New Jersey Slavery Records · 1800, Simon Lot, Manumission

1800, Simon Lot, Manumission

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Title: 1800, Simon Lot, Manumission
Identifier: NJS-EVE-00068
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: Legal: Manumission registration
Action Status: Completed
Date: 10 May 1800
Location: Woodbridge, NJ
Primary Participant: Simon Lot
Primary Participant Description (verbatim): slave named Simon Lot
Sex: Male
Age: Adult; 21 to 40
Freedom Status: Transition
Enslaver of Primary Event Participant: Henry Shotwell
Officiator: Richard Wright; Ezekiel Ayers
Judge: Henry Marsh; Ichabod Potter
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.
Author: William Philips Deare (d. 1826)
Record Contributor: Isaac Guzmán; Jesse Bayker