1808-08-08 Manumission: Abigail

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Identifier
NJS-EVE-00108
Source
Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 79
Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 78

Manumission of Abigail (certificate dated 1808-08-08, deed dated 1808-08-08), recorded in Manumissions and Removals Book, p. 78-79. Middlesex County (N.J.) Records, 1688-1929, Vol. XI (MC 784.1). Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University Libraries.
Event Description
Abigail was manumitted by Ephraim Pyatt of Piscataway, Middlesex County, New Jersey. The certificate of manumission was signed by the Overseers of the Poor of Piscataway (Edward Griffith, Ephraim Runyon) and Justices of the Peace for Middlesex County (Samuel Fitz Randolph (1741-1811), John F. Randolph) on August 8, 1808. The document stated that Abigail 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. Abigail's exact age was not recorded in the document. This manumission was recorded by the Middlesex County Clerk (William P. Deare) on September 16, 1808.
Event Type
Manumission
Date
August 8, 1808
Location of Event
Piscataway
Primary Participants

Abigail
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00553
Role: Manumitted Person
Age category: Adult
Status: Transition
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Ephraim Pyatt (d. ca. 1816)
Verbatim description from source:
"negro woman; slave named Abigail"
Additional Participants

Samuel Fitz Randolph (1741-1811)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00030
Role: Judge

John Fitz Randolph
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00133
Role: Judge

Edward Griffith
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00025
Role: Overseer of the Poor

Ephraim Runyon
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00141
Role: Overseer of the Poor

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

Ephraim Pyatt (d. ca. 1816)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00148
Role: Enslaver, Manumitter
Record Contributor
Isaac Guzmán
Jesse Bayker
Resource class
Event