New Jersey Slavery Records · 1798, Jenne, Manumission

1798, Jenne, Manumission

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Title: 1798, Jenne, Manumission
Identifier: NJS-EVE-00071
Event Description: Jenne, aged 21 to 35, 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 (Matthew Freeman, John Conway) and Justices of the Peace for Middlesex County (Henry Marsh, Ichabod Potter) on March 10, 1798. The document stated that Jenne was examined in court and met the eligibility requirements for manumission in New Jersey, i.e. the person was aged between 21 and 35 years old and was "sound in mind and not under any bodily incapacity" of obtaining a livelihood. 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: 10 March 1798
Location: Woodbridge, NJ
Primary Participant: Jenne
Primary Participant Description (verbatim): slave named Jenne
Sex: Female
Age: Adult; 21 to 35
Freedom Status: Transition
Enslaver of Primary Event Participant: Joseph Freeman Jr.
Officiator: Matthew Freeman; John Conway
Judge: Henry Marsh; Ichabod Potter
Source: Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 45; Manumission of Jenne (certificate dated 1798-03-10), 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