1802-10-13 Manumission: Jack Fisher

Title

1802-10-13 Manumission: Jack Fisher

Identifier

NJS-EVE-00065

Source

Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 41

Manumission of Jack 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

Jack 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 Jack 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. Jack 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 woman named Martha Fisher.

Event Type

Legal: Manumission registration

Date

13 October 1802

Location of Event

Woodbridge

Related Event

1802-10-13 Manumission: Martha Fisher

Primary Participant

Jack Fisher

Enslaver

Isaac Freeman

Additional Participant

Henry Marsh

Ichabod Potter

Ezekiel Ayers

Francis Everitt

William Philips Deare (d. 1826)

Participant Details

DETAILS FOR PRIMARY PARTICIPANTS:

*** Jack Fisher ***
Role: Emancipated Person
Age category: Adult
Status: Transition
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Isaac Freeman

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DETAILS FOR OTHER PARTICIPANTS:

Henry Marsh
Role: Judge

Ichabod Potter
Role: Judge

Ezekiel Ayers
Role: Government Official

Francis Everitt
Role: Government Official

William Philips Deare (d. 1826)
Role: County Clerk

Isaac Freeman
Role: Enslaver - Manumitter

Research Guide

Research Guide: Middlesex County Slavery Records

Record Contributor

Isaac Guzmán

Jesse Bayker