1802-04-20 Manumission: Solomon Laing · New Jersey Slavery Records

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Identifier

NJS-EVE-00056

Source

Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 32

Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 40

Manumission of Solomon Laing (certificate dated 1802-04-20, deed dated 1802-04-20), recorded in Manumissions and Removals Book, p. 32, 40. Middlesex County (N.J.) Records, 1688-1929, Vol. XI (MC 784.1). Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University Libraries.

Event Description

Solomon Laing was manumitted by Isaac Laing Jr. 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 Solomon Laing 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. Solomon Laing's exact age was not recorded in the document. The manumission certificate was recorded by the Middlesex County Clerk (William P. Deare) on May 10, 1802. The related deed of manumission signed by Isaac Laing Jr. was later recorded by the County Clerk on January 20, 1803.

Event Type

Manumission

Date

April 20, 1802

Location of Event

Woodbridge

Primary Participants

Solomon Laing
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00451
Role: Manumitted Person
Age category: Adult
Status: Transition
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Isaac Laing Jr.
Verbatim description from source:
"slave named Solomon Laing"

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

Thomas Laing
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00039
Role: Witness

Elijah Phillips
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00056
Role: Witness

Mary Laing
Person identifier: NJS-PER-01785
Role: Witness

William Philips Deare (d. 1826)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00008
Role: County Clerk

Isaac Laing Jr.
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00051
Role: Enslaver, Manumitter

Record Contributor

Isaac Guzmán

Jesse Bayker