1808-09-03 Manumission: Phebe

Title

1808-09-03 Manumission: Phebe

Identifier

NJS-EVE-00106

Source

Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 76

Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 77

Manumission of Phebe (certificate dated 1808-09-03, deed dated 1808-09-03), recorded in Manumissions and Removals Book, p. 76-77. Middlesex County (N.J.) Records, 1688-1929, Vol. XI (MC 784.1). Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University Libraries.

Event Description

Phebe, aged 23, was manumitted by Benjamin B. Hopkins of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The manumission was performed in West Windsor (then located in Middlesex County), New Jersey. The certificate of manumission was signed by the Overseers of the Poor of West Windsor (Henry Dye, William Kovenhoven) and Justices of the Peace for Middlesex County (Andrew Rowan, Ralph Sansbury) on September 3, 1808. The document stated that Phebe 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 September 5, 1808.

A man named Henry, aged 30, was manumitted by Hopkins on the same day.

Event Type

Legal: Manumission registration

Date

3 September 1808

Location of Event

West Windsor

Related Event

1808-09-03 Manumission: Henry

Primary Participant

Phebe (b. 1785)

Enslaver

Benjamin B. Hopkins

Additional Participant

Andrew Rowan

Ralph Sansbury

Henry Dye

William Kovenhoven

William Philips Deare (d. 1826)

Participant Details

DETAILS FOR PRIMARY PARTICIPANTS:

*** Phebe (b. 1785) ***
Role: Emancipated Person
Age: 23
Status: Transition
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Benjamin B. Hopkins
Verbatim description from source:
"negro woman named Phebe, a slave"

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DETAILS FOR OTHER PARTICIPANTS:

Andrew Rowan
Role: Judge

Ralph Sansbury
Role: Judge

Henry Dye
Role: Government Official

William Kovenhoven
Role: Government Official

William Philips Deare (d. 1826)
Role: County Clerk

Benjamin B. Hopkins
Role: Enslaver - Manumitter

Research Guide

Research Guide: Middlesex County Slavery Records

Record Contributor

Isaac Guzmán

Jesse Bayker