New Jersey Slavery Records · 1804, Jude, Manumission

1804, Jude, Manumission

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Title: 1804, Jude, Manumission
Identifier: NJS-EVE-00077
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: Legal: Manumission registration
Action Status: Completed
Date: 9 April 1804
Location: Woodbridge, NJ
Primary Participant: Jude
Primary Participant Description (verbatim): slave named Jude
Sex: Female
Age: Adult; 21 to 40
Freedom Status: Transition
Enslaver of Primary Event Participant: Hector Bloomfield
Officiator: Israel Thornal (1745-1819); Lewis Kelly
Judge: Ephraim Harriot; Benajah Mundy
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.
Author: William Philips Deare (d. 1826)
Record Contributor: Isaac Guzmán; Jesse Bayker