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1801, Margaret, Manumission

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Title: 1801, Margaret, Manumission
Identifier: NJS-EVE-00054
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: Legal: Manumission registration
Action Status: Completed
Date: 28 December 1801
Location: Woodbridge, NJ
Related Event: 1801, Tone, Manumission; 1801, Dick, Manumission; 1801, Joseph, Manumission
Primary Participant: Margaret
Primary Participant Description (verbatim): slave named Margaret
Sex: Female
Age: Adult; 21 to 40
Freedom Status: Transition
Enslaver of Primary Event Participant: Jacob Fitz Randolph
Officiator: Ezekiel Ayers; George Harrison
Judge: Henry Marsh; James Bonney
Source: Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 30; Manumission of Margaret (certificate dated 1801-12-28), recorded in Manumissions and Removals Book, p. 30. 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

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