1804-04-09 Manumission: Jude

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Identifier
NJS-EVE-00077
Source
Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 50

Manumission of Jude (certificate dated 1804-04-09), recorded in Manumissions and Removals Book, p. 50. Middlesex County (N.J.) Records, 1688-1929, Vol. XI (MC 784.1). Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University Libraries.
Event Description
Jude was manumitted by Hector Bloomfield of Woodbridge, Middlesex County, New Jersey. The certificate of manumission was signed by the Overseers of the Poor of Woodbridge (Israel Thornal, Lewis Kelly) and Justices of the Peace for Middlesex County (Ephraim Harriot, Benajah Mundy) on April 9, 1804. The document stated that Jude 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. Jude's exact age was not recorded in the document. This manumission was recorded by the Middlesex County Clerk (William P. Deare) on April 10, 1804.
Event Type
Manumission
Date
April 9, 1804
Location of Event
Woodbridge
Primary Participants

Jude
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00522
Role: Manumitted Person
Age category: Adult
Status: Transition
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Hector Bloomfield
Verbatim description from source:
"slave named Jude"
Additional Participants

Ephraim Harriot
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00165
Role: Judge

Benajah Mundy
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00102
Role: Judge

Israel Thornal (1745-1819)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00099
Role: Overseer of the Poor

Lewis Kelly
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00100
Role: Overseer of the Poor

William Philips Deare (d. 1826)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00008
Role: County Clerk

Hector Bloomfield
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00098
Role: Enslaver, Manumitter
Record Contributor
Isaac Guzmán
Jesse Bayker
Resource class
Event