1807-04-17 Manumission: Hester Richison

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Identifier
NJS-EVE-00094
Source
Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 66

Manumission of Hester Richison (certificate dated 1807-04-17, deed dated 1807-04-17), recorded in Manumissions and Removals Book, p. 66. Middlesex County (N.J.) Records, 1688-1929, Vol. XI (MC 784.1). Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University Libraries.
Event Description
Hester Richison, aged 38, was manumitted by Sarah Appleget of East Windsor, Middlesex County, New Jersey. The certificate of manumission was signed by the Overseer of the Poor of East Windsor (Jonathan Brown) and Justices of the Peace for Middlesex County (Andrew Rowan, John James) on April 17, 1807. The document stated that Hester Richison 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 13, 1807.

East Windsor was part of Middlesex County at this time, but it would later become part of Mercer County in 1838.
Event Type
Manumission
Date
April 17, 1807
Location of Event
East Windsor
Primary Participants

Hester Richison (b. 1769)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00539
Role: Manumitted Person
Age: 38
Status: Transition
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Sarah Higby Applegate (1767-1835)
Verbatim description from source:
"negro slave called Hester Richison of the age of thirty eight years or thereabout"
Additional Participants

Andrew Rowan
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00118
Role: Judge

John James
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00128
Role: Judge

Jonathan Brown
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00060
Role: Overseer of the Poor

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

Sarah Higby Applegate (1767-1835)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00130
Role: Enslaver, Manumitter
Record Contributor
Isaac Guzmán
Jesse Bayker
Resource class
Event