1806-05-19 Manumission: Dinah

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Identifier
NJS-EVE-00091
Source
Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 63

Manumission of Dinah (certificate dated 1806-05-19, deed dated 1806-05-19), recorded in Manumissions and Removals Book, p. 63. Middlesex County (N.J.) Records, 1688-1929, Vol. XI (MC 784.1). Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University Libraries.
Event Description
Dinah, aged 30, was manumitted by John Manley 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 (Thomas Hill, Thomas Hance) on May 19, 1806. The document stated that Dinah 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. This manumission was recorded by the Middlesex County Clerk (William P. Deare) on May 19, 1806.
Event Type
Manumission
Date
May 19, 1806
Location of Event
North Brunswick
Primary Participants

Dinah (b. 1776)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00536
Role: Manumitted Person
Age: 30
Status: Transition
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- John Manley
Verbatim description from source:
"female negro slave named Dinah aged about thirty years"
Additional Participants

Thomas Hill
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00123
Role: Judge

Thomas Hance
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00227
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

John Manley
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00126
Role: Enslaver, Manumitter
Record Contributor
Isaac Guzmán
Jesse Bayker
Resource class
Event