1801-11-19 Manumission: James

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Identifier
NJS-EVE-00050
Source
Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 26

Manumission of James (certificate dated 1801-11-19), recorded in Manumissions and Removals Book, p. 26. Middlesex County (N.J.) Records, 1688-1929, Vol. XI (MC 784.1). Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University Libraries.
Event Description
James was manumitted by John Marsh of Woodbridge, Middlesex County, New Jersey. The 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, Henry Marsh) on November 19, 1801. The document stated that James 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. James's exact age was not recorded in the document. This manumission was recorded by the Middlesex County Clerk (William P. Deare) on November 23, 1801.
Event Type
Manumission
Date
November 19, 1801
Location of Event
Woodbridge
Primary Participants

James
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00445
Role: Manumitted Person
Age category: Adult
Status: Transition
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- John Marsh
Verbatim description from source:
"negro man named James being a slave"
Additional Participants

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

Henry Marsh
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00038
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

John Marsh
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00047
Role: Enslaver, Manumitter
Record Contributor
Isaac Guzmán
Jesse Bayker
Resource class
Event