1807-05-11 Manumission: Rachel

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Identifier
NJS-EVE-00095
Source
Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 67

Manumission of Rachel (certificate dated 1807-05-11, deed dated 1807-06-13), recorded in Manumissions and Removals Book, p. 67. Middlesex County (N.J.) Records, 1688-1929, Vol. XI (MC 784.1). Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University Libraries.
Event Description
Rachel, aged 37, was manumitted by Matthew Freeman of Woodbridge, Middlesex County, New Jersey. The certificate of manumission was signed by the Overseers of the Poor of Woodbridge (Ezekiel Ayers, William Flatt Jr.) and Justices of the Peace for Middlesex County (Benajah Mundy, David Turvey) on May 11, 1807. The document stated that Rachel 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 June 12, 1807.
Event Type
Manumission
Date
May 11, 1807
Location of Event
Woodbridge
Primary Participants

Rachel (b. 1770)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00540
Role: Manumitted Person
Age: 37
Status: Transition
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Matthew Freeman
Verbatim description from source:
"negro slave called and known by the name of Rachel aged about thirty seven years"
Additional Participants

Benajah Mundy
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00102
Role: Judge

David Turvey
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00192
Role: Judge

Ezekiel Ayers
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00028
Role: Overseer of the Poor

William Flatt Jr.
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00131
Role: Overseer of the Poor

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

Matthew Freeman
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00082
Role: Enslaver, Manumitter
Record Contributor
Isaac Guzmán
Jesse Bayker
Resource class
Event