1804-05-02 Manumission: Peter

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Identifier
NJS-EVE-00081
Source
Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 54

Manumission of Peter (certificate dated 1804-05-02), recorded in Manumissions and Removals Book, p. 54. Middlesex County (N.J.) Records, 1688-1929, Vol. XI (MC 784.1). Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University Libraries.
Event Description
Peter was manumitted by Edward Van Harlingen 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 May 2, 1804. The document stated that Peter 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. Peter's exact age was not recorded in the document. This manumission was recorded by the Middlesex County Clerk (William P. Deare) on July 21, 1804.
Event Type
Manumission
Date
May 2, 1804
Location of Event
North Brunswick
Primary Participants

Peter
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00526
Role: Manumitted Person
Age category: Adult
Status: Transition
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Edward Van Harlingen (1738-1805)
Verbatim description from source:
"man slave named Peter"
Additional Participants

Abraham Schuyler
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00055
Role: Judge

Elijah Phillips
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00056
Role: Judge

John Van Nuis
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00054
Role: Overseer of the Poor

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

Edward Van Harlingen (1738-1805)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00111
Role: Enslaver, Manumitter
Record Contributor
Isaac Guzmán
Jesse Bayker
Resource class
Event