1809-12-21 Manumission: Philis

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Identifier
NJS-EVE-00118
Source
Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 92
Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 93

Manumission of Philis (certificate dated 1809-12-21, deed dated 1809-12-21), recorded in Manumissions and Removals Book, p. 92-93. Middlesex County (N.J.) Records, 1688-1929, Vol. XI (MC 784.1). Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University Libraries.
Event Description
Philis was manumitted by Joseph Laing 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 December 21, 1809. The document stated that Philis 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. Philis's exact age was not recorded in the document. This manumission was recorded by the Middlesex County Clerk (William P. Deare) on January 2, 1810.
Event Type
Manumission
Date
December 21, 1809
Location of Event
Piscataway
Primary Participants

Philis
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00563
Role: Manumitted Person
Age category: Adult
Status: Transition
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Joseph Laing
Verbatim description from source:
"negrow slave named Philis; negrow woman Philis"
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

Joseph Laing
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00159
Role: Enslaver, Manumitter
Record Contributor
Isaac Guzmán
Jesse Bayker
Resource class
Event