1798-03-10 Manumission: Jenne

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Identifier
NJS-EVE-00071
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.
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
Manumission
Date
March 10, 1798
Location of Event
Woodbridge
Primary Participants

Jenne
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00516
Role: Manumitted Person
Age category: Adult
Status: Transition
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Joseph Freeman Jr.
Verbatim description from source:
"slave named Jenne"
Additional Participants

Henry Marsh
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00038
Role: Judge

Ichabod Potter
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00032
Role: Judge

Matthew Freeman
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00082
Role: Overseer of the Poor

John Conway
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00083
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