1810-04-09 Manumission: Ned Didmus

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Identifier
NJS-EVE-00119
Source
Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 94

Manumission of Ned Didmus (certificate dated 1810-04-09), recorded in Manumissions and Removals Book, p. 94. Middlesex County (N.J.) Records, 1688-1929, Vol. XI (MC 784.1). Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University Libraries.
Event Description
Ned Didmus was manumitted by Charles Barclay of South Brunswick, Middlesex County, New Jersey. The certificate of manumission was signed by the Overseers of the Poor of South Brunswick (Andrew McDowell, Thomas Wetherill) and Justices of the Peace for Middlesex County (John Bastedo, Nathaniel Hunt) on April 9, 1810. The document stated that Ned Didmus 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. Ned Didmus's exact age was not recorded in the document. This manumission was recorded by the Middlesex County Clerk (William P. Deare) on June 28, 1810.
Event Type
Manumission
Date
April 9, 1810
Location of Event
South Brunswick
Primary Participants

Ned Didmus
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00564
Role: Manumitted Person
Age category: Adult
Status: Transition
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Charles Barclay
Verbatim description from source:
"slave named Ned Didmus"
Additional Participants

John Bastedo
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00108
Role: Judge

Nathaniel Hunt
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00107
Role: Judge

Andrew McDowell (1757-1834)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00093
Role: Overseer of the Poor

Thomas Wetherill
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00167
Role: Overseer of the Poor

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

Charles Barclay
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00160
Role: Enslaver, Manumitter
Record Contributor
Isaac Guzmán
Jesse Bayker
Resource class
Event