1805-11-25 Manumission: Heziah

Research Tips

See the Middlesex County Research Guide for information about related records.
Identifier
NJS-EVE-00100
Source
Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 71
Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 87

Manumission of Heziah (certificate dated 1805-11-25, deed dated 1806-01-01), recorded in Manumissions and Removals Book, p. 71, 87. Middlesex County (N.J.) Records, 1688-1929, Vol. XI (MC 784.1). Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University Libraries.
Event Description
Heziah, aged 23, was manumitted by Philip Brown Jr. of Woodbridge, Middlesex County, New Jersey.

The certificate of manumission for "slave named Hezi" was signed by the Overseers of the Poor of Woodbridge (Lewis Kelly, Francis Everitt) and Justices of the Peace for Middlesex County (Henry Freeman, Ephraim Harriot) on November 25, 1805. The document stated that Hezi 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 March 8, 1808, on p. 70 of the Book of Manumissions and Removals.

Additionally, p. 87 of the Book of Manumissions and Removals contains a copy of the deed of manumission for "Negro woman Heziah, of about the age of twenty three years" signed by Philip Brown on January 1, 1806, and witnessed by Ichabod Potter and Daniel Toms. The deed of manumission was received and recorded in the book by the clerk on September 13, 1809.
Event Type
Manumission
Date
November 25, 1805
Location of Event
Woodbridge
Primary Participants

Heziah (b. 1782)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00545
Role: Manumitted Person
Age: 23
Status: Transition
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Philip Brown Jr.
Verbatim description from source:
"slave named Hezi; Negro woman Heziah, of about the age of twenty three years"
Additional Participants

Henry Freeman
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00136
Role: Judge

Ephraim Harriot
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00165
Role: Judge

Lewis Kelly
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00100
Role: Overseer of the Poor

Francis Everitt
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00049
Role: Overseer of the Poor

Ichabod Potter
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00032
Role: Witness

Daniel Toms
Person identifier: NJS-PER-01731
Role: Witness

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

Philip Brown Jr.
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00135
Role: Enslaver, Manumitter
Record Contributor
Isaac Guzmán
Jesse Bayker
Resource class
Event