New Jersey Slavery Records · 1802, Frank, Manumission

1802, Frank, Manumission

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Title: 1802, Frank, Manumission
Identifier: NJS-EVE-00051
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: Legal: Manumission registration
Action Status: Completed
Date: 20 April 1802
Location: Woodbridge, NJ
Primary Participant: Frank
Primary Participant Description (verbatim): slave named Frank
Sex: Male
Age: Adult; 21 to 40
Freedom Status: Transition
Enslaver of Primary Event Participant: Solomon Marsh
Officiator: Ezekiel Ayers; Francis Everitt
Judge: Henry Marsh; James Bonney
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.
Record Contributor: Isaac Guzmán; Jesse Bayker