1802-04-20 Manumission: Frank

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Identifier
NJS-EVE-00051
Source
Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 27

Manumission of Frank (certificate dated 1802-04-20), recorded in Manumissions and Removals Book, p. 27. Middlesex County (N.J.) Records, 1688-1929, Vol. XI (MC 784.1). Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University Libraries.
Event Description
Frank was manumitted by Solomon Marsh of Woodbridge, Middlesex County, New Jersey. The certificate of manumission was signed by the Overseers of the Poor of Woodbridge (Ezekiel Ayers, Francis Everitt) and Justices of the Peace for Middlesex County (Henry Marsh, James Bonney) on April 20, 1802. The document stated that Frank 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. Frank's exact age was not recorded in the document. This manumission was recorded by the Middlesex County Clerk on May 10, 1802.
Event Type
Manumission
Date
April 20, 1802
Location of Event
Woodbridge
Primary Participants

Frank
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00446
Role: Manumitted Person
Age category: Adult
Status: Transition
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Solomon Marsh
Verbatim description from source:
"slave named Frank"
Additional Participants

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

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

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

Francis Everitt
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00049
Role: Overseer of the Poor

Solomon Marsh
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00048
Role: Enslaver, Manumitter
Record Contributor
Isaac Guzmán
Jesse Bayker
Resource class
Event