1798-03-10 Manumission: Jenne

Title

1798-03-10 Manumission: Jenne

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

Legal: Manumission registration

Date

10 March 1798

Location of Event

Woodbridge

Primary Participant

Jenne

Enslaver

Joseph Freeman Jr.

Additional Participant

Henry Marsh

Ichabod Potter

Matthew Freeman

John Conway

William Philips Deare (d. 1826)

Participant Details

DETAILS FOR PRIMARY PARTICIPANTS:

*** Jenne ***
Role: Emancipated Person
Age category: Adult
Status: Transition
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Joseph Freeman Jr.
Verbatim description from source:
"slave named Jenne"

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DETAILS FOR OTHER PARTICIPANTS:

Henry Marsh
Role: Judge

Ichabod Potter
Role: Judge

Matthew Freeman
Role: Government Official

John Conway
Role: Government Official

William Philips Deare (d. 1826)
Role: County Clerk

Joseph Freeman Jr.
Role: Enslaver - Manumitter

Research Guide

Research Guide: Middlesex County Slavery Records

Record Contributor

Isaac Guzmán

Jesse Bayker