Title

1801, James, Manumission

Identifier

NJS-EVE-00050

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

Legal: Manumission registration

Action Status

Completed

Date

19 November 1801

Location

Woodbridge, NJ

Primary Participant

James

Primary Participant Description (verbatim)

negro man named James being a slave

Sex

Male

Age

Adult

21 to 40

Freedom Status

Transition

Enslaver of Primary Event Participant

John Marsh

Officiator

George Harrison

Ezekiel Ayers

Judge

James Bonney

Henry Marsh

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.

Author

William Philips Deare (d. 1826)

Record Contributor

Isaac Guzmán

Jesse Bayker