1804-04-20 Manumission: Clarabela

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Identifier
NJS-EVE-00078
Source
Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 51

Manumission of Clarabela (certificate dated 1804-04-20), recorded in Manumissions and Removals Book, p. 51. Middlesex County (N.J.) Records, 1688-1929, Vol. XI (MC 784.1). Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University Libraries.
Event Description
Clarabela was manumitted by Josiah Skilton of West Windsor, Middlesex County, New Jersey. The certificate of manumission was signed by the Overseers of the Poor of West Windsor (Henry Dye, J Harrison) and Justices of the Peace for Middlesex County (Daniel Agnew, William Holmes) on April 20, 1804. The document stated that Clarabela 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. Clarabela's exact age was not recorded in the document. This manumission was recorded by the Middlesex County Clerk (William P. Deare) on April 23, 1804.

West Windsor was part of Middlesex County at this time, but it would later become part of Mercer County in 1838.
Event Type
Manumission
Date
April 20, 1804
Location of Event
West Windsor
Primary Participants

Clarabela
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00523
Role: Manumitted Person
Age category: Adult
Status: Transition
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Josiah Skilton
Verbatim description from source:
"slave named Clarabela"
Additional Participants

Daniel Agnew
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00044
Role: Judge

William Holmes
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00105
Role: Judge

Henry Dye
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00104
Role: Overseer of the Poor

J. Harrison
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00496
Role: Overseer of the Poor

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

Josiah Skilton
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00103
Role: Enslaver, Manumitter
Record Contributor
Isaac Guzmán
Jesse Bayker
Resource class
Event