1809-04-17 Manumission: Frank Suydam

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Identifier
NJS-EVE-00113
Source
Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 86

Manumission of Frank Suydam (certificate dated 1809-04-17), recorded in Manumissions and Removals Book, p. 86. Middlesex County (N.J.) Records, 1688-1929, Vol. XI (MC 784.1). Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University Libraries.
Event Description
Frank Suydam was manumitted by John Griffin 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), George Boice) on April 17, 1809. The document stated that Frank Suydam 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. Frank Suydam's exact age was not recorded in the document. This manumission was recorded by the Middlesex County Clerk (William P. Deare) on May 13, 1809.
Event Type
Manumission
Date
April 17, 1809
Location of Event
Piscataway
Primary Participants

Frank Suydam
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00558
Role: Manumitted Person
Age category: Adult
Status: Transition
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- John Griffin
Additional Participants

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

George Boice
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00199
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

John Griffin
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00152
Role: Enslaver, Manumitter
Record Contributor
Isaac Guzmán
Jesse Bayker
Resource class
Event