1805-04-08 Manumission: Sarach

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Identifier
NJS-EVE-00089
Source
Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 62

Manumission of Sarach (certificate dated 1805-04-08), recorded in Manumissions and Removals Book, p. 62. Middlesex County (N.J.) Records, 1688-1929, Vol. XI (MC 784.1). Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University Libraries.
Event Description
Sarach was manumitted by Ann Duncan of South Brunswick, Middlesex County, New Jersey. The certificate of manumission was signed by the Overseers of the Poor of South Brunswick (Andrew McDowell, Thomas Wetherill) and Justices of the Peace for Middlesex County (Nathaniel Hunt, John Bastedo) on April 8, 1805. The document stated that Sarach was examined in court and met the eligibility requirements for manumission in New Jersey, i.e. the person was aged between 21 and 40 and was "sound in mind and not under any bodily incapacity" of obtaining a livelihood. Sarach's exact age was not recorded in the document. This manumission was recorded by the Middlesex County Clerk (William P. Deare) on April 20, 1806.
Event Type
Manumission
Date
April 8, 1805
Location of Event
South Brunswick
Primary Participants

Sarach
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00534
Role: Manumitted Person
Age category: Adult
Status: Transition
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Ann Duncan
Additional Participants

Nathaniel Hunt
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00107
Role: Judge

John Bastedo
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00108
Role: Judge

Andrew McDowell (1757-1834)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00093
Role: Overseer of the Poor

Thomas Wetherill
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00167
Role: Overseer of the Poor

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

Ann Duncan
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00124
Role: Enslaver, Manumitter
Record Contributor
Isaac Guzmán
Jesse Bayker
Resource class
Event