1808-09-03 Manumission: Henry

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Identifier
NJS-EVE-00107
Source
Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 76
Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 77
Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 78

Manumission of Henry (certificate dated 1808-09-03, deed dated 1808-09-03), recorded in Manumissions and Removals Book, p. 76-78. Middlesex County (N.J.) Records, 1688-1929, Vol. XI (MC 784.1). Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University Libraries.
Event Description
Henry, aged 30, 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 Henry 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 woman named Phebe, aged 23, was manumitted by Hopkins on the same day.
Event Type
Manumission
Date
September 3, 1808
Location of Event
West Windsor
Related Event
1808-09-03 Manumission: Phebe
Primary Participants

Henry (b. 1778)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00552
Role: Manumitted Person
Age: 30
Status: Transition
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Benjamin B. Hopkins
Verbatim description from source:
"negro man called Henry, a slave"
Additional Participants

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

Ralph Sansbury
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00066
Role: Judge

Henry Dye
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00104
Role: Overseer of the Poor

William Kovenhoven
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00145
Role: Overseer of the Poor

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

Benjamin B. Hopkins
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00144
Role: Enslaver, Manumitter
Record Contributor
Isaac Guzmán
Jesse Bayker
Resource class
Event