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1802, Martha Fisher, Manumission

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Title: 1802, Martha Fisher, Manumission
Identifier: NJS-EVE-00064
Event Description: Martha Fisher was manumitted by Isaac Freeman 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, Ichabod Potter) on October 13, 1802. The document stated that Martha Fisher 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. Martha Fisher's exact age was not recorded in the document. This manumission was recorded by the Middlesex County Clerk (William P. Deare) on February 18, 1803.

At the same time, Isaac Freeman also manumitted a man named Jack Fisher.
Event Type: Legal: Manumission registration
Action Status: Completed
Date: 13 October 1802
Location: Woodbridge, NJ
Related Event: 1802, Jack Fisher, Manumission
Primary Participant: Martha Fisher
Primary Participant Description (verbatim): slave named Martha Fisher
Sex: Female
Age: Adult; 21 to 40
Freedom Status: Transition
Enslaver of Primary Event Participant: Isaac Freeman
Officiator: Ezekiel Ayers; Francis Everitt
Judge: Henry Marsh; Ichabod Potter
Source: Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 41; Manumission of Martha Fisher (certificate dated 1802-10-13), recorded in Manumissions and Removals Book, p. 41. Middlesex County (N.J.) Records, 1688-1929, Vol. XI (MC 784.1). Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University Libraries.
Author: William Philips Deare (d. 1826)
Record Contributor: Isaac Guzmán; Jesse Bayker

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