1802-10-13 Manumission: Martha Fisher

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Identifier
NJS-EVE-00064
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.
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
Manumission
Date
October 13, 1802
Location of Event
Woodbridge
Related Event
1802-10-13 Manumission: Jack Fisher
Primary Participants

Martha Fisher
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00509
Role: Manumitted Person
Age category: Adult
Status: Transition
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Isaac Freeman
Verbatim description from source:
"slave named Martha Fisher"
Additional Participants

Henry Marsh
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00038
Role: Judge

Ichabod Potter
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00032
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

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

Isaac Freeman
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00069
Role: Enslaver, Manumitter
Record Contributor
Isaac Guzmán
Jesse Bayker
Resource class
Event