1801-12-28 Manumission: Dick

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Identifier
NJS-EVE-00052
Source
Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 28

Manumission of Dick (certificate dated 1801-12-28), recorded in Manumissions and Removals Book, p. 28. Middlesex County (N.J.) Records, 1688-1929, Vol. XI (MC 784.1). Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University Libraries.
Event Description
Four enslaved people named Dick, Joseph, Margaret, and Tone, all aged 21 to 40, were manumitted by Jacob F. Randolph of Woodbridge, Middlesex County, New Jersey, on December 28, 1801. Each certificate of manumission was signed by the Overseers of the Poor of Woodbridge (Ezekiel Ayers, George Harrison) and Justices of the Peace for Middlesex County (Henry Marsh, James Bonney). The documents stated that the enslaved persons were examined in court and met the eligibility requirements for manumission in New Jersey, i.e. each person was 21 to 40 years old and was "sound in mind and not under any bodily incapacity" of obtaining a livelihood. These four manumissions were recorded by the Middlesex County Clerk on May 10, 1802.
Event Type
Manumission
Date
December 28, 1801
Location of Event
Woodbridge
Related Event
1801-12-28 Manumission: Joseph
1801-12-28 Manumission: Margaret
1801-12-28 Manumission: Tone
Primary Participants

Dick
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00447
Role: Manumitted Person
Age category: Adult
Status: Transition
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Jacob Fitz Randolph
Verbatim description from source:
"slave named Dick"
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

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

Jacob Fitz Randolph
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00050
Role: Enslaver, Manumitter
Record Contributor
Isaac Guzmán
Jesse Bayker
Resource class
Event