1808-09-03 Manumission: Tom

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Identifier
NJS-EVE-00110
Source
Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 82
Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 83

Manumission of Tom (certificate dated 1808-09-03, deed dated 1808-09-03), recorded in Manumissions and Removals Book, p. 82-83. Middlesex County (N.J.) Records, 1688-1929, Vol. XI (MC 784.1). Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University Libraries.
Event Description
Tom, aged 34, was manumitted by Ralph Sansbury 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 (Andrew Rowan, Daniel Atchley) on September 3, 1808. The document stated that Tom 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 13, 1809.
Event Type
Manumission
Date
September 3, 1808
Location of Event
West Windsor
Primary Participants

Tom (b. 1774)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00555
Role: Manumitted Person
Age: 34
Status: Transition
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Ralph Sansbury
Verbatim description from source:
"negro man"
Additional Participants

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

Daniel Atchley
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00150
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

Ralph Sansbury
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00066
Role: Enslaver, Manumitter
Record Contributor
Isaac Guzmán
Jesse Bayker
Resource class
Event