Title

1803, Peter, Manumission

Identifier

NJS-EVE-00072

Event Description

Peter was manumitted by Joseph Freeman of Woodbridge, Middlesex County, New Jersey. The certificate of manumission was signed by the Overseers of the Poor of Woodbridge (Francis Everitt, Ezekiel Ayers) and Justices of the Peace for Middlesex County (Phineas Manning, Jeremiah Manning) on April 11, 1803. The document stated that Peter 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. Peter's exact age was not recorded in the document. This manumission was recorded by the Middlesex County Clerk (William P. Deare) on May 9, 1803.

Event Type

Legal: Manumission registration

Action Status

Completed

Date

11 April 1803

Location

Woodbridge, NJ

Primary Participant

Peter

Primary Participant Description (verbatim)

slave named Peter

Sex

Male

Age

Adult

21 to 40

Freedom Status

Transition

Enslaver of Primary Event Participant

Joseph Freeman Jr.

Officiator

Francis Everitt

Ezekiel Ayers

Judge

Phineas Manning

Jeremiah Manning (1736-1803)

Source

Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 45

Manumission of Peter (certificate dated 1803-04-11), recorded in Manumissions and Removals Book, p. 45. 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