1803-04-11 Manumission: Peter

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Identifier
NJS-EVE-00072
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.
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
Manumission
Date
April 11, 1803
Location of Event
Woodbridge
Primary Participants

Peter
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00517
Role: Manumitted Person
Age category: Adult
Status: Transition
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Joseph Freeman Jr.
Verbatim description from source:
"slave named Peter"
Additional Participants

Phineas Manning
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00085
Role: Judge

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

Francis Everitt
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00049
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

Joseph Freeman Jr.
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00081
Role: Enslaver, Manumitter
Record Contributor
Isaac Guzmán
Jesse Bayker
Resource class
Event