1805-06-01 Manumission: Nelly Stevens

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Identifier
NJS-EVE-00085
Source
Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 59
Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 80

Manumission of Nelly Stevens (certificate dated 1805-06-01, deed dated 1805-06-01), recorded in Manumissions and Removals Book, p. 59, 80. Middlesex County (N.J.) Records, 1688-1929, Vol. XI (MC 784.1). Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University Libraries.
Event Description
Nelly Stevens was manumitted by Daniel Turner 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 June 1, 1805. The document stated that Nelly Stevens 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. Nelly Stevens's exact age was not recorded in the document. This manumission was recorded by the Middlesex County Clerk (William P. Deare) on June 1, 1805, on p. 59 in the Book of Manumissions and Removals.

A deed of manumission signed by Daniel Turner on June 1, 1805, appears separately on p. 80 in the same book. This document indicates that Nelly was "now the wife of John Stevens." It was recorded by the clerk on September 16, 1808.
Event Type
Manumission
Date
June 1, 1805
Location of Event
North Brunswick
Primary Participants

Nelly Stevens
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00530
Role: Manumitted Person
Age category: Adult
Status: Transition
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Daniel Turner
Verbatim description from source:
"female servant and slave called Nelly now the wife of John Stevens"
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

Daniel Turner
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00119
Role: Enslaver, Manumitter
Record Contributor
Isaac Guzmán
Jesse Bayker
Resource class
Event