New Jersey Slavery Records · 1803, Saul, Manumission

1803, Saul, Manumission

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Title: 1803, Saul, Manumission
Identifier: NJS-EVE-00074
Event Description: Saul was manumitted by Joseph Barron 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 Saul 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. Saul's exact age was not recorded in the document. This manumission was recorded by the Middlesex County Clerk (William P. Deare) on June 14, 1803.
Event Type: Legal: Manumission registration
Action Status: Completed
Date: 11 April 1803
Location: Woodbridge, NJ
Primary Participant: Saul
Primary Participant Description (verbatim): slave named Saul
Sex: Male
Age: Adult; 21 to 40
Freedom Status: Transition
Enslaver of Primary Event Participant: Joseph Barron (1762-1831)
Officiator: Francis Everitt; Ezekiel Ayers
Judge: Phineas Manning; Jeremiah Manning (1736-1803)
Source: Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 47; Manumission of Saul (certificate dated 1803-04-11), recorded in Manumissions and Removals Book, p. 47. 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