1809-09-09 Manumission: Jane
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- Identifier
- NJS-EVE-00115
- Source
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Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 88
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Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 89
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Manumission of Jane (certificate dated 1809-09-09, deed dated 1809-09-09), recorded in Manumissions and Removals Book, p. 88-89. Middlesex County (N.J.) Records, 1688-1929, Vol. XI (MC 784.1). Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University Libraries.
- Event Description
- Jane, aged 39, was manumitted by On Ward of East Windsor, Middlesex County, New Jersey. The certificate of manumission was signed by the Overseers of the Poor of East Windsor (Jonathan Brown, Charles South) and Justices of the Peace for Middlesex County (Andrew Rowan, John James) on September 9, 1809. The document stated that Jane 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 13, 1809.
- Event Type
- Manumission
- Date
- September 9, 1809
- Location of Event
- East Windsor
- Primary Participants
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Jane (b. 1770)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00560
Role: Manumitted Person
Age: 39
Status: Transition
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- On Ward
Verbatim description from source:
"negro slave called Jane" - Additional Participants
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Andrew Rowan
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00118
Role: JudgeJohn James
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00128
Role: JudgeJonathan Brown
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00060
Role: Overseer of the PoorCharles South
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00155
Role: Overseer of the PoorWilliam Philips Deare (d. 1826)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00008
Role: County ClerkOn Ward
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00154
Role: Enslaver, Manumitter - Record Contributor
- Isaac Guzmán
- Jesse Bayker