1809-02-18 Manumission: Will

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Identifier
NJS-EVE-00109
Source
Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 80
Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 81

Manumission of Will (certificate dated 1809-02-18, deed dated 1809-02-18), recorded in Manumissions and Removals Book, p. 80-81. Middlesex County (N.J.) Records, 1688-1929, Vol. XI (MC 784.1). Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University Libraries.
Event Description
Will, aged 37, was manumitted by Ruliff Kovenhoven of West Windsor, 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 (Daniel Atchley, Ralph Sansbury) on February 18, 1809. The document stated that Will 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 February 27, 1809.
Event Type
Manumission
Date
February 18, 1809
Location of Event
West Windsor
Primary Participants

Will (b. 1772)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00554
Role: Manumitted Person
Age: 37
Status: Transition
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Ruliff Kovenhoven
Verbatim description from source:
"slave named Will;negro man Will"
Additional Participants

Daniel Atchley
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00150
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

Asa Runyon
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00034
Role: Witness

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

Ruliff Kovenhoven
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00149
Role: Enslaver, Manumitter
Record Contributor
Isaac Guzmán
Jesse Bayker
Resource class
Event