1804-07-02 Manumission: Lenah
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- Identifier
- NJS-EVE-00080
- Source
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Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 53
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Manumission of Lenah (certificate dated 1804-07-02), recorded in Manumissions and Removals Book, p. 53. Middlesex County (N.J.) Records, 1688-1929, Vol. XI (MC 784.1). Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University Libraries.
- Event Description
- Lenah was manumitted by William Patterson of North Brunswick, Middlesex County, New Jersey. The certificate of manumission was signed by the Overseer of the Poor of North Brunswick (John Van Nuis) and Justices of the Peace for Middlesex County (Abraham Schuyler, Elijah Phillips) on July 2, 1804. The document stated that Lenah 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. Lenah's exact age was not recorded in the document. This manumission was recorded by the Middlesex County Clerk on July 3, 1804.
- Event Type
- Manumission
- Date
- July 2, 1804
- Location of Event
- North Brunswick
- Primary Participants
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Lenah
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00525
Role: Manumitted Person
Age category: Adult
Status: Transition
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- William Patterson
Verbatim description from source:
"negro woman slave named Lenah" - Additional Participants
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Abraham Schuyler
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00055
Role: JudgeElijah Phillips
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00056
Role: JudgeJohn Van Nuis
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00054
Role: Overseer of the PoorWilliam Philips Deare (d. 1826)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00008
Role: County ClerkWilliam Patterson
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00110
Role: Enslaver, Manumitter - Record Contributor
- Isaac Guzmán
- Jesse Bayker