801-06-13 Manumission: Dianna Lewe

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Identifier
NJS-EVE-00049
Source
Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 25

Manumission of Dianna Lewee (certificate dated 1801-06-13), recorded in Manumissions and Removals Book, p. 25. Middlesex County (N.J.) Records, 1688-1929, Vol. XI (MC 784.1). Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University Libraries.
Event Description
Dianna was manumitted by Jeremiah Manning of Woodbridge, Middlesex County, New Jersey.
Her name was recorded in the manumission document as "Dianna Manning or rather Luwee" as well as "Lewee." Her certificate of manumission was signed by the Overseers of the Poor of Woodbridge (George Harrison, Ezekiel Ayers) and Justices of the Peace for Middlesex County (James Bonney, Ichabod Potter) on June 13, 1801. The document stated that Dianna 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. Dianna's exact age was not recorded in the document. This manumission was recorded by the Middlesex County Clerk (William P. Deare) on July 18, 1801, on page 25 of his Book of Manumissions.

Additionally, the circumstances surrounding Dianna's manumission are mentioned on page 323 of the same book, in the 1820 certificate related to the manumission of Peter Lewe. See Peter's manumission event for details.
Event Type
Manumission
Date
June 13, 1801
Location of Event
Woodbridge
Related Event
1820-01-25 Manumission: Peter Lewe
Primary Participants

Dianna Lewe {or Manning}
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00444
Role: Manumitted Person
Age category: Adult
Status: Transition
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Jeremiah Manning (1736-1803)
Verbatim description from source:
"slave Dianna Manning or rather Luwee"
Additional Participants

James Bonney
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00046
Role: Judge

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

George Harrison
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00027
Role: Overseer of the Poor

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

William Philips Deare (d. 1826)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00008
Role: County Clerk

Jeremiah Manning (1736-1803)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00031
Role: Enslaver, Manumitter
Record Contributor
Isaac Guzmán
Jesse Bayker
Resource class
Event