1803-04-11 Manumission: John Wycoof

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Identifier
NJS-EVE-00070
Source
Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 44

Manumission of John Wycoof (certificate dated 1803-04-11), recorded in Manumissions and Removals Book, p. 44. Middlesex County (N.J.) Records, 1688-1929, Vol. XI (MC 784.1). Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University Libraries.
Event Description
John Wycoof 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 (Ezekiel Ayers, Francis Everitt) and Justices of the Peace for Middlesex County (Jeremiah Manning, Henry Marsh) on April 11, 1803. The document stated that John Wycoof 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. John Wycoof's exact age was not recorded in the document. This manumission was recorded by the Middlesex County Clerk (William P. Deare) on April 15, 1803.
Event Type
Manumission
Date
April 11, 1803
Location of Event
Woodbridge
Primary Participants

John Wycoof
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00515
Role: Manumitted Person
Age category: Adult
Status: Transition
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Henry Shotwell
Verbatim description from source:
"slave namde John Wycoof"
Additional Participants

Jeremiah Manning (1736-1803)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00031
Role: Judge

Henry Marsh
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00038
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

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