1800-05-10 Manumission: Simon Lot

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Identifier
NJS-EVE-00068
Source
Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 43

Manumission of Simon Lot (certificate dated 1800-05-10), recorded in Manumissions and Removals Book, p. 43. Middlesex County (N.J.) Records, 1688-1929, Vol. XI (MC 784.1). Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University Libraries.
Event Description
Simon Lot was manumitted by Henry Shotwell of Woodbridge, Middlesex County, New Jersey. The certificate of manumission was signed by the Overseers of the Poor of Woodbridge (Richard Wright, Ezekiel Ayers) and Justices of the Peace for Middlesex County (Henry Marsh, Ichabod Potter) on May 10, 1800. The document stated that Simon Lot 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. Simon Lot's exact age was not recorded in the document. This manumission was recorded by the Middlesex County Clerk (William P. Deare) on February 22, 1803.
Event Type
Manumission
Date
May 10, 1800
Location of Event
Woodbridge
Primary Participants

Simon Lot
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00513
Role: Manumitted Person
Age category: Adult
Status: Transition
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Henry Shotwell
Verbatim description from source:
"slave named Simon Lot"
Additional Participants

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

Ichabod Potter
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00032
Role: Judge

Richard Wright
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00037
Role: Overseer of the Poor

Ezekiel Ayers
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00028
Role: Overseer of the Poor

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

Henry Shotwell
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00074
Role: Enslaver, Manumitter
Record Contributor
Isaac Guzmán
Jesse Bayker
Resource class
Event